Vienna Neêrlands Bloed
Wien Neêrlands bloed in d 'aders vloeit ("If you have Dutch blood in your veins") was the national anthem of the Netherlands from 1815 to 1932.
Another song that was available for election as the national anthem after the founding of the United Kingdom of the Netherlands in 1815, Het Wilhelmus , became Calvinist because of its reference to the House of Orange , which had been politically controversial in the Netherlands in the 17th and 18th centuries Confession viewed as unsuitable. The southern part of the new state was largely Catholic and, since the Reformation, had developed in opposition and demarcation from the northern Netherlands.
Wien Neêrlands bloed won an invitation to tender . The award went to Hendrik Tollens (text) and Johann Wilhelm Wilms (melody). In 1898 the text was fundamentally changed; Thus the beginning, which was perceived as offensive, “ Vienna Neêrlands bloed in d 'aders vloeit, van vreemde smetten vrij ” (“If you have Dutch blood in your veins, free of foreign dirt”) was replaced by “ ... wien' t fier klopt en vrij ”(“ whose heart beats bravely and freely ”).
In the course of time, Vienna Neêrlands bloed became more and more controversial, while the reservations about Het Wilhelmus weakened after the predominantly Catholic areas left the state association (the Kingdom of Belgium was founded in 1830). In 1932, Het Wilhelmus was adopted as the national anthem of the Netherlands.
The English composer Henry Litolff made the melody of Wien Neêrlands bloed the main motif in the final movement of his Concerto symphonique in E flat major op. 45. Hence the epithet of the concert Concert national hollandais .