Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs

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Voices of the Peoples in Their Songs is Johann Gottfried Herder’s influential collection of folk poetry and songs from various cultures, foundational to the development of Romantic nationalism and the study of folklore.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf folk song collection
literary work
poetry anthology
aimsTo demonstrate the value of popular poetry
preserve folk traditions
associatedWith German Romanticism
early nationalism
author Johann Gottfried Herder
compiler Johann Gottfried Herder
contains folk poems
folk songs
translations of foreign songs
countryOfOrigin Germany
emphasizes emotional expression in song
the voice of common people
focusesOn various cultures
vernacular traditions
genre Romantic literature
folk poetry
folklore
hasForm anthology
collection of translated texts
hasLanguage German
influenced Romantic nationalism
comparative literature
folklore studies
national philology
influencedBy Enlightenment thought
oral folk traditions
keyConcept Volksgeist
Volkslied
literaryMovement Romanticism
mainTheme cultural diversity
folk culture
national identity
oral tradition
recognizedAs foundational work in folklore studies
influential source for Romantic nationalism
scholarlyField cultural history
ethnology
folkloristics

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Johann Gottfried Herder
Johann Gottfried Herder
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