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difficulties of unity 270â1
rugby and anthem 259â60
see also
Mandela, Nelson; South Africa
Aharonián, Coriún
on Acuña de Figueroa 294â5, 298â9
Aishwarya, Queen of Nepal 45â6
Aitken, Jonathan 146
Ajnad Media Foundation 217â18
Akihito, Emperor 108, 112
Algeria
âKassaman/We Pledge' 23â5
âLa Marseillaise' and 22â5
âAll of Us, for Our Country, Our Flag and Glory' (anthem of Lebanon) 223
âAlsalam Almalaky' (former anthem of Egypt)
not by Verdi 224â5
replaced by âOh, My Weapon' 226
âAmerica the Beautiful' (Bates and Ward) 68
Andorra
âEl Gran Carlemany' and âLa Marseillaise' 162
Angel, Ryland 93â4
anthems
as accidents 310â11
Arab nations and 222â3
dying for a country 303â4
importance of 312â15
Islamist ideology and 210â14
musical types of 39â43
national leaders compose 129â33
as a weapon of control 302â3
Argentina
character of anthem 277, 278, 279, 295, 298, 299
Paraguay and 283, 286â7
Uruguayan missing and 301â2
âArise, O Compatriots' (anthem of Nigeria)
Ogunnaike and 84â6, 88
Arne, Thomas 164â6, 170
Auden, W. H. 312
Australia
âAdvance, Australia, Fair' 161
Bangladesh
âMy Golden Bengal' 229
Barbados
anthem by Irving Burgie 230
Barnum, P. T. 89
Bartholdi, Frédéric 12
Bateman, Stringer 181
Baxter, Gib 67
Bayes, Mike 90
Bayoumi Effendi, Mohammed
writes first Egyptian anthem 225
Beanes, Dr William 75
âBeautiful Rwanda' (anthem of Rwanda) 202â3
Beethoven, Ludwig von 168â9
Belgium
âLa Brabançonne' 151â2
languages of 249
Berlin, Irving
âGod Bless America' 68
Bhattarai, Baburam, Prime Minister of Nepal 35â7, 46â7, 59â62
âBilady, Bilady'
see
âMy Country, You Have My Love and My Heart'
Bin Laden, Osama 215
Birendra, King of Nepal 44â6, 58
âBlack Manifesto' (Langenhoven) 255
Blair, Tony xviii
Blake, William
âJerusalem' 182â3
Boganda, Barthélemy 151
Boko Haram
âDawlat al-Islam Qamat' 210
Bolivia
character of anthem 279â80, 299
Bonaparte, Josephine 16
Bonaparte, Napoleon
Liechtenstein and 173
Rouget and 16â18
tomb of 31â2
Bons, Enric
borrows âLa Marseillaise' 162
Borat
(film) 144â5
âLa Borinqueña' (anthem of Puerto Rico) 42
âBorn in the U.S.A.' (Springsteen) 68
Bosnia and Herzegovina 314
in Banja Luka 185â6
ethnic nationalism 199â202, 204
âJedna si Jedina' 192, 193â6
Our Lady of Medjugorje 196
and Republika Srpska 196
siege of Sarajevo 193â5
Srebrenica Massacre 197
war for independence 186â7
at Zenica Stadium 191â3
see also
âIntermezzo' (anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
Botswana 253
âLa Brabançonne' (anthem of Belgium) 151â2, 249
Brazil
character of anthem 279, 299
described as paradise 297
âHino da Independência' 152
Uruguay and Paraguay 286â7
Bremer, Paul 203â4, 205
Bright Blue 254
Britain
see
United Kingdom
Britten, Benjamin
âMalay Moon' 229
Brümmer, Guillaume 255
Brunet, Dominique 18
Bulgaria
âDear Motherland' 14
Bull, John 171â2
Burgie, Irving 230
Burkina Faso
âUne Seule Nuit' 151
Bush, George W. xviii
Camas, Joseph 6
Cambodia 131â2
Canada
âO, Canada' 99
âIl Canto degli Italiani' (anthem of Italy) 106
Cantarel, Didier 21
Carey, George 170
Carey, Henry 170
Carlos III of Spain 189â90
Carnicer, Ramón 41
Carvin, André 6
Catalonia
âThe Reapers' 190
Ä
emalovi
Ä
, Nermina 198â9
Central African Republic 151
Charles, Prince of Wales 182
Charles X of France 30
Chile
character of anthem 41, 279, 299
China
colonised by Japan 106â7
âMarch of the Volunteers' 130â1
worries Japan 121
Clark, Richard 171â2
Clinton, Bill xviii
Cochrane, Alexander 77
Colombia
character of anthem 278, 279, 299
Congo, Republic of
âLa Congolaise' 24
Côte d'Ivoire
âL'Abidjanaise' 24
Croatia
âOur Beautiful Homeland' 192
war with Bosnia 186
Cucek, Michael 120â2
Culloden, battle of xv
Cyprus 161, 183
Czech Republic
âWhere is My Home?' 210
Daribayeva, Zhadyra 145
writes first Kazakh anthem 137â40
Darwish, Iman el-Bahr 239, 240, 244
Darwish, Sayed
composes âBilady, Bilady' 237â8
house of 243â5
âI'm an Egyptian' 238
mysterious death of 239
âRise Up, Egyptian' 238
songs of 242
âDawlat al-Islam Qamat' (unofficial Islamist anthem)
appearance on YouTube 209â10
Guardian
article about 219
lyrics to 208
origins of 218
striking melody of 214
âDay O' (Burgie) 230
De Klerk, F. W. 272
De Villiers, Marthinus Lourens 255
âDear Motherland' (anthem of Bulgaria) 14
Debali, Francisco José
composes Uruguayan anthem 297â9
non-grave of 299â300
âDefenders of the Homeland' (anthem of Tunisia) 24
Denmark
âGod Save the Queen' and 161
âHeil dir im Siegerkranz' 168
Dervišhalidovi
Ä
, Edin (Dino Merlin) 192, 193â6
âDeutschlandlied' (anthem of Germany)
Haydn composes 168, 229
verses shifted post-war 105â6
Dipendra, Crown Prince of Nepal 45
Dmitrienko, Maria 144
Donizetti, Gaetano
Ottoman empire anthems 190
Dubioza Kolektiv (band) 201
Duveau, Olivier 10
âThe East is Red' (Mao's anthem) 131
Ecuador
character of anthem 279, 299
Egypt
as cultural centre 223â4
first anthem âAlsalam Almalaky' 224â5
lyrics to âMy Country' 220
in Ma'adi with Sharara 221â2
Muslim Brotherhood 214â15
nasheeds
and jihadi songs 214
Nassar and 226â7
âOh, My Weapon' anthem 226â9, 230, 232, 234â6
Putin's visit 244â5
recent events in 226, 240â3
under Sadat 234â7
Sinai and 235
Six Day War 232â4
social changes 222
âEgypt, Which Is In My Mind and In My Blood' 232
Elizabeth II, Queen 133, 155, 182
Elkuch, Herbert 177
Espinosa, Manuel de
âMarcha Real/Royal March' 189â90
Estonia 161, 183
Fallaci, Oriana 212
Falz-Fein, Baron Eduard von 159â60
Farouk, King of Egypt 226
Fenton, John William
composes âKimigayo' 104, 122â3
âFida'i' (anthem of Palestine) 223
Finland
âMaamme' 161, 183
âFlower of Scotland' 182
France
Aix to Avignon 7â10
Algeria/Tunisia and 22â5
Charlie Hebdo attacks 31
immigrants in 22
languages of 6
le Front National 5
Lyon 4, 22, 25â6
Marseilles 4â7
Nasser and Suez 227
post-Revolution events 15, 30â1
Revolution of 4, 26â30
Rouget's childhood home 18
supports Scottish Jacobites xiv
Vichy anthem 30â1
war with Austria 13â14
war with Britain 71
see also
âLa Marseillaise' (anthem of France)
Francia y Velasco, Dr José Gaspar Rodriguez de 281, 282â4, 290
Franco, General Francisco 190
Frank-David, Frédéric 5â7
Frick, Mario 176â7
Frommelt, Josef 163â4
on âGod Save the Queen' 172
on importance of anthem 175â7
Fukushima, Kazuo 104
Galiano, Isabelino 290â1
GarcÃa, Floreal Gualberto 301
GarcÃa Hernández, Amaral 300â4
Garnier, Pierre 6
Gaugain, Etienne 6
General Advertiser
reviews âGod Save the King' 165
Gentleman's Magazine
166â7
George II, King
âGod Save the King' xivâxv
George III, King 167â8
Germany
changes anthem post-war 105â6
Haydn's anthem music 168, 229
Liechtenstein and 163â4, 175
tune of âGod Save the Queen' 168
Gilbert, William 181
Giménez, Remberto 288
âGiovinezza' (Italian Fascist Party song) 106
Glinka, Mikhail
âPatriotic Song' 190
âThe Glorious 17th of April' (Pol Pot's anthem) 131â2
âGo West' (Pet Shop Boys) 115
âGod Bless America' (Berlin) 68
âGod Bless the USA' (Greenwood) 94â5
âGod of Justice' (anthem of Serbia) 192
âGod Save the Queen/King' (anthem of the United Kingdom) xiâxi, 314
adoption against Jacobite rebellion xivâxv
alternatives 181â3
Arne finds a galliard 164â6
church hymn type 40
influence of 42, 52
and Liechtenstein's anthem 159â62, 174â5
lyrics of 166â7
mystery of composer 169â72
non-/attachment to 155â7
Russia and Denmark use tune of xv
âGod Zij Met Ons Suriname' (anthem of Suriname) 250
González Bocanegra, Francisco
Mexican anthem 313
González del Pino, Guadalupe 313
González Parra, Mariano 276â8, 304
Gorbachev, Mikhail 142
âEl Gran Carlemany' (anthem of Andorra) 162
Greece 183
shares anthem with Cyprus 161
wordy anthem 312
Greenwood, Lee
âGod Bless the USA' 94â5
Griffiths, Edward 265â6
âGuardians of the Homeland' (anthem of Syria) 228
Gurung, Amber 62â3
anthem criticised 56
composer of Nepal's anthem 51â3
Gurung, Kishor 51, 52â3
Guyana 279
Gyanendra, King of Nepal 43, 46â7, 49
post-monarchy 53â5, 57â9
Hafez, Abdel Halim 232
âHail, Columbia' (Phile and Hopkinson) 81
Hamas,
nasheeds
and 215
Handel, George F.
âGod Save the King' fiction 170â1
Hans-Adam II, Prince of Liechtenstein 178â80
Hashimoto, Toru 117â19, 121, 124
âHatikvah/The Hope' (anthem of Israel) 100
Haydn, Josef
âDeutschlandlied' 229
âGod Save the Queen/Oben am Jungen Rhein' 159, 168
âHeil dir im Siegerkranz' (anthem of Denmark)
âGod Save the Queen' and 168
Helja, Nidžara 200â1
âHen Wlad Fy Nhadau'/Land of My Fathers' xvi
Hernández, Mirtha Yoland 301
Herzog, Chaim 235
âHet Wilhelmus/The William' (anthem of The Netherlands)
world's first anthem xiiâxiv
âHey, Slavs' (anthem of former Yugoslavia) 192
Hezbollah 217
Hirohito, Emperor 106, 108
Hofmeyr, Steve 266
âI Wish I was in Dixie' (Emmett) 89
Ieng Sary 132
Ikeda, Masa 123â4
âI'm an Egyptian' (Darwish) 238
India
âJana Gana Mana' 52, 229
respect for anthem 100
Instituto Paraguayo 286, 288
âIntermezzo' (anthem of Bosnia and Herzegovina)
adoption of DuÅ¡an's song 186â8
DuÅ¡an moves on from 205â7
lyric competition and controversy 197â9
sung over at stadium 192â3
without lyrics 189â91
International Olympic Committee
see
Olympic Games
Iran
former anthems 213
Khomeini and music 211â13
Iraq
adopts âMawtini' 203â4
IS
nasheeds
217
pan-Arabism and 228
wordless anthem 190
Ishihara, Shintaro 111, 125
Ishikawa, Toshihiro
attitudes towards anthem 97â9
suicide of 100, 110
Islamism
âDawlat al-Islam Qamat' 208, 209â10, 218â19
ideology and music 210â14
IS writes new
nasheeds
217â18
nasheeds
and jihadi songs 214â16
Isma'il Pasha, Khedive 225
Isovi
Ä
, Benjamin 197â8
Israel
anthem controversy 100
Sinai and Palestine 235
Six Day War with Egypt 232â4
Issuikai 120
Italy
changes anthem post-war 106
character of anthem 280
âMarcia Reale d'Ordinanza' 190
Jahin, Bahaa
on Salah 226, 227â9, 232â3
Jahin, Salah
composes âOh, My Weapon' 226, 227â9
son on 232â3
writes annual song 232
Jahin, Samia 240â3
Jakubovi
Ä
, Brano 201
âJamaica Farewell' (Burgie) 230
âJana Gana Mana' (anthem of India) 52