Don, you have me profoundly confused. Were you perhaps intending to post to another thread, about the song Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit? [recording of the song by Vienna Boys' Choir here (click)] Also see this page (click) on Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit.

Zupfgeigenhansel was a German folk duo, one of the most successful groups to emerge on the German folk scene in the 1970s. It consisted of Erich Schmeckenbecher and Thomas Friz. The group was named after the collection of folk songs of the same name, which was published in 1909.


Der Neue Zupfgeigenhansl, an entirely new book, was published by B. Schott's Söhne, Mainz, in 1983. The editor was Bertold Marohl. Song Number 82 is "Kein Schöner Land," with this attribution: Text und Musik mündlich überliefert (delivered orally).

So, I'm confused. Maybe what's you're saying is that Pläne Verlag published a songbook for the Zupfgeigenhansl folk duo in 1984, but what's "Kein schöner Land in dieser Zeit" have to do with "Dona Dona"?

-Joe-