De Alde Friezen
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"De Âlde Friezen" (Template:Langx) is the anthem of the Friesland province of the Netherlands.<ref name=":0">Template:Cite book</ref>
The text is by the Frisian writer Eeltsje Halbertsma.<ref name=":0" /> The version commonly sung today is an abridgement, dating from 1876, by Jacobus van Loon. The words were not set to music until after Halbertsma's death; they were first sung in 1875 at a ceremony held to commemorate his work. The song was adopted as the Frisian anthem by the Selskip foar Frysk Taal- en Skriftekennisse (Society for Frisian Language and Literature) and has served as the anthem of Friesland ever since.
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- Vocal rendition (MP3 file) (first stanza and chorus)
- Vom hoh'n OlympTemplate:Dead link (the melody of which was used for De âlde Friezen)
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