Carrying a dramatic title that translates as “And We Thought About the Dead,” this song takes the eighth stanza of Ferdinand Freiligrath’s poem “Die Trompete von Vionville” as its text, as soldiers ride off from a battle. Though they’ve won the battle, it has come at a terrible cost in lives, and th...
Und nun kam die Nacht, und wir ritten hindann
Rundum die Wachtfeuer lohten;
Die Rosse schnoben, der Regen rann -
Und wir dachten der Toten, der Toten!
Und wir dachten der Toten was written by Franz Liszt & Ferdinand Freiligrath.