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DJ The Netherlands (Holland) / Hollandia
DN1 Hungary / Magyarország
ML128.H6 Music and musicology, history of music / Zene, zenetudomány, zenetörténet
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Published in 1923 by Aurél Kern and Péter Jekel, the Hungarian Songbook is a typical product of post-Trianon Hungary. This three-language publication (Hungarian, German and Dutch) aimed to promote
the uniqueness of Hungarian culture abroad and to win friends and
supporters for Hungarian music and culture, as well as for the Hungarian cause (i.e. Hungarian foreign policy), whose primary aim during
this period was revanchism and revisionism. The compilation of the
songbook’s contents was also a means to this end. Alongside Hungarian folk songs, it includes the ecclesiastical hymn ‘Térj magadhoz drága
Sion’ (‘Return to yourself, dear Sion’), which was sung by the Hungarian
galley slaves liberated by the Dutch admiral Michiel de Ruyter in 1676.
This was done to connect with foreign (Dutch and Swiss) Protestants,
strengthen historical ties and appeal for help and sympathy for Hungary.
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