Such a day, as beautiful as today

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So one day, as beautiful as today in 1952 for Fassnacht campaign of Mainzer Hofsänger of Lotar Olias composed the lyrics were written by Walter Rothenburg . The song became known primarily through the Mainz court singers, who perform with the song in the annual Fassnacht television show Mainz remains Mainz, as it sings and laughs .

The song was later sung by Lonny Kellner in the 1954 film Money Out of the Air . The singer Heino also covered it.

It is a kind of German anthem for particularly happy occasions for Germans: "Such a day, so wonderful as today", the chorus of the song, was sung all over Germany at the time of reunification and is used when German athletes are particularly successful, such as soccer world championships or international matches. regularly voiced by the fans. The song can also be heard in the case of general group or team successes without reference to Germany.

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Individual evidence

  1. a b "On a day as beautiful as Sunday" . In: Werner Kofler : Commentary on the edition of the work. Edited by Wolfgang Straub and Claudia Dürr. 2019-02.
  2. ^ Catalog of Copyright Entries: Third series. Retrieved on April 9, 2020 on Google Books .
  3. a b c d Robert Sedlaczek : Glossary: ​​Sedlaczek on Wednesday - Oh, how beautiful it is! wienerzeitung.at, September 15, 2015.
  4. The Germans' favorite hymn in happiness: Such a day, as beautiful as today. German songs. Bamberg anthology. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
  5. ^ Karl Meisen: Rheinisches Jahrbuch für Volkskunde. F. Dümmler, 2000. p. 127 ( online on Google Books ).