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NATIONAL ANTHEMS OR HYMNS

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Originally appearing in Volume V19, Page 266 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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NATIONAL ANTHEMS OR See also:HYMNS . The selection of some particular songs, words and See also:music, as the formal expression of national patriotism, is a comparatively See also:modern developmentof ceremonial usage. In See also:Europe the See also:chief national anthems are: The See also:United See also:Kingdom: " See also:God See also:save the See also:king " (see below); See also:France: " The Marseillaise," by Rouget de See also:Lisle; See also:Germany: " Heil See also:dir See also:im Siegeskranz," words by Balthasar See also:Gerhard See also:Schumacher, music of " God save the King "; See also:Switzerland: " Rufst du, mein Vaterland," music of " God save the King "; See also:Italy: the " Royal See also:March " by G. Gabetti; See also:Austria: " Gott erhalte unsern Kaiser," words by L. L. Haschka, music by See also:Haydn; See also:Hungary: " Isten ald meg a Magyart "; See also:Belgium: " La Brabangonne," by F. Campenhout; See also:Holland: " Wien Nierlansch "; See also:Denmark: " Heil dir, dem Liebenden," words by H. Harries, music of " God save the King," and " King Kristian stod ved hojen See also:mast," words by See also:Ewald, music by Hartman; See also:Sweden:- " Ur Svenska hjertans "; See also:Russia: " Bozhe See also:Zaria chrany," words by J. J. Canas, music by D. Jenko; See also:Rumania: " Traeasca Regale," words by V. Alexandri, music by E.

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Spain: " Himno de See also:Riego," music by Herta. In the United States, the " See also:Star Spangled Banner " (1814; words by F. S. See also:Key, music by J. S. See also:Smith) and " See also:Hail See also:Columbia " (1798; words by See also:Joseph See also:Hopkinson, music by Fyles) See also:share the duties of a national See also:anthem, while the tune of " God save the King " is sung to words beginning " My See also:country, 'tis of thee," by See also:Samuel F. Smith (1808–1895). The most celebrated of all national anthems is the See also:English " God save the King," which is said to have been first sung as his own See also:composition by See also:Henry See also:Carey in 1740; and a version was assigned by W. See also:Chappell (Popular Music) to the See also:Harmonia See also:Anglican of 1742 or 1743, but no copy exists and this is now doubted. Words and music were printed in the See also:Gentleman's See also:Magazine for See also:October 1745. There has been much controversy as to the authorship, which is complicated by the fact that earlier forms of the See also:air and the words are recorded.

Such are an " Ayre " of 1619, attributed to See also:

John See also:Bull, who has See also:long been credited with the origin of the anthem; the Scottish See also:carol, " Remember, 0 See also:thou See also:man," in See also:Ravenscroft's Melismata, 1611; the ballad " See also:Franklin is fled away " (printed 1669; and a piece in See also:Purcell's Choice Collection for the See also:Harpsichord (1696). The words or See also:part of them are also found in various forms from the 16th See also:century. The question was discussed in See also:Richard See also:Clarke's See also:Account of the National Anthem (1822), and has been reinvestigated by Dr W. H. Cummings in his God save the King (1902). Carey and Bull, in the See also:general See also:opinion of musical historians, See also:divide the See also:credit; but in his Minstrelsy of See also:England (19o1) See also:Frank Kidson introduced a new claimant, See also:James See also:Oswald, a Scotsman who settled in See also:London in 1742, and worked for John See also:Simpson, the publisher of the See also:early copies of God save the King, and who became chamber composer to See also:George III. What appears to be certain is that 1745 is the earliest date assignable to the substantial national anthem as we know it, and that both words and music had been evolved out of earlier forms. Bull's is the earliest See also:form of the air; Carey's claim to the re-modelling of the anthem rests on an unauthoritative tradition; and, on general probabilities, Oswald is a strong See also:candidate. The tune was adopted by Germany and by Denmark before the end of the 18th century.

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