!!!Bundeshymne, österreichische

Federal Anthem, Austrian (National Anthem), product of a competition 
in 1946 after the rebirth of the Austrian state. The text was written 
by P. v.  Preradović, the melody was taken from the Masonic 
anthem "Brueder, reicht die Hand zum Bunde" which was long attributed 
to W. A. Mozart; the federal anthem was officially introduced on 
February 25, 1947. The forerunner of the federal anthem was the 
imperial anthem (Kaiserhymne); it was suggested by patriotic motives 
during the crisis of the French Revolution and the coalition wars; 
this anthem was composed by J.  Haydn to a text by L. L.  Haschka, and 
was sung for the first time on February 12, 1797. After the death of 
Emperor Franz I the melody remained unchanged; the text varied 
(from 1835 to 1848 a text by J. C.  Zedlitz was used, in 1848 the 
old text was reintroduced). In 1854 the text by J. G.  Seidl 
("Gott erhalte, Gott beschuetze") was introduced; it was used until 
the end of the monarchy and no longer mentioned the name of the 
Emperor. The anthem of the First Republic, written by W.  Kienzl and 
K.  Renner ("Deutsch-Oesterreich, du herrliches Land") in 1920, was 
not accepted because of its difficult melody and also since the text 
by Kernstock ("Sei gesegnet ohne Ende"), which was sung to the melody 
of the old anthem written by Haydn, became very popular (in 1929 the 
Haydn anthem became the official federal anthem).

!Literature
F. Grasberger, Die Hymnen Oesterreichs, 1968.


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