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Frankenlied
The Frankenlied (Song of Franconia), or Lied der Franken (The Franconians' song) is the unofficial National anthem, anthem of the Germany, German region of Franconia, and one of the most popular German commercium songs. It is also sung at official occasions in the Regierungsbezirk, districts of Lower Franconia, Middle Franconia, and Upper Franconia. The text of the hymn was written by Joseph Victor von Scheffel in 1859, the melody was composed by Valentin Eduard Becker in 1861. Origins Scheffel originally wrote the song as a hiking song in order to capture the wanderlust literarily in 1859. Back then, the writer, who was born in the Grand Duchy of Baden, spent a couple of weeks at the Franconian Banz Castle, located near the Staffelberg. Various versions of the song exist on the internet and in songbooks. The lyrics themselves also contain inconsistencies in regard to content. The ''patron saint of the vintners'' is not actually Saint Kilian—the patron saint of Franconia—b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Franconia
Franconia ( ; ; ) is a geographical region of Germany, characterised by its culture and East Franconian dialect (). Franconia is made up of the three (governmental districts) of Lower Franconia, Lower, Middle Franconia, Middle and Upper Franconia in Bavaria, the adjacent, East Franconian, Franconian-speaking South Thuringia, south of the Thuringian Forest—which constitutes the language boundary between Franconian and Thuringian—and the eastern parts of Heilbronn-Franconia in Baden-Württemberg. Those parts of the Vogtland lying in Saxony (largest city: Plauen) are sometimes regarded as Franconian as well, because the Vogtlandian dialects are mostly East Franconian. The inhabitants of Saxon Vogtland, however, mostly do not consider themselves Franconian. On the other hand, the inhabitants of the Hessian dialect, Hessian-speaking parts of Lower Franconia west of the Spessart (largest city: Aschaffenburg) do consider themselves Franconian, although not speaking the dialect. He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Valentin Eduard Becker
Valentin Eduard Becker (20 November 1814 Würzburg - 25 January 1890 Würzburg) was a German music, German composer. Biography Becker became known as a composer in Würzburg for popular male choir, choruses (''Das Kirchlein'' and others). He also wrote several Mass (music), masses, an anthem (''Frankenlied'') and two operas, entitled ''Die Bergknappen'' and ''Der Deserteur''. References * 1814 births 1890 deaths Musicians from Würzburg Musicians from the Kingdom of Bavaria 19th-century German composers {{Germany-composer-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
