Music From The Time Of the Crusades 2 of 2

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This is a genuine 800 year old Troubadour song, arranged here for solo lyre, written by Walther Von Der Vogelweide called Palästinalied . Here are some interesting details about the song from Wikipedia: • Palästinalied was written in connection with the Fifth Crusade (1217-1221). Although it is a political-religious propaganda song describing a crusade into the Holy Land, it is atypical for a song of this kind in that it also recognizes the claim of all Abrahamic religions to the Holy Land, although finally asserting that the Christian cause is the right one in the last strophe: • Kristen juden und die heiden • jehent daz dis ir erbe sî • got müesse ez ze rehte scheiden • dur die sîne namen drî • al diu werlt diu strîtet her • wir sîn an der rehten ger. • reht ist daz er uns gewer • This strophe can be translated as follows: Christians, Jews and Heathens claim this to be their heritage. God has to assign it in the right way, for His three names. The whole world is coming battling here - our cause is right. It is right that He is granting it to us. • Despite all the pointless religious intolerance (as the words to this song certainly testify!), and the sheer bloody brutality of the Crusades, at least they resulted some amazing, utterly timeless melodies, like this! • My Albums of Ancient Lyre Music are available, anywhere in the world, from iTunes: • http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/mic... • They are also available from Amazon MP3 Store: • http://amzn.to/eyI34H • Also, my 3 CD albums, King David's Lyre; Echoes of Ancient Israel , An Ancient Lyre Lyre of the Levites are available anywhere in the world from CD Baby: • http://www.cdbaby.com/Artist/MichaelLevy • For full details, and all the historical research behind my myriad of Musical Adventures in Time Travel , please visit my official website: • http://www.ancientlyre.com • Many thanks for watching!

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