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49a - 2 - HTH nnsidetisdasbie BANRON 1196 The attitude of Hensel also corresponds to the connection of chBariut to the Church's musical aspirations of both denominations with which he worked in various ways. The holding of non-German Singwochen in Switzerland, Holland and Finland is certainly not political, but merely an artistic moment; in January 1932 he writes in the magazine "Lied und Volk" that from the very beginning a narrow, selfish and national point of view must be eliminated; it is about unequally higher things, about something that must be the goal of all humanity; it concerns freedom and human dignity. This freedom can only be found in the realm of the spirit. moV \-0V.a.O0 .0 With Hensel, the folk song is obviously an end in itself, but never means to an end, as it was felt by the German youth movement; so he also rejected the Horst Wessel song on the occasion of the Winkelsdorfer Singwoche from the point of view of musicology, since probably the phrase "The flag high" shows up, but the way goes down. in the "feansH rodlew -dA on ed Nevertheless, it is to be noted that Hensel has earned himself both around the CS (eban sudetenGerman folk song as well as around the music culture of the Ju- ai. The work of the Finkensteiner-Bun- des and its singing weeks, his work at the singing school in Stuttgart, his publications of folk songs and song leaves have been widely distributed and the serious reflection of the youth movement at that time on the valuable music material has had a major influence. Currently Hensel is working on the publication of a comprehensive folk song study. He lives very much in Teplitz-Schönau, but is highlighted by various circles of the Sudeten-gaue in recent times. In view of his merits, there are no doubts about the recognition of the Eichendorff Prize to Hensel. dwol L enlea.nedcoeogortel dansled nixegaäde78703 -8 dqoeco Mrnver ,dim pedoow ymsoy aupespe geebl 10.045