“Kaiserhymne“ (Inno patriottico) - Imperial Anthem of Austro-Hungarian Empire [ITALIAN W/ LYRICS]

With English and Italian Lyrics. Join our discord: Subscribe to the Channel: “Preserving history through music.“ Archivum Musicum Description: “Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser“ was a personal anthem to Francis II, Emperor of the Holy Roman Empire and later of the Austrian Empire, with lyrics by Lorenz Leopold Haschka and music by Joseph Haydn. It is sometimes called the “Kaiserhymne“. Haydn’s tune has since been widely employed in other contexts: in works of classical music, in Christian hymns, in alma maters, and as the tune of the “Deutschlandlied“, the national anthem of Germany. The song was written when Austria was seriously threatened by Revolutionary France and patriotic sentiments ran high. The story of the song’s genesis was narrated in 1847 by Anton Schmid, who was Custodian of the Austrian National Library in Vienna. Discl