An arrangement of the provincial song of Limburg arranged for
Brass Quintet.
Limburg mijn Vaderland (Limburg my native country) is the official
anthem of the provinces of Belgian and Dutch Limburg.The anthem has been
written by schoolteacher Gerard Krekelberg in 1909 . The melody was
composed by Hendrik (or Henri) Thyssen from Roermond. Henri Thyssen also
wrote the anthem for Roermond, Oud en trouw Roermond. The anthem was
written in Dutch.
In everyday life in Limburg around 1900 Dutch was of no importance.
Everything was done in Limburgs. Newspapers in the 19th and early 20th
century were written in German or Limburgs and in most parts of Limburg
German was the language used in church and education. In this time
Maastricht still had a very strong connection with French-speaking areas
around Liege . Krekelbergs poem puts quite a lot of emphasis on the
unity of (Dutch) Limburg, which was at the time -and arguably still is- a
rather culturally diverse area.
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