Ännchen von Tharau | Annie of Tharaw - German traditional [w English subtitles] Male Voice Choir MVC

Ännchen von Tharau Cologne Male Voice Choir (KMGV) Members of the WDR Funkhaus Orchestra Conductor: Bernhard Steiner Music: traditional Lyrics: Simon Dach Choral arrangement: Friedrich Silcher Live at Kölner Philharmonie 10/04/2015 In its folk song concert on October 4, 2015 at the Kölner Philharmonie, the Cologne Male Voice Choir presented folk songs from Germany and Europe in sonorous arrangements put together especially for this concert. "Ännchen von Tharau" is a German tradional with lyrics by East Prussian poet Simon Dach. The namesake of the poem is Anna Neander (1615–1689), the daughter of a parson from the East Prussian town of Tharau. The poem was written on the occasion of her marriage in 1636 and had been set to music as a song by 1642.