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The lyrics were written by Vasily Zhukovsky, and the music of the British anthem "God Save the King" was used. In 1833, "The Prayer of Russians" was replaced with " God Save the Tsar ". The two songs both have identical incipits : «Боже, царя храни».
The 1977 film The Bad News Bears in Breaking Training uses a portion of Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture. Also, the movie's theme song, James Rolleston's "Life is Lookin' Good," uses a variation of the music. Canadian progressive rock band Rush adopted the famous brass theme of 1812 Overture in their suite 2112, from their album of the same name ...
The Battle of Britain is about to begin, after which the Aces High or Luftwaffe March begins. The main titles were made by Maurice Binder. The German commanding officers inspect the fictional II./KG 545 bomber unit or kampfgeschwader (part of 2. Flieger-Division).
Zhukovsky was born on 9 February [O.S. 29 January] 1783 in the village of Mishenskoe in the Tula Governorate of the Russian Empire.He was the illegitimate son of a landowner named Afanasi Bunin and his Turkish housekeeper Salkha, [2] [3] who had been captured during the siege of Bender in 1770 and brought to Russia as a slave.
War of 1812: Battle of Fort George: 27 May: US Lt. Col. Scott captures British fort War of the Sixth Coalition: Battle of Hoyerswerda: 28 May: France defeats Prussia Mexican War of Independence: Battle of La Chincúa: 19 April – 28 May: Mexican rebels defeat Spain War of 1812: Second Battle of Sacket's Harbor: 28–29 May: US General Brown ...
June 27 – John Pyke Hullah, composer and music teacher (d. 1884) July 28 – Józef Ignacy Kraszewski, lyricist and poet (died 1887) August 12 – John Oxenford, librettist and dramatist (died 1877) October 1 – Johann Rufinatscha, composer, music theorist and teacher (d. 1893) November 1 – Hermann von Gilm, lyricist and poet (died 1864)
The original version of the song, written by Vasily Zhukovsky and Egor Fyodorovich Rozen, [1] [2] praised the Tsar and the Russian Tsardom, while the latter version by Sergey Gorodetsky was one of a patriotic form and is even sometimes regarded as a patriotic anthem of the Russia in the 20th century and today. It is one of the more popular ...
"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!, IPA: [ˈboʐɨ tsɐˈrʲa xrɐˈnʲi]) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire.The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833.