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Len Fehskens <[log in to unmask]>
Wed, 27 Sep 2000 10:16:01 -0400
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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.

len.

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