Die Lorelei (German folk song)

English comment see below.

Heinrich Heine schrieb den Text zu diesem Volkslied 1824, Friedrich Silcher komponierte die Melodie 1837. Die Loreley ist ein 125 Meter hoher Schieferfelsen am östlichen Ufer des Rheins bei Sankt Goarshausen. Der Ballade nach saß dort eine Nixe und lockte mit ihrer Stimme die Rheinschiffer an, die wegen ihres unglaublich schönen Gesangs die gefährliche Strömung und die Felsenriffe nicht beachteten und mit ihren Booten zerschellten.

This is a very popular German folk song. Heinrich Heine wrote the lyrics in 1824, Friedrich Silcher composed the melody in 1837. According to an old fairy tale a beautiful maiden (a kind of Teutonic siren) sat on the top of the Loreley rock on the bank of the Rhine river, combed her golden hair in the sunshine and sang such a powerful song, that the fascinated river pilot, raising his eyes to her, forgot his tiller and was wrecked on the reefs.

The picture at the beginning is a file from the Wikimedia Commons and is used here under the terms of GDFL.

Category:

Music

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• German
• folk
• deutsches
• Volkslied
• Heinrich
• Heine
• Friedrich
• Silcher
• khtietgen

[9841108]

Is that german folk music?? It has no typical sound, it sounds like a pop song :S

[khtietgen]

Counterquestion: How should "typical" German folk music sound like? Nobody knows how folks sang and played this song 150 years ago.

[9841108]

Idk, but it doesn't sound traditional to me, But I don't want to insult you, you are playing very nice!

[khtietgen]

It's alright. Thanks for your comments!

[StJouish]

@khtietgen The music is written down? Tradition persists?

[khtietgen]

@StJouish The music of the old folk songs was rarely written down but almost always passed down orally. Hope this answers your question. Best regards.

[75353866]

lol my profesor said who learns this song he can get 5(bigest grade)

[alfaridh]

EXCELENTE TU INTERPRETACIÓN, SALUDOS DESDE MÉXICO

[chimarchen]

Bei mir lagen die Nerven blank... Deine Stimme hat mich beruhigt und einfach verzaubert.

[yolo22]

my cuckoo clock plays this song! it's very pretty.

[1Hansele1]

Gut! Danke! Wir haben dieses Lied in der Schule in die tschechische republik gelernen.

[MrVanAwesome]

What tune is this?

[lena8gur]

I loved it! you have a good voice. lovely song but always makes me kinda sad. Anyway, I love Heine so much!

[boscofernandes]

sehr gut