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A drinking song is a song sung while drinking alcohol. Most drinking songs are folk songs or commercium songs, and may be varied from person to person and region to region, in both the lyrics and in the music.
In Germany, drinking songs are called Trinklieder.
In Sweden, where they are called dryckesvisor, there are drinking songs associated with Christmas, Midsummer, and other celebrations. An example of such a song is "Helan går".
In Spain, Asturias, patria querida (the anthem of Asturias) is usually depicted as a drinking song.
In France, historical types of drinking songs are Chanson pour boire and Air à boire.
Musical artist Homebrew Stew (Rich Stewart) wrote a magazine article in the November 2002 issue of Modern Drunkard titled "Rhythm and Booze: The Top 86 Drinking Songs". [1]
Franz Schubert wrote several lieder (art songs) known as "Trinklied":
John Harris Harbison is an American composer, known for his symphonies, operas, and large choral works.
Józef Antoni Franciszek Elsner was a Polish composer, music teacher, and music theoretician, active mainly in Warsaw. He was one of the first composers in Poland to weave elements of folk music into his works.
Ferenc Farkas was a Hungarian composer.
Iša František Krejčí was a Czech neoclassicist composer, conductor and dramaturge.
Karl Julius Marx was a German composer and music teacher.
Vergißmeinnicht (Forget-me-not), WAB 93, is a cantata composed by Anton Bruckner in 1845.
Franz Schubert's best-known music for the theatre is his incidental music for Rosamunde. Less successful were his many opera and Singspiel projects. On the other hand, some of his most popular Lieder, like "Gretchen am Spinnrade," were based on texts written for the theatre.
Fidelio Friedrich "Fritz" Finke was a Bohemian-German composer.
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