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Bernard Thiersch (1793–1855), the director of a Dortmund gymnasium, wrote the first six verses of the song in Halberstadt to honor the birthday of King Frederick William III of Prussia in 1830. The melody was composed in 1832 by August Neithardt (1793–1861), the Royal Music Director of the 2nd Garde-Grenadier-Regiment of the Prussian Army.
Borussia, also known as Chant national prussien, was a patriotic Prussian song. It temporarily held the status of the national anthem. The melody is made by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, and the text by Johann Friedrich Leopold Duncker . [1] Borussia is a neo-Latin term for Prussia and a female figure as Prussia's allegory in the song.
"Heil dir im Siegerkranz" (German: [ˈhaɪl diːɐ ɪm ˈziːɡɐˌkʁant͡s]; lit. ' Hail to Thee in Victor's Crown ') was the imperial anthem of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918, and previously the royal anthem of Prussia from 1795 to 1918.
Heeresmusikkorps Koblenz [] [Army music corps] plays "Preußens Gloria" at Ehrenbreitstein Fortress in Koblenz 2011. Preußens Gloria, Prussian Army March Collection II, p. 240, is a well-known military march of the 19th century, composed by Johann Gottfried Piefke (1817–1884).
Westpreußenlied" (English: West Prussia Song) was the anthem of the Prussian province of West Prussia from 1878 to its dissolution in 1920. Lyrics
The song became popular leading up to the German revolutions of 1848-49, part of the anti-monarchical and pro-republican revolutions of 1848. Following the failures of the German revolutions, the song was heavily cracked down on and disappeared from general view until the folk and Liedermacher revivals of the 1970s.
Whether the march was actually played then is just as questionable as the claim that Frederick II of Prussia was the composer of the piece. (The melody appears to be largely derived from The Pappenheimer March , which dates from the early-17th century.)
In the story, "Prussia" is a city that was constructed in the land of Gamehendge. In the song "Wilson," Anastasio refers to Wilson as the "King of Prussia." This lyric references an actual city named King of Prussia, Pennsylvania, which is where "the rhombus" was rumored to be located.