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The "Solidaritätslied" ("Solidarity Song") is a revolutionary working song written between 1929 and 1931 by Bertolt Brecht, and set to music by Hanns Eisler.It was written against the background of the Great Depression, the Great War (1914–18), and the social issues caused by the Industrial Revolution that were explored in Brecht's 1932 film Kuhle Wampe in which the song also appeared.
Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt, Wenn es stets zu Schutz und Trutze Brüderlich zusammenhält. Von der Maas bis an die Memel, Von der Etsch bis an den Belt, 𝄆 Deutschland, Deutschland über alles, Über alles in der Welt! 𝄇 Deutsche Frauen, deutsche Treue, Deutscher Wein und deutscher Sang Sollen in der Welt ...
The original song's refrain (1932) was Denn heute gehört uns Deutschland / und morgen die ganze Welt ("For today, Germany is ours / and tomorrow the whole world"). In a later version (1937) this was mitigated for the Hitler Youth to Denn heute da hört uns Deutschland...
In 1964, Petula Clark recorded the English rendition Thank you, which was released as a single in the UK. "Danke für diesen guten Morgen" has been included in the hymnal Evangelisches Gesangbuch as EG 334. [1] "Danke" has been called the best-known German sacred song, according to Jörg Döring who analyzed its rhetoric. [1]
In 2002 Stermann & Grissemann attempted to represent Austria at the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song Das schönste Ding der Welt, where they finished 2nd. Also in 2002 they hosted the 2002 Edition of Salzburger Stier .
"Wir schaffen das" was frequently used by critics of Merkel's refugee policy, often amending the phrase to "wir schaffen das nicht" (English: "we can't do it"). [18] In September 2015 Horst Seehofer , the then- Minister-President of Bavaria , was quoted as saying "wir schaffen das nicht", criticising Merkel's sentiments and stating that he felt ...
"Der Mond ist aufgegangen" (German for "The moon has risen") is a German lullaby and evening song by Matthias Claudius, one of the most popular in German literature. Also known under the name Abendlied (German for "evening song") it was first released in Musen-Almanach in 1779, published by Johann Heinrich Voß . [ 1 ]
"Morgen!" ("Tomorrow!") is the last in a set of four songs composed in 1894 by the German composer Richard Strauss.It is designated Opus 27, Number 4.. The text of this Lied, the German love poem "Morgen!", was written by Strauss's contemporary, John Henry Mackay, who was of partly Scottish descent but brought up in Germany.