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FAMOUS SONGS
1780, and with the German words was published in 1793. See the last chapter in this volume.
The year 1893 was the centenary of another well-known song and little-known poet Bern-hardt Thiersch was born on April 26th, 1793, and was the author of " Ich bin ein Pousse,'' which was written in 1830 for the King's birth-day celebration at Halberstadt. It wras first sung to the melody, " Wo Mut und Kraft in deutscher Seele flammen," but the music now in use is the composition by Neithardt.
The German wanderers' songs and travellers' songs are almost unique. Elise Polko, a Ger-man writer, tells a touching story in connec-tion with " Der Wanderer" and " Ach, wie ist's moglich," two Thuringian songs known all the world over. " Der Wanderer" was composed in 1837 by Frederich Bruckner, father of Oskar Bruckner, the 'cellist, and " Ach, wie ist's mo-glich" was the composition of Bruckner's friend, Kantor Johann Ludwig Bohner, both of Erfurt.
In May, 1849, Wagner had to make his escape from Dresden, and he arrived at Erfurt on his way to Paris, to be conducted across the frontier by Bruckner and Bohner. As he was being accompanied through the streets in the moonlight, he stopped suddenly to listen to some female voices singing, "Ach, wie ist's
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