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Germania on Guard on the Rhine, Hermann Wislicenus, 1873 " Die Wacht am Rhein" (German: [diː ˈvaxt am ˈʁaɪn], The Watch on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem.The song's origins are rooted in the historical French–German enmity, and it was particularly popular in Germany during the Franco-Prussian War, World War I, and World War II.
Performers who sang or recorded the song included Violet Loraine and Stanley Kirkby at a time when there was large popular demand for patriotic numbers. [2] The title is a play on the German patriotic song " The Watch on the Rhine ", the process of winding up a mechanical watch , and "winding up" something that has ended; the song is a ...
Wacht am Rhein (English: The watch/guard on the Rhine) may refer to: "Die Wacht am Rhein", German patriotic song; Unternehmen: Wacht am Rhein, German codeword for the operation known to the Allies as the Battle of the Bulge. Wacht am Rhein, a 1977 board wargame that simulates the Battle of the Bulge
Lorenz Clasen (1871), drawing by Hermann Scherenberg Germania at Watch on the Rhine.. Lorenz Clasen (14 December 1812, Düsseldorf - 31 May 1899, Leipzig) was a German history painter and author; best known for his frequently reproduced painting, "Germania auf der Wacht am Rhein" (Germania at Watch on the Rhein), in the town hall of Krefeld, which was inspired by the popular song Die Wacht am ...
(They shall not have him, the free, German Rhine) Nikolaus Becker (8 October 1809, Bonn, Rhin-et-Moselle – 28 August 1845 in the Hünshoven district of Geilenkirchen) was a German lawyer and writer. His one poem of note was the 1840 "Rheinlied" (Rhine song) which was set to music over 70 times, the most famous setting being Die Wacht am Rhein.
Back in 2020, Hasbro revealed that the animated program was the most-watched on-demand series in the world, while the YouTube channel dedicated to Peppa’s adventures with her mummy, daddy and ...
Her duet with Robey "If You Were the Only Girl (in the World)" became a "signature song" of the era and endured as a pop standard. [2]During the early months of the First World War she recorded the patriotic '"When We've Wound Up the Watch on the Rhine", which she first performed at the London Hippodrome in the 1914 revue Business as Usual.
Mellotone Beer Project is set to open at the former Taft's Ale House space in Over-the-Rhine. The new brewery concept will officially open its doors to the public at 5 p.m. Friday. Mellotone Beer ...