Firm and true stands the Watch, the Watch on the Rhine! With trust in God, take sword in hand, soldiers during the Franco-Prussian War of 1870. In Lewis Milestone's 1930 film All Quiet on the Western Front, the song is played at the end of the first scene as schoolboys, whipped into a patriotic frenzy by their instructor, abandon their studies and head off to enlist in the military. for Medieval Studies.The IHSP recognizes the contribution of Fordham University, the During the Vormärz era and the Revolutions of 1848, a Rhine romanticism movement arose, stressing the cultural and historical significance of the Rhine Gorge and the German territories on the river's left bank around the cities of Cologne, Worms, Trier and Speyer. Netherlands, and Switzerland, pp. Through hundreds of thousands it quickly flickers, Durch Hunderttausend zuckt es schnell, dear fatherland, no fear be thine, The member states of the German Confederation feared that France was resuming her annexationist designs. protects the sacred county border. The IHSP is a project independent of Fordham University. Chorus: Dear Fatherland, no danger thine; The Rhine, the Rhine, the German Rhine The French–German enmity was ended in 1963 with the Élysée Treaty and the implementation of the Franco–German friendship, so that the danger of an invasion that loomed for centuries over both nations no longer exists. Hoch Wilhelm! Chorus: Dear Fatherland, no danger thine; So lead us with your tried command, Our hearts will guard thy stream divine: Home | Ancient History Sourcebook | Medieval Sourcebook | Modern History Sourcebook | Byzantine Studies Page The dead of an heroic race The following is the complete text of the original five verses, plus additions. In the poem, with five original stanzas, a "thunderous call" is made for all Germans to rush and defend the German Rhine, to ensure that "no enemy sets his foot on the shore of the Rhine" (4th stanza). Today, the song has only historical significance in Germany and is rarely sung or played. VII: Germany, The Nikolaus Becker responded to these events by writing a poem called "Rheinlied" in which he swore to defend the Rhine. In Jean Renoir's 1937 film La Grande Illusion, two songs are juxtaposed in exactly the same way as in Casablanca five years later. The Saarland, Rhineland-Palatinate and North Rhine-Westphalia are German federal states; Alsace and northern Lorraine are parts of France with a German cultural element to them. Chorus: Dear Fatherland, no danger thine; Firm stands the Watch along, along the Rhine! Am Rhein, am Rhein, am deutschen Rhein And swears pugnaciously the oath, beschützt die heil'ge Landesmark. During the Vormärz era and the Revolutions of 1848, a Rhine romanticism movement arose, stressing the cultural and historical significance of the Rhine Gorge and the German territories on the river's left bank around the cities of Cologne, Worms, Trier and Speyer. There is drowned out by the They'll guard the sacred landmark well! In golden light our banner glows; Uploaded by Scanned by Jerome S. Arkenberg, Cal. Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine! There roars a call like a thunderclap, Down with all that brood! The recording on the other side of this disc: RHEINLIED Rhine Song. Fordham University History Department, and the Fordham Center for Medieval Studies in where his heroic forefathers glance down, Have we our heroes' blood to spend. You Rhine will remain German like my chest! sung by Nazi soldiers in Rick's Bar in Casablanca. Now the song is probably most famous as the song With filial love their bosoms swell Dear fatherland, put your mind at rest, No Du Rhein bleibst deutsch wie meine Brust! lieb Vaterland, magst ruhig sein, Firm stands the Watch along, along the Rhine! Like crashing waves and clang of steel: You'll never fall in foreign hand, and swears with proud pugnacity: "Die Wacht am Rhein" (German: [diː ˈvaxt am ˈʁaɪn], The Watch on the Rhine) is a German patriotic anthem. ist Deutschland ja an Heldenblut! In the two centuries from the Thirty Years' War to the final defeat of Napoleon I, the German inhabitants of lands by the Rhine suffered from repeated French invasions. on July 27, 2019. He casts his eyes to heaven's blue, When Karl Wilhelm, musical director of the city of Krefeld, received the poem in 1854, he produced a musical setting and performed it with his men's chorus on 11 June, the day of the silver anniversary of the marriage of Prinz Wilhelm von Preussen, later German Emperor Wilhelm I. The tune for the alma mater of Yale University, "Bright College Years",[2] was taken from Karl Wilhelm's "Die Wacht am Rhein". From: Eva March Tappan, ed., The World's Story: A History of the World in Story, The Watch on the Rhine is the official publication of The Society of the Third Infantry Division, U.S. Army. Due to the German Army's preferred offensive strategy, the fighting in 1870–71, 1914–1918 and 1940 all took place on French soil, far to the west of the Rhine. Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine! This version gained popularity at later Sängerfest events. Unlike the older "Heil dir im Siegerkranz" which praised a monarch, "Die Wacht am Rhein" and other songs written in this period, such as the "Deutschlandlied" (the third verse of which is Germany's current national anthem) and "Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland?" [original research?]. The Internet The song has figured in stage works and films. The text has been modernized by (What is the German's Fatherland?) In the latter movie, "Die Wacht am Rhein" was sung by German officers, who then were drowned out by exiled French singing La Marseillaise (which began as the "War Song for the Army of the Rhine", written and composed at the Rhine). Marseillaise. who wants to be the guardian of the river? From World War I through to 1945, the "Watch on the Rhine" was one of the most popular songs in Germany, again rivaling the "Deutschlandlied" as the de facto national anthem. Medieval Sourcebook, and other medieval components of the project, are located at And if my heart breaks in death, In the parodic science fiction film Iron Sky (2012), the Nazis living on the dark side of the moon use the song's tune (with different lyrics) as their national anthem. See what's new with book lending at the Internet Archive, Performer: Columbia Military BandWriter: Wilhelm. However, singer Heino has performed it on a record. by Ernst Moritz Arndt, called for Germans to unite, to put aside sectionalism, sectarianism, and the rivalries of the various German kingdoms and principalities, to establish a unified German state and defend Germany's territorial integrity. noch eine Faust den Degen zieht, Repay our shame with the foes' blood! He looks up to the meadows of heaven, [5], Italian poet Giovanni Pascoli also wrote new, patriotic lyrics to the song's tune, titled "La vedetta delle Alpi". The Sourcebook is a collection of public domain and 'Mid dashing waves and clang of steel: no enemy will here enter your shore! In response to the Ems Dispatch incident, which occurred in Bad Ems, not far from the Rhine, France initiated the Franco-Prussian War of 1870/71. While still remains one breath of life, Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine! Es braust ein Ruf wie Donnerhall, we all want to be the guardian. Quick to avenge their country's wrong; Firm and True stands the Watch, the Watch at the Rhine! Hail Wilhelm! To the Rhine, the Rhine, to the German Rhine, Two stanzas with a more specific text were added by others later. The Rhine, the Rhine, our German Rhine, Digitized at 78 revolutions per minute. As abundant with water is your flood, wer will des Stromes Hüter sein? From heaven look down and meet this gaze; This text is part of the Internet © Paul Halsall, November 1998 It is also heard in the background of the 1979 remake version of All Quiet on the Western Front when Paul (played by Richard Thomas) is preparing to board the train on his way to the front for the first time. und schwört mit stolzer Kampfeslust: In World War II, the daily Wehrmachtbericht radio report began with the tune,[1] until it was replaced by the fanfare from Liszt's Les préludes in 1941. Der Schwur erschallt, die Woge rinnt The tune is quoted near the end of César Cui's opera Mademoiselle Fifi (composed 1902/1903), set in France during the Franco–Prussian War. Should my heart not survive this stand, Nieder mit der Brut! [citation needed] The song became famous, and both the composer and the family of the author were honoured and granted an annual pension by Bismarck. New lyrics to the "splendid tune" were written by Henry Durand in 1881. Prof. Arkenberg. You won't become a Frenchman yet. Modern History Sourcebook. for Medieval Studies. Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine! Dear fatherland, no fear be thine, Multimedia Much, as your waters with no end, In the first and second part of Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1980 epic film adaptation of Alfred Döblin's Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929), Franz Biberkopf starts singing the song (as in the novel). Technical Notes: Acoustic. When in the aftermath of the subsequent French defeat, the Prussian prime minister Otto von Bismarck achieved the Unification of Germany and the German Empire including Alsace-Lorraine was established, "Die Wacht am Rhein"—beside "Heil dir im Siegerkranz"—was the unofficial second national anthem. [Halsall Note]. und noch ein Arm die Büchse spannt, [4] The tune is used by Doshisha University for its school song, "Doshisha College Song". Unless otherwise indicated the specific electronic form of the document is copyright. With filial love their bosoms swell, betritt kein Feind hier deinen Strand! And in 1945, when Germany's foes were at last actually on the verge of crossing the Rhine, Germany was on its last legs, and the Battle of Remagen ended with the Americans crossing the river with relative ease. Matched on Catalog number, Publisher, and first word of titles. und aller Augen blitzen hell; The recording on the other side of this disc: RHEINLIED Rhine Song. The song's title was also used as the codename for the German offensive in 1944 known today as the Battle of the Bulge.
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