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...
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.
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Anybody know how I can download this to listen to it on my phone card? He does it perfectly for me in 3 stanzas, something very mnemonically important to me.
Well, it is very good. But he has to switch octaves because he starts lower than he can finish the stanza. So if you want to learn the song, you should listen to some other version - then come back and enjoy this one as a variation.
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