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Forseti (band)
Forseti was a German neofolk band formed in Jena in 1997 and disestablished in 2005. The band is known for its musical settings of German romantic poetry. History Having formed in Jena in 1997, Forseti debuted in 2000 with the 10" album ''Jenzig''. The album established Andreas Ritter's literary interests with musical settings of Ludwig Uhland's "Gesang der Jünglinge" and Johann Wolfgang von Goethe's "Erlkönig". Ritter's interests were also present in references to 18th- and 19th-century poets such as Eduard Mörike, Joseph Freiherr von Eichendorff, Matthias Claudius, Friedrich Schiller and Friedrich Hölderlin, but also 20th-century writers such as Paul Celan and Friedrich Dürrenmatt. The band's second album ''Windzeit'' was released in 2002 and includes poems by Hermann Hesse and Ricarda Huch. It features two song with lyrics by Uwe Nolte of the band Orplid, and guest performances from members of the band Sonne Hagal and from Douglas P. of Death in June. In 2004 Forseti rel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jena
Jena () is a German city and the second largest city in Thuringia. Together with the nearby cities of Erfurt and Weimar, it forms the central metropolitan area of Thuringia with approximately 500,000 inhabitants, while the city itself has a population of about 110,000. Jena is a centre of education and research; the Friedrich Schiller University was founded in 1558 and had 18,000 students in 2017 and the Ernst-Abbe-Fachhochschule Jena counts another 5,000 students. Furthermore, there are many institutes of the leading German research societies. Jena was first mentioned in 1182 and stayed a small town until the 19th century, when industry developed. For most of the 20th century, Jena was a world centre of the optical industry around companies such as Carl Zeiss, Schott and Jenoptik (since 1990). As one of only a few medium-sized cities in Germany, it has some high-rise buildings in the city centre, such as the JenTower. These also have their origin in the former Carl Zeiss factor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
