Herms Niel & Reichsmusikzug des RAD
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Sieg Heil - Viktoria!
I'm interested in purchasing this particular marching song on CD but before I do I'd prefer to know what would be a recommended disc as I know some have had bad audio quality. If the CD also includes other popular songs such as the Horst Wessel Lied or Königgrätzer that would be a bonus, but the main one I'm after is the Waffen SS march. I would prefer the song to have instrumental accompaniment, not solely choral.
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Re: Sieg Heil - Viktoria!
It's NOT a Waffen-SS march. It's just one of many patriotic war-songs created by Herms Niel.
See my scan here http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0#p1128767
The disinformation that it's a Waffen-SS song was launched by a pirate "company" called RMK on their CD named "Sieg Heil Viktoria", where they made up that the performer is LSSAH. As you can see, it's actually Niel's band. The well-known sound file which can be found online comes from that pirate CD (its sound quality is very bad and the speed is way too fast).
Ivan
See my scan here http://forum.axishistory.com/viewtopic. ... 0#p1128767
The disinformation that it's a Waffen-SS song was launched by a pirate "company" called RMK on their CD named "Sieg Heil Viktoria", where they made up that the performer is LSSAH. As you can see, it's actually Niel's band. The well-known sound file which can be found online comes from that pirate CD (its sound quality is very bad and the speed is way too fast).
Ivan
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Re: Sieg Heil - Viktoria!
Thanks for clearing up for me that it was not a SS march; it's easy to see how incorrect information can so easily be spread.
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Re: Sieg Heil - Viktoria!
The CD "Marschlieder/Soldatenlieder" Folge 3 contains the song you are looking for under the title "Ade, mein liebes Schätzelein".
Quality is quite good.
Quality is quite good.
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Wonderful, good work !
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Es blüht ein Röselein
I need lyrics of Es blüht ein Röselein.
Edit: I forgot to say that they sang "Es blüht ein Röselein" but it has been wrongly written "Es blüht ein Blümelein".
Edit: I forgot to say that they sang "Es blüht ein Röselein" but it has been wrongly written "Es blüht ein Blümelein".
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Re: Es blüht ein Röselein
A brief note: the title "Es blüht ein Blümelein" was actually printed on the original "Grammophon" label. But that is an error.Alfered Hohmann wrote:but it has been wrongly written "Es blüht ein Blümelein"
The "Grammophon" catalog, on the other hand, lists the correct title - "Es blüht ein Röselein".
Typos on labels were quite common back then.
Cheers,
Ivan
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Oberschlesierlied
This is really interesting!
I was surprised to see the "Oberschlesierlied" in the list of Herms Niel songs. Could somebody give me some source information about that? I've been looking for time of creation and composer of this song, and had found a Franz Thill, and the year 1921, so 1942 and Herms Niel is a surprise...
I'd be gratefull for any information about that song.
I was surprised to see the "Oberschlesierlied" in the list of Herms Niel songs. Could somebody give me some source information about that? I've been looking for time of creation and composer of this song, and had found a Franz Thill, and the year 1921, so 1942 and Herms Niel is a surprise...
I'd be gratefull for any information about that song.

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Re: Oberschlesierlied
Hello, InfS
The earliest sources mentioning the "Oberschlesierlied", that I was able to find, are the Musikverlag Wilke & Co. and the Deutsche Grammophon GmbH - according to which it was created in 1942 by Herms Niel (music) and Emil Wieczorek (lyrics). After WWII, the song started appearing in various songbooks, only without the strophes mentioning the Führer, and without its authors credited...
Niel's own recording of the song from 09.05.1942
From Hofmeister's Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht 1942, p. 42 (May 1942)
Original lyrics, from Ratiborer Jahrbuch 1943, p. 3
See also this article in Das Ostpreußenblatt, 10.12.1994, p. 12.
Cheers,
Ivan
The earliest sources mentioning the "Oberschlesierlied", that I was able to find, are the Musikverlag Wilke & Co. and the Deutsche Grammophon GmbH - according to which it was created in 1942 by Herms Niel (music) and Emil Wieczorek (lyrics). After WWII, the song started appearing in various songbooks, only without the strophes mentioning the Führer, and without its authors credited...
Niel's own recording of the song from 09.05.1942
From Hofmeister's Musikalisch-literarischer Monatsbericht 1942, p. 42 (May 1942)
Original lyrics, from Ratiborer Jahrbuch 1943, p. 3
See also this article in Das Ostpreußenblatt, 10.12.1994, p. 12.
Cheers,
Ivan
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Some days ago I found for the first time in my 62 years long life in youtube the wonderful songs of Herms Niel! What a composer. I believe one of the greatest which Germany has had. In East Germany he was forbidden. I only knew Erika a little bit. Now I hear every morning some of his songs: Oberschlesierlied, Edelweiß and so on. And I know: the day will be good and my mind too!!! A very great thanks for Herms Niel (and I'm sure he will hear it)!!!
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Re: Es blüht ein Röselein
The first two lines areAlfered Hohmann wrote:I need lyrics of Es blüht ein Röselein
Es blüht ein Röselein, in meinem Garten
Wohl ganz verborgen, einsam, und versteckt
But I can't find any other lyrics anywhere online. My German isn;t good enough to pick up the lyrics from the available recording.
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Thanks very much for sharing!
That photo of Niel was likely taken at the same time as this one:
Source: http://pallas.cegesoma.be/
Cheers,
Ivan
That photo of Niel was likely taken at the same time as this one:
Source: http://pallas.cegesoma.be/
Cheers,
Ivan
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A few pictures from the concert in Brussels, 25 August 1943.
From http://pallas.cegesoma.be/
From http://pallas.cegesoma.be/
Le 25 août a eu lieu au Palais des Beaux-Arts, un concert donné par le Reichmusik- und Spielmannzuges des RAD, dirigé par le professeur H. Niel. Le Prof. H. Niel.
Le 25 août a eu lieu au Palais des Beaux-Arts, un concert donné par le Reichsmusik- und Spielmannszuges des RAD, dirigé par le professeur H. Niel. Une vue de l'orchestre et de la salle.
Une vue générale de la salle.
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