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"Land of the Free" is the national anthem of Belize. The words were written by Samuel Alfred Haynes in 1929 based upon Haynes poem “Land of the Gods.” The musical arrangement for “Land of the Gods,” was composed with Selwyn Walford Young in 1930.
In 1929, he composed the words of a poem named "Land of the Gods". In 1930 with the assistance of Selvyn Young, “Land of the Gods,” was composed into a musical arrangement, first used in 10th of September celebrations before becoming Belize's national anthem, "Land of the Free". [1] [2]
In 1981 this song was adopted as Belize's national anthem, with the minor alteration of changing the words "Land of the Gods" to "Land of the Free". [ 2 ] [ 3 ] [ 4 ] This was done without consulting Young or Haynes, and without regard to international copyright status of the song.
Egodahage George Wilfred Alwis Samarakoon (13 January 1911 – 2 April 1962) known as Ananda Samarakoon was a Sri Lankan (Sinhalese) composer and musician. He composed the Sri Lankan national anthem "Namo Namo Matha" and is considered the father of artistic Sinhala music and founder of the modern Sri Lankan Sinhala Geeta Sahitya (Song Literature). [1]
Amaradeva has also been described as the defining musician of Sinhala civilization for his role in the creation of a national tradition. [3] [21] Amaradeva was married to Wimala, together they had one son (Ranjana Amaradeva), and two daughters (Subhani Amaradeva, herself a talented vocalist, and Priyanvada Amaradeva). [22]
[1] [2] [3] It is sung at the start of every school day except for Monday, when the National Anthem is sung, and on other important occasions. The words of the song were written by Major H. L. Reed, a principal of the school in the third term of 1927. [4] The music was later revised by S. Schmid.
Jayawardena was born on 17 March 1950 [N 1] in the village Siyambalanduwa, Monaragala, Sri Lanka as the eldest of the family. [3] His father H. M. Wijayasundara was a farmer and his mother D.M. Ranmenika was a housewife.
The Balekanas' submission, "God Save Our Solomon Islands", won the competition, for which Panapasa was awarded SI$250 for the lyrics and music each, [3] and became the national anthem of the Solomon Islands. It was sung on the country's first independence day, 7 July 1978.