. Life of Adolph Spaeth, , ... told in his own reminiscences, his letters and the recollections of his family and friends. petition. The Rueckert Lieder are printed in theLiederlust. The Arndt song won great favor with Frau OberinWanda von Oertzen, who even spoke of having it ar-ranged for the royal military band in Berlin,—some ofthese days! These verses were written in 1840, andquoted in Pastor Spaeths lecture on Ernst Moritz Arndt,1871. The melody was composed either when the lecturewas delivered, or very soon afterwards. It is the firstof his compositions that has been preserved,
. Life of Adolph Spaeth, , ... told in his own reminiscences, his letters and the recollections of his family and friends. petition. The Rueckert Lieder are printed in theLiederlust. The Arndt song won great favor with Frau OberinWanda von Oertzen, who even spoke of having it ar-ranged for the royal military band in Berlin,—some ofthese days! These verses were written in 1840, andquoted in Pastor Spaeths lecture on Ernst Moritz Arndt,1871. The melody was composed either when the lecturewas delivered, or very soon afterwards. It is the firstof his compositions that has been preserved, and in itsswing and sharp accentuation well expresses the defiantself-confidence of the words;—the sentiment Conquer we mustFor our cause it is just, which is the underlying motive of so many German warsongs. This and Schoen Rohtraut were the songs that liked best of all his lighter compositions. Butas the lines of Schoen Rohtraut are very irregular,requiring adaptation of the music to each verse, and asthe compass of the melody is too great for ordinaryvoices, it is not given here. 356 MUSIC AT HOME Arndts Lied.
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