Today is a wonderful day

Today is a wonderful day is a German wandering song , the words and phrases of which come from the composer Siegfried Köhler . It was probably written in 1942 and developed into a folk song in the GDR . Siegfried Köhler used the song in 1952 in his song cantata of the same name for choir and orchestra op.7.

literature

Bernd Pachnicke (Ed.): All my thoughts. German folk songs (= Edition Peters 9406). Peters, Leipzig 1980, pp. 54-55.

Web links

Today is a wonderful day , lieder-aus-der-ddr.de in the section "FDJ-Lieder"

Individual evidence

↑ Ellen Fritsch: My friend, the accordion . In: Dorothea Muthesius (Ed.): "A shame about all the voices ..." Memories of music in everyday life . Böhlau, Vienna - Cologne - Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-205-99135-4 , pp. 178–204, here p. 195 ( limited preview in Google book search).
↑ Martin Löschmann, Gisela Schröder, Reinhard Günter: GDR travel pictures: a regional history reader with tasks . VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, Leipzig 1987, p. 65 .
↑ CD "Today is a wonderful day - 50 popular folk and hiking songs", Phonica (BTM music production, publishing and distribution) 2011
↑ It 's easier with a song on your lips - on the song path between Rehfelde and Zinndorf. (PDF) Culture and Tourism Office Märkische Schweiz, accessed on April 22, 2016 (after 2012).
↑ Today is a wonderful day | Songs from the GDR. In: www.lieder-aus-der-ddr.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .
^ Sieglinde Siedentop: Music lessons in the GDR: music pedagogical studies for upbringing and education in grades 1 to 4 (= Music Pedagogy Forum, Volume 33). Wißner, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-89639-188-7 , p. 97 ( limited preview in the Google book search)
↑ Bulletin, Volumes 20-22. Music Council of the German Democratic Republic, 1983, p. 57 ( limited preview in Google book search)
^ Dieter Härtwig : Köhler, Siegfried . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .
↑ Gerd Schönfelder: Siegfried Köhler - portrayed for you . VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1984, p. 5-6 .

[1] Ellen Fritsch: My friend, the accordion . In: Dorothea Muthesius (Ed.): "A shame about all the voices ..." Memories of music in everyday life . Böhlau, Vienna - Cologne - Weimar 2001, ISBN 3-205-99135-4 , pp. 178–204, here p. 195 ( limited preview in Google book search).

[2] Martin Löschmann, Gisela Schröder, Reinhard Günter: GDR travel pictures: a regional history reader with tasks . VEB Verlag Enzyklopädie, Leipzig 1987, p. 65 .

[3] CD "Today is a wonderful day - 50 popular folk and hiking songs", Phonica (BTM music production, publishing and distribution) 2011

[4] It 's easier with a song on your lips - on the song path between Rehfelde and Zinndorf. (PDF) Culture and Tourism Office Märkische Schweiz, accessed on April 22, 2016 (after 2012).

[5] Today is a wonderful day | Songs from the GDR. In: www.lieder-aus-der-ddr.de. Retrieved April 18, 2016 .

[6] Sieglinde Siedentop: Music lessons in the GDR: music pedagogical studies for upbringing and education in grades 1 to 4 (= Music Pedagogy Forum, Volume 33). Wißner, Augsburg 2000, ISBN 3-89639-188-7 , p. 97 ( limited preview in the Google book search)

[7] Bulletin, Volumes 20-22. Music Council of the German Democratic Republic, 1983, p. 57 ( limited preview in Google book search)

[8] Dieter Härtwig : Köhler, Siegfried . In: Institute for Saxon History and Folklore (Ed.): Saxon Biography .

[9] Gerd Schönfelder: Siegfried Köhler - portrayed for you . VEB Deutscher Verlag für Musik, Leipzig 1984, p. 5-6 .