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For German speakers, the term "Lied" has a long history ranging from twelfth-century troubadour songs via folk songs (Volkslieder) and church hymns (Kirchenlieder) to twentieth-century workers' songs (Arbeiterlieder) or protest songs (Kabarettlieder, Protestlieder).
A German Requiem, to Words of the Holy Scriptures, Op. 45 (German: Ein deutsches Requiem, nach Worten der heiligen Schrift) by Johannes Brahms, is a large-scale work for chorus, orchestra, and soprano and baritone soloists, composed between 1865 and 1868.
This is a list of notable Germans. Persons of mixed heritage have their respective ancestries credited. Architects. Walter Gropius (1883–1969), architect. Carl Ludvig Engel (1778–1840), architect. Leo von Klenze (1784–1864), architect. Balthasar Neumann (1687–1753), architect and engineer. Matthäus Daniel Pöppelmann (1662–1736), architect.
Its phrase "Einigkeit und Recht und Freiheit" ("Unity and Justice and Freedom") is considered the unofficial national motto of Germany, and is inscribed on modern German Army belt buckles and the rims of some German coins.
The " Horst-Wessel-Lied " ("Horst Wessel Song"; German: [hɔʁst ˈvɛsl̩ liːt] ⓘ ), also known by its opening words " Die Fahne hoch " ("Raise the Flag", lit. 'The Flag High' ), was the anthem of the Nazi Party (NSDAP) from 1930 to 1945.
The native leid o Germans is German, a Wast Germanic leid, relatit tae an classifeed alangside Inglis an Dutch, an sharin mony similarities wi the North Germanic or Scandinavie leids. Spoken bi approximately 100 million native speakers, German is ane o the warld's major leids an the maist widely spoken first leid in the European Union.
