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An arrangement for Symphony Orchestra of the British National Anthem made for the Orchestre national d'Île-de-France There are versions for Brass Quintet & String Orchestra in store.
God Save the Queen, also called (during a kingship) God Save the King, British royal and national anthem. The origin of both the words and the music is obscure. The many candidates for authorship include John Bull (c. 15621628), Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1583c. 1633), Henry Purcell (c. 163995), and Henry Carey (c. 16871743). The earliest copy of the words appeared in Gentlemans Magazine in 1745; the tune appeared about the same time in an anthology, Thesaurus Musicus-in both instances without attribution. In the same year, "God Save the King" was performed in two London theatres, one the Drury Lane; and in the following year George Frideric Handel used it in his Occasional Oratorio, which dealt with the tribulations of the Jacobite Rebellion of 45. Thereafter, the tune was used frequently by composers making British references, notably by Ludwig van Beethoven, who used it in seven variations.
From Great Britain the melody passed to continental Europe, becoming especially popular in Germany and Scandinavia, with a variety of different lyrics. Later, in the United States, Samuel F. Smith (180895) wrote "My Country Tis of Thee" (1832), to be sung to the British tune; it became a semiofficial anthem for the nation, second in popularity only to "The Star-Spangled Banner."
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