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Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser
song by Haydn
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- In Joseph Haydn: The late Esterházy and Viennese period
…nation the stirring song “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser” (“God Save Emperor Francis”). It was used for more than a century as the national anthem of the Austrian monarchy and as the patriotic song “Deutschland, Deutschland über alles” (“Germany, Germany Above All Else”) in Germany, where it remains the…
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