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At international rugby league matches, England often sang "Land of Hope and Glory" as their national anthem (but since the 2005 internationals switched to "God Save the Queen"). The song was also used once as the victory anthem of England at the Commonwealth Games until "Jerusalem" was adopted in 2010. [citation needed]
"God Save the King" (Afrikaans: God Red die Koning, God Red die Koningin when a Queen) was a co-national anthem of South Africa from 1938 until 1957, [118] when it was formally replaced by "Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" as the sole national anthem. [118] The latter served as a sort of de facto co-national anthem alongside the former until 1938. [118]
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Song Year adopted Lyricist(s) Composer(s) Audio Anguilla "God Bless Anguilla" 1981 Unknown Bermuda "Hail to Bermuda" 1984 Bette Johns Cayman Islands "Beloved Isle Cayman" 1993 Leila Ross-Shier Falkland Islands "Song of the Falklands" 1930 Christopher Lanham Gibraltar "Gibraltar Anthem" 1994 Peter Emberley Montserrat "Motherland" 1995
If a national anthem is defined by being officially designated as the national song of a particular state, then La Marseillaise, which was officially adopted by the French National Convention in 1796, would qualify as the first official national anthem. Holographic copy of 1847 of Il Canto degli Italiani, the Italian national anthem since 1946
"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States. The lyrics come from the "Defence of Fort M'Henry", [2] a poem written by American lawyer Francis Scott Key on September 14, 1814, after he witnessed the bombardment of Fort McHenry by the British Royal Navy during the Battle of Baltimore in the War of 1812.
Negaraku" (National anthem) "Jalur Gemilang" (Flag anthem) "Malaysiaku Gemilang" ("Glory of My Malaysia" - The Anthem for the 50th Merdeka Day) "Perpaduan Teras Kejayaan" ("Unity Is The Core of Success" - The Anthem for the 51st Merdeka Day) "Satu Malaysia" ("One Malaysia" - The Anthem for the 52nd Merdeka Day)
In its original form, the song was an anthem honouring Francis II, emperor of the Austrian Empire. It was intended as an impetus to Austrian patriotism, modeled on Great Britain's "God Save the King". The tune later became the music of the national anthem of Austria-Hungary, prior to the abolition of the Habsburg monarchy in 1918.