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Volkslied|ˈfɔlksliːt|
Also volkslied. Pl. -lieder |-liːdər|.
[a. Ger. and Du., f. volks gen. of Volk + Lied, lied.]
1. A German folk song; a popular song in a German folk idiom.
1858Geo. Eliot Jrnl. 23 May in Life (1885) II. viii. 41 His wife..sang us some charming Bavarian Volkslieder. 1882F. A. Kemble Rec. Later Life ii. 8 Dr. Charles Follen, known in his own country as Carl Follenius..wrote some fine spirited Volkslieder. 1934C. Lambert Music Ho! iii. 159 The second [sc. Glinka's wedding song in five-four time]..freed music from the restricting and lumbering rhythms of the German Volkslied. 1977Early Music Apr. 213/1 Only two songs are true ‘volkslieder’ with the usual upbeat opening and steady chorale-like melody.
2. S. Afr.
a. Hist. The national anthem of the 19th-century Transvaal Republic.
b. A simple popular folk song.
1874Cape Monthly Mag. 254 We should, in the pages of the Magazine, from time to time collect some of the..‘Volks-liedjes’ written in the Cape Dutch patois. 1898C. Rae Malaboch 217 Volkslied, the Transvaal National Anthem. 1921Eastern Province Herald 18 Jan., The singing of the Volkslied and a vote of thanks to General Hertzog closed the meeting. 1954H. Gibbs Background to Bitterness ii. ix. 149 So they had ridden off, farmers, shop assistants, civil servants, lawyers, singing the Volkslied as they camped close to the southern frontier with Natal. 1961Sunday Times (Johannesburg) 19 Mar. 10/7 The 16 girls and 14 boys in the choir will give Volksliedjie recitals and volkspele performances. |