De Alde Friezen
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English: The Old Frisians | |
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Regional anthem of ![]() | |
Lyrics | Eeltsje Halbertsma / Jacobus van Loon, 1876 |
Music | Heinrich Christian Schnoor |
"De Alde Friezen" (English: "The Old Frisians") is the anthem of the Friesland province of the Netherlands.
The text is by the Frisian writer Eeltsje Halbertsma. The version commonly sung today is an abridgement, dating from 1876, by Jacobus van Loon. The words were not set to music until after Halbertsma's death; they were first sung in 1875 at a ceremony held to commemorate his work. The song was adopted as the Frisian anthem by the Selskip foar Frysk Taal- en Skriftekennisse (Society for Frisian Language and Literature) on the urging of politician, writer and poet Pieter Jelles Troelstra (1860–1930) and has served as the anthem of Friesland ever since.
Lyrics[]
Frysk bloed tsjoch op! Wol noris brûze en siede, |
Frisian blood, thicken up! Now rise, foam and seethe, |
External links[]
- Vocal rendition (MP3 file) (first stanza and chorus)
- Vom hoh'n Olymp[permanent dead link] (the melody of which was used for De âlde Friezen)
- Dutch anthems
- Regional songs
- Frisian culture
- Culture of Friesland
- West Frisian literature