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also entered a pact with
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period (1470s). The oldest extant manuscript text was written in 1501, the first publication in print dates to 1545. It consists of stanzas of six lines each, with a rhyming scheme of A-A-B-C-C-B. It is one of the oldest existing records of the legend of
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Ein hĂĽpsch lied vom ursprung der
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The song in its extant form was composed in several stages during the later 15th century. Since it ends with the death of
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557:The Story of William Tell
90:von der eidgenossen pundt
321:Bergier, Jean-François.
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641:Swiss patriotic songs
506:William Tell Overture
282:Rochus von Liliencron
82:Galeazzo Maria Sforza
58:Johann Caspar Lavater
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313:Bergier, p. 71.
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68:Composition
635:Categories
441:Tellenlied
425:Literature
389:Characters
269:References
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110:Max Wehrli
54:Tellenlied
25:Tellenlied
19:Bundeslied
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200:Appenzell
192:Solothurn
108:Although
581:Crossbow
503:(1829) (
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232:SĂ©lestat
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198:(1496),
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152:Acht Ort
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253:at the
164:Lucerne
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180:Glarus
172:Schwyz
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608:Other
484:Opera
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