| LC control no. | n 82039934 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Uniform title heading | God save the King |
| Variant(s) | America (Song) Celebration of American independence God save our Lord the King God save the Queen Heil dir im Siegerkranz My country, 'tis of thee National anthem (Great Britain) |
| See also | Modified by variation as (work): Beethoven, Ludwig van, 1770-1827. Variations sur le thême God save the King |
| Other standard no. | Q40807 186706449 3a7900a1-f4a9-3bf6-9f37-9ec2df823246 mc0002359604 |
| Form of work | National anthems |
| Beginning date | 1744 |
| Associated country | Great Britain |
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| Found in | Music for the Kings and Queens of England [SR] c1974: label (National anthem) New Grove dict. of Amer. mus.: v. 3, p. 485 (America or My country, 'tis of thee; words written by Samuel Francis Smith in 1831 to a German hymn, not recognizing that its melody was that of the British God save the King; sung on July 4, 1831, in Boston, under the title Celebration of American independence) New Grove (under National anthems: Great Britain: God save the King/Queen) Wikipedia, July 27, 2017 (The first published version of what is almost the present tune appeared in 1744 in Thesaurus Musicus. The 1744 version of the song was popularised in Scotland and England the following year, with the landing of Charles Edward Stuart and was published in The Gentleman's Magazine. This manuscript has the tune depart from that which is used today at several points, one as early as the first bar, but is otherwise clearly a strong relative of the contemporary anthem) Fuld (God save the King) Harmonia Anglicana, 1744?: page 1 (God save our Lord the King) |
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