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The Watch by the Rhine.
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Words by MAX SCHNECKENBERGER. (1840)
Music by CARL WILHELM (1854)
Carl Wilhelm was director of n German Choral Sooiety, (The Liedertafcl of Crefcld) and wrote many male choruses for it, among them this composition. It became the chief national song of Germany during the Franco-Prussian war. Wilhchn was rewarded for it, in 1870, with a gold medal and a pension of 3000 marks.