ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT
GERMAN’ NATIONAL SONG.
PURCHASED BY FOREIGNERS.
(Rec. 7.0 p.m.) Berlin, September 22. There is indignation in Germany following upon the revelation that at a recent auction the original manuscript of “Deutschland Über Alles” was knocked down to foreign buyers for £3 13/-.—Aus-tralian Press Association.
“Deutschland Über Alles” (Germany over all), a national song in praise of German supremacy, was written in 1841 by A. H. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, and published in 1818 in a collection of German folk songs. It Is commonly sung to the tune of the Austrian Hymn to the Emperor, composed by F. J. Haydn in 1797.
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Southland Times, Issue 20887, 24 September 1929, Page 7
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102ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT Southland Times, Issue 20887, 24 September 1929, Page 7
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