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The Lavender Song (Das Lila Lied) is a cabaret song written in 1920 with lyrics by Kurt Schwabach and music by Mischa Spoliansky in Germany and is considered one of the first gay anthems.[1]
History
The song is a product of Germany's Weimar Republic, during which time lesbians and gay men enjoyed a short period of improvement in quality of life when the government establishmed basic democratic rights that covered the LGBT community and abolished censorship.
The song was written after the Institut für Sexualwissenschaft (Institute for Sexual Science) under Magnus Hirschfeld made worldwide news with its "First International Conference for Sexual Reform" which called for regulations on sexual behavior to be based on science instead of religion or other unscientific tradition.
References
- ^ Sarah Lippek. "Disrupted Values, Erupting Culture: Cabaret and the Sexual Persona in Weimar Berlin". Social Science Research Network. p. 13. http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=1079945. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
External Links
- "The Lavender Song (Das Lila Lied)" - Take the Facing History and Ourselves (Lyrics in English and German; audio clip)
Categories:- 1920 songs
- LGBT rights in Germany
- Song stubs
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