Len Fehskens wrote:

>Keith Dixon writes:
>
>>My elderly reference books tell me the national anthem is, or at least
>>was, *Land der Berge, Land am Stromme* (Land of Mountains, Land on the
>>River).  Could the words have been set to something by Mozart?
>
>I think an earlier Austrian National Hymn (Gott Erhalte...) was set to
>music by Haydn, from one of his string quartets.  I think the announcer
>misremembered the composer.

"Land der Berge, Land am Strome...." seems to have the same rhythm as "Gott
erhalte Franz den Kaiser...." which, like "Deutschland, Deutschland, ueber
alles...." are to a Haydn tune.  Would "Land der Berge" be the same tune
with the words modified to suit a republic?

Walter Meyer