Our Land? Lesotho's Swiss National Anthem
| Author | M. Schmidt, A. Baumgartner |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Christoph Merian Verlag |
| ISBN | 9783856168742 |
| Idea Code |
This book tells the unusual story of a catchy melody. Composed in the early 1820s by the music teacher Ferdinand Samuel Laur, the choir piece spread from Basel around Switzerland and later to France: as a school song, a drinking song, and a song to the fatherland. Around 1870 it could be found in a school book containing verses by the missionary François Coillard in the British crown colony of Basutoland. In 1967 it became the national anthem of the independent Kingdom of Lesotho with the opening line, "Lesotho, Land of our Fathers". The song has thus become part and parcel of the independent Kingdom of Lesotho.
| 224 p, ills colour, 17 x 24 cm, pb, German/English |
Christoph Merian Verlag
