Traditional Folk Songs Of Many Nations
Online songbook with lyrics & Sheet Music for 70+ songs.
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The Watch by the Rhine. |
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Words by MAX SCHNECKENBERGER. (1840) |
Music by CARL WILHELM (1854) |
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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. |
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