Lied der Jugend
Former co-national anthem of Austria | |
| Also known as | Dollfußlied (English: Song of Dollfuss) |
|---|---|
| Lyrics | Rudolf Henz |
| Music | Alois Dostal |
| Adopted | 1936 |
| Relinquished | 1938 |
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The "Lied der Jugend" (English: Song of the Youth), also known unofficially as the "Dollfußlied" (English: "Song of Dollfuss"), and as its starting line, Ihr Jungen, schließt die Reihen gut (English: You boys, close the ranks well) was one of the anthems of Austria, when it was customary to sing with "Sei gesegnet ohne Ende" (English: Be Blessed Without End) in 1936. Written by Rudolf Henz, it was sung to a melody composed by Alois Dostal. Henz and Dostal were commissioned by Kurt Schuschnigg to compose a "counter-hymn" to the Horst-Wessel-Lied in Nazi Germany and as a second anthem of Austria to honor Engelbert Dollfuss, who was assassinated two years prior.[1]
History
After the collapse of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Austria's first anthem was "Deutschösterreich, du herrliches Land" ("German-Austria, you Glorious Land"). Written in 1920 by Karl Renner and set to music by Wilhelm Kienzl, the patriotic song was not able to successfully compete against the former imperial anthem and especially the latter's famous tune by Joseph Haydn.[2]
In 1929, a new anthem, "Sei gesegnet ohne Ende" ("Be Blessed Without End") was introduced that was sung to the melody of the "Kaiserhymne" ("Emperor's Song"), the former national anthem of Austria-Hungary, and whose text stemmed from Ottokar Kernstock, who had written it in 1920.[2] The song remained in use in both the First Republic and the Federal State of Austria but became obsolete in 1938, when Austria joined the German Reich.
Since 1936, it had become customary to also sing the "Lied der Jugend" as part of the national anthem. It has also been the anthem of the Fatherland Front, the ruling Austrofascist party at the time.[3] The song was made to honor the murder of former chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss after an attempted coup attempt against the ruling Fatherland Front by Austrian Nazis, and to counter the Horst-Wessel-Lied in the German Reich.[1]
See also
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- ↑ 1.0 1.1 https://austria-forum.org, Austria-Forum |. "Dollfuß Lied". Austria-Forum (in Deutsch). Retrieved 2023-03-17.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Bruckmüller, Ernst. Nation Österreich. Kulturelles Bewußtsein und gesellschaftlich-politische Prozesse. Wien, Köln, Graz: Böhlau-Verlag, 1996. Page 102.
- ↑ Erlebte Geschichte (Autobiografie, geschrieben 2000), Seite 173 (online)
