“Das lila Lied”

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“Das lila Lied” is a pioneering 1920 German cabaret song by Mischa Spoliansky that is widely regarded as one of the first explicitly pro-gay anthems in modern music history.

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Das lila Lied 1
“Das lila Lied” canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf LGBT-related song ⓘ
cabaret song ⓘ
song ⓘ
associatedWith Berlin queer culture ⓘ
LGBT history in Germany ⓘ
composer Mischa Spoliansky ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Germany ⓘ
createdIn Berlin ⓘ
describedAs one of the first explicitly pro-gay anthems in modern music history ⓘ
genre LGBT music ⓘ
cabaret ⓘ
popular music ⓘ
hasChorusLine "Wir sind nun einmal anders als die andern" ⓘ
hasColorSymbolism lavender ⓘ
hasCulturalMeaning early anthem of homosexual emancipation ⓘ
symbol of queer visibility in Weimar Germany ⓘ
hasForm strophic song ⓘ
hasKey F major ⓘ
hasLyricsMotive rejection of social hypocrisy ⓘ
self-acceptance ⓘ
historicalPeriod Weimar Republic ⓘ
influenced later LGBT anthems ⓘ
language German ⓘ
lyricist Kurt Schwabach ⓘ
movement Weimar cabaret ⓘ
early gay rights movement ⓘ
musicalStyle waltz ⓘ
notableFor early musical expression of gay pride ⓘ
explicitly positive portrayal of homosexuality ⓘ
originalMedium cabaret performance ⓘ
partOf Weimar-era queer repertoire ⓘ
performanceContext Berlin cabaret stages ⓘ
placeOfFirstPerformance Berlin ⓘ
subjectOf LGBT history research ⓘ
musicological studies on queer music history ⓘ
theme gay pride ⓘ
homosexuality ⓘ
sexual identity ⓘ
social acceptance ⓘ
timeSignature 3/4 ⓘ
title Das lila Lied ⓘ
linked to: “Das lila Lied”
translatedTitle The Lavender Song ⓘ
yearOfComposition 1920 ⓘ
yearOfFirstPerformance 1920 ⓘ

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Mischa Spoliansky → notableWork → “Das lila Lied” ⓘ
Das lila Lied → title → Das lila Lied ⓘ
subject linked to: “Das lila Lied”
linked to: “Das lila Lied”