His movement rebuked him; his song became the anthemSourced
His fellow nationalists criticized him.
His song later became their anthem.
Journalist Johann Jannsen helped Estonia's 19th-century national awakening but was criticized within the movement for his cautious relations with Baltic German leaders. A patriotic song he wrote became Estonia's national anthem after independence.
The man and the song
had different futures.
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