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Lyre And Sword
''Lyre and Sword'' ( Ger., ''Leyer und Schwerdt''; modern spelling, ''Leier und Schwert'') is a collection of patriotic poetry by Theodor Körner (1791–1813), which first appeared posthumously in 1814, consisting mostly of poems from the last year of his life. The poet had taken part in the German War of Liberation as a lieutenant in the Lützow Free Corps and fell on August 26, 1813 near Gadebusch. The poems, some of them based on German folk-tunes, were originally sung to the guitar or recited by the poet to his fellow soldiers. The influence of the first volume (Vienna 1814) published by the poet's father, Christian Gottfried Körner, was increased by numerous new editions, as well as by musical settings of various individual poems such as " Lützow's Wild Chase", the "Cavalry Song", and the " Sword Song". Carl Maria von Weber used the title ''Lyre and Sword'' for a collection of four-part settings for men's chorus of several of the poems, Op. 42.Leyer und Schwerdt, Op. 42 (C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Language
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Schwertlied
"Schwertlied" ("Sword Song")Alfred Baskerville''The Poetry of Germany''. Fifth Edition, Philadelphia, 1866, pp. 221–224/ref> is a poem by Theodor Körner (author), Theodor Körner, written shortly before his death in battle on 26 August 1813. Historic context Theodor Körner (author), Theodor Körner was a famous poet during his lifetime, and was appointed poet to the court at the Vienna Burgtheater. He nonetheless gave up his civilian life and joined the Lützow Free Corps, a Kingdom of Prussia, Prussian military unit composed of volunteers from all over Germany. As a soldier, Körner wrote several patriotic poems, like "Lützow's Wild Hunt (poem), Lützows wilde, verwegene Jagd" and the "Schwertlied". Several hours after having written the "Schwertlied" Körner fell in battle near Gadebusch (Mecklenburg),Otto Erich Deutsch. ''Schubert Thematic Catalogue''No. 170/ref> and consequently became a national hero in Germany. Content "Schwertlied" functions as paean of warrior sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
