page_title: Triumphlied
hierarchical_section_title: Triumphlied
caption_attribution_description: English: Johannes Brahms: Triumphlied op. 55, front page score, first edition. Berlin, N. Simrock, 1872 Deutsch: Johannes Brahms: Triumphlied op. 55, Titelblatt der Partitur der Erstausgabe. Berlin, N. Simrock, 1872
context_page_description: The Triumphlied is a work for baritone solo, choir and orchestra by the German composer Johannes Brahms. Brahms wrote the work on the occasion of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War and dedicated it to emperor Wilhelm I. The text itself emanates from the Book of Revelation predicting the downfall of Babylon but is consciously reinterpreted into political terms. Due to its patriotic message bound to the zeitgeist of the Unification of Germany, the Triumphlied lost popularity after World War I, despite its musical quality. Today it is one of Brahms's rather unknown œuvres.
context_section_description: The Triumphlied (Op. 55) is a work for baritone solo, choir and orchestra by the German composer Johannes Brahms. Brahms wrote the work on the occasion of the German victory in the Franco-Prussian War and dedicated it to emperor Wilhelm I. The text itself emanates from the Book of Revelation predicting the downfall of Babylon but is consciously reinterpreted into political terms. Due to its patriotic message bound to the zeitgeist of the Unification of Germany, the Triumphlied lost popularity after World War I, despite its musical quality. Today it is one of Brahms's rather unknown œuvres.
caption: Title page of the score, published by N. Simrock
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