O Deutschland hoch in Ehren

"O Deutschland hoch in Ehren" is a patriotic German song written by Ludwig Bauer (1832–1910) in 1859 and set to music by Henry Hugh Pierson. The song was, besides the "Deutschlandlied", "Die Wacht am Rhein" and "Des Deutschen Vaterland", the most popular patriotic anthem in the 19th century.

"Beharrlich. Deutsches Kriegslied", postcard from World War I

History

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In 1858, Henry Hugh Pierson, an English composer resident in Germany, had written a tune for the patriotic song "Ye Mariners of England" by Thomas Campbell.[1] One year later, he met Ludwig Bauer, who later married Pierson's stepdaughter Dorothea Lyser. Pierson asked Bauer to write a German text to the existing tune.[2]

Lyrics

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References

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  1. ^ Temperley, Nicholas (December 1973). "Henry Hugo Pierson, 1815–73". The Musical Times. 114 (1570): 1217–1220. doi:10.2307/954715. JSTOR 954715.
  2. ^ Wolfgang Steinitz: Deutsche Volkslieder demokratischen Charakters aus sechs Jahrhunderten. vol. 2, Akademie-Verlag, Berlin 1962, p. 362 (Nr. 255)
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