| Ferdinand Freiligrath |
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| freiligrath, ferdinand | |
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He was born in ). In 1847, Franz Liszt set Freiligrath's poem " O Lieb, So Lang Du Lieben Kannst " to music--the song was later arranged by Liszt for solo piano as his " Liebestraume No. 3 ," which subsequently became one of his most famous piano pieces. In 1851 he had to leave Germany again and he became the director of the London branch of the Schweizer Generalbank . Back in Germany, Freiligrath finally became a Nationalist , even publishing a patriotic poem "Hurra, Germania!", inspired by Germany's annexation of Alsace-Lorraine . He died in 1876. He also indicated that German National Flags colours, the black was for gunpowder, the red for blood and the yellow the glow given off by the fire. FURTHER READING |
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