# Fiakerlied

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thumb|Title page of the sheet music published by August Cranz
The "'''Fiakerlied'''" ('Fiaker Song') is an 1885 [Wienerlied](/source/Wienerlied) (Viennese song) with words and music by [Gustav Pick](/source/Gustav_Pick).

The song was written to celebrate the centenary of the Viennese [Fiaker](/source/Fiaker), a horse-drawn carriage for hire. It was performed on 24 May 1885 by [Alexander Girardi](/source/Alexander_Girardi) at a charity festival at the [Rotunde](/source/Rotunde) in the [Prater](/source/Prater), accompanied by [Nathaniel Rothschild](/source/Nathaniel_Meyer_von_Rothschild)'s band conducted by Wilhelm Rab. The music was published in that year by August Cranz.<ref name=lexikon>[https://www.musiklexikon.ac.at/ml/musik_P/Pick_Gustav.xml "Pick, Gustav"] ''[Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon](/source/Oesterreichisches_Musiklexikon) Online''. Retrieved 20 April 2022.</ref><ref>{{ÖBL2|Gustav|Pick|1832|1921|title=Pick, Gustav (1832–1921), Komponist|author=H[ans] Pemmer|author-link=:de:Hans Pemmer|volume=8|year=1979|page=61}}</ref>

It was Gustav Pick's most successful song, and has remained popular. The song was the basis of the 1936 German film of the same name (English title ''[The Cabbie's Song](/source/The_Cabbie's_Song)'').<ref name=lexikon/> A notable transcription for solo piano was written and performed by the pianist [Friedrich Gulda](/source/Friedrich_Gulda). 

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMSLP|work=Wiener Fiakerlied (Pick, Gustav)|cname=Fiakerlied}}
* {{YouTube|WWmt-cMYADo|"Fiakerlied"}}, sung in 1918 by Alexander Girardi

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