| Borussia | |
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| by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini | |
&sq=Facebook&lang=en&file=File:Borussia_(Lied).jpg) Lyrics of Borussia written by Johann Friedrich Leopold Duncker |
Borussia, also known as Chant national prussien, was a patriotic Prussian song. It temporarily held the status of the national anthem. The melody is made by Gaspare Luigi Pacifico Spontini, and the text by Johann Friedrich Leopold Duncker.[1] Borussia is a neo-Latin term for Prussia and a female figure as Prussia's allegory in the song.
- ^ Carl Freiherr von Ledebur: Tonkünstler-Lexicon Berlin’s von den ältesten Zeiten bis auf die Gegenwart. Ludwig Rauh, Berlin 1861, S. 570.