Bolzano mountaineering song
The Bolzano mountaineering song , also known as the South Tyrolean homeland song (with the opening line “The world is so big and wide ...”), is considered the unofficial hymn of the South Tyroleans alongside the Andreas Hofer song . The text, 7 stanzas connected with the same refrain, was written by Karl Felderer in 1926 to the melody of an old Tyrolean craftsman's song. A commemorative plaque is attached to the Weber guesthouse in Moos am Ritten , where Felderer wrote the song.
background
The song was written at the time of the strongest Italianization of the non-Italian-speaking population in South Tyrol. This is probably why it quickly became so important in the South Tyrolean self-image.
The song does not explicitly name Südtirol (a term that was forbidden to use in 1926). Instead, South Tyrol's geographical expansion is described: In the first stanza, the Eisack spring and the Salurner Klause represent the north-south expansion, in the second stanza the east-west expansion with the Ortler and the Sesto Dolomites ( Haunold ). In the following stanzas, various landmarks of South Tyrol are described (for example the Sciliar and the Rosengarten ), embedded in the course of the seasons, to each of which - from spring to winter - a stanza is dedicated. In the seventh and last stanza reference is made to the hereafter.
literature
- Südtiroler Sängerbund (Ed.): Come to Sing - South Tyrolean Songbook . Athesia, Bozen 1986, ISBN 88-7014-343-0