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Nun Will Der Lenz Uns Grüßen
"" (Now Spring wants to greet us) is a spring song in German. The text was written by Karl Ströse as a free transcription of a medieval poem by Neidhart von Reuental. It was published with a shortened text and a different folk melody and a four-part setting by Gustav Weber in 1886 in Switzerland, giving Neidhart von Reuental as the author. This version became a popular Volkslied in German-speaking countries when the Wandervogel movement (1915) and the Jugendbewegung of the 1920s distributed it. It has remained popular. History Ströse published a poem collection in 1878, ''Deutsche Minne aus alter Zeit – ausgewählte Lieder der Minnesänger des Mittelalters'', presenting medieval poems in his free transcription. Three of the poems are by Neidhart von Reuental which Ströse entitled ''Tanzweisen'' (dancing songs), including "Diu zît ist hie" (The time is there) which he paraphrased as "". All three ''Tanzweisen'' were set to music by for voice and piano and published in Bre ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Volkslied
Volkslied (literally: folk song) is a genre of popular songs in German which are traditionally sung. While many of them were first passed orally, several collections were published from the late 18th century. Later, some popular songs were also included in this classification. History The earliest songs in German appeared in the 12th century. Art songs were created by minstrels and meistersinger while cantastoria (''Bänkelsänger'') sang songs in public that were orally transmitted. Song collections were written from the late 15th century, such as ''Lochamer-Liederbuch'' and ''Glogauer Liederbuch''. Georg Forster (composer), Georg Forster's ''Frische teutsche Liedlein'' was first printed in 1536. In the period of Sturm und Drang, poets and authors became interested in that which they saw as simple, close to nature, original, and unspoiled (nach dem ). Johann Gottfried Herder coined the term 'Volkslied' in the late 18th century, and published ''Von deutscher Art und Kunst'' (On ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |