Republic or Death! (46 page)

respect for 100

words by Tagore 229

Japan 314

colonial history 106–7

history in Yokohama 122–3

Osaka 113–14

Sera's school and 97–9

war memories 101–2

wartime experiences 104–5

Yakuza 102

see also
‘Kimigayo' (anthem of Japan)

Japan Restoration Association 117

Jauch, Jakob

writes Liechtenstein's lyrics 172–5

Jauch, Xaver 172–3

‘Jedna si Jedina/You Are the One and Only' (Bosnian song) 192, 193–6

‘Jerusalem' (Blake and Parry) 182–3

Johan I, Prince of Liechtenstein 173

Johnson, Chanelle 82

Joldybenov, Dauren 144–5

Jordan 40, 223

Jovi
č
i
ć
, Slavko 197

Kaldayakov, Mukhtar 140–4

Kaldayakov, Shamshi 133

composes ‘My Kazakhstan' 140–4

Kamil, Mustafa 238

Karadži
ć
, Radovan 196–7

‘Kassaman/We Pledge' (anthem of Algeria) 23–5

Kazakhstan

Astana, the capital 127–9

effect of
Borat
144–5

the golden palm 152–3

independence from Soviets 137–9

Nazarbayev and 135–7, 145–51

see also
‘My Kazakhstan' (anthem of Kazakhstan)

Kelani, Reem 239–40

Key, Francis Scott

at the battle 76–9

enduring appeal of words 88, 93

negotiates Beanes' release 75

personality of 73–5

writes ‘The Star-Spangled Banner' 79–81

Key, Philip 74

Key, Polly 74

Khayri, Badi'

lyrics for ‘Bilady, Bilady' 238

Khomeini, Ayatollah Ruhollah

music and ideology 211–13

Khrushchev, Nikita 141

Khumalo, James

‘Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' and 261

Kim Il-sung 130

Kim Jong-il 130

Kim Wôn'gyun

‘Song of General Kim Il-sung' 130

‘Kimigayo' (anthem of Japan)

composition of 122–4

history of 104–6

lyrics of 96, 101

schools and anthem 107–13

seriousness of controversy 100–3

supporters of 117–22

Tokorozawa crisis 108–10

troubled perception of 98–9

Kimura, Mitsuhiro 120

Korea 106

Kosovo

origin of anthem ix–xi, xvi–xxi

war and xvii–xviii

Kulth
Å«
m, Umm
see
Umm Kulth
Å«
m

Kummerow, Burt 73–5

Kuwait

nasheeds
and 215

words to anthem 190–1

Lagoutte, Claude 4

‘Land of My Fathers/Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau' (Welsh song) xvi, 182, 210

‘The Land of the Two Rivers' (former Iraqi anthem) 203

Langenhoven, Cornelis

‘Black Manifesto' 255

writes ‘Die Stem' 255–7

‘Lasting Iran' (former Iranian anthem) 213

Lebanon

‘All of Us, for Our Country, Our Flag and Glory' 223

Libya

anthem by Wahab 224

Liechtenstein 183

history of 173, 178

National Day 157–9

the Prince of 178–80

see also
‘Oben am Jungen Rhein' (anthem of Liechtenstein)

Ligeti, György 263

Linthicum, John Charles 91–2

Long Walk to Freedom
(Mandela) 260

López, Carlos Antonio 284–5

López, Francisco Solano (Mariscal) 281, 285–8, 289

López y Planes, Vicente 284–5

‘Lord Bless Africa/Nkosi Sikelel iAfrika' hymn 40

Louis XVI of France 4, 15, 28–9

Louis XVIII of France 18

Lully, Jean-Baptiste 170

Luxembourg

‘Ons Heemecht/Our Homeland' 191

Luyt, Louis 259

Lynch, Eliza 285–6

‘Maamme' (anthem of Finland) 161, 183

MacArthur, General Douglas 106

Madison, Dolly 72

Madison, James

War of 1812 71–3

Maila, Byakul
see
Rai, Pradip Kumar

‘Majulah Singapura' (anthem of Singapore) 249

Makhanya, Mondli 266–7

‘Malay Moon' (former anthem of Malaysia) 229

Malaysia

‘Malay Moon' 229

Maldives

‘Auld Lang Syne' and 161

Mali 24

Mandela, Nelson

anthems and 259–61

desires inclusiveness 263

honours Sontonga 254–5

imprisonment of 253

inclusiveness 267

Langenhoven and 256

languages of anthem and 250

Long Walk to Freedom
260

Mao Zedong 130–1

‘March of the Volunteers' (anthem of China) 14

composed by Tian Han 130–1

‘Marcha Real/Royal March' (de Espinosa) 189–90

‘Maréchal, Nous Voilà!' (anthem of Vichy, France) 30–1

Marie Antoinette of France 4, 28–9

Markovic, Mirala 200

‘La Marseillaise' (anthem of France)

adopted/unadopted as anthem 15–16

Catholic Church and 26

composer Rouget de Lisle 11–19

historical route of 1–2, 4, 6–11, 19–21, 26–30

influence of 23–5, 42, 162

lyrics of xxii, 3

origins of tune 4

power of 2–3, 10, 21–5, 32–3

revolution and 5–6

values of 311

Martin, Ricky

‘Livin' la Vida Loca' 144

Maryland Historical Society 73

Mashika, Zethu 266

Masuda, Toshimichi 116

Matovi
ć
, Mladen 200

Mauritania 42

‘Mawtini' (anthem of Iraq) 203–4

‘May Glory Crown You' (former anthem of Nepal) 36

Mengjiqi, Mendi x–xi

composer of Kosovan anthem xvi–xxi

Merlin, Dino (Edin Dervišhalidovi
ć
)

writer of ‘Jedna si Jedina' 192, 193–6

Mexico 313

Meyer, Lolla 267–9

Mills, James Frederick 162

Miloševi
ć
, Slobodan xvii–xviii

Mireur, François 7

Mishima, Yukio 120

Moisson, François 6

Moldagaliev, Tumanbay 146

Monaco 162

Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus 297

Mubarak, Hosni 241

Mufdi Zakariah (Algeria)

‘Kassaman' 23–5

Muhadow, Weli 132

Mure
ş
ianu, Andrei

‘Wake Up, Romanian!' 14

Muslim Brotherhood 241–2

under Nasser 226–7

recent events and 226

MuzArt

‘Ush Konyr' 148

‘My Country, You Have My Love and My Heart' (anthem of Egypt)

Darwish composes 237–8

lyrics of 220

Sadat and 236–7, 240

sung in Tahrir Square 240, 241–3

Wahab and 223–4

‘My Golden Bengal' (anthem of Bangladesh) 229

‘My Kazakhstan' (anthem of Kazakhstan)

composition of 129, 133–5, 141–4

lyrics of 126

‘My Ummah, Dawn Has Appeared'
see
‘Dawlat al-Islam Qamat' (unofficial Islamist anthem)

Najimedenov, Jumeken 133, 141

Nakahara, Toru 114

Namibia

adapts ‘Nkosi' 254

Napoleon Bonaparte
see
Bonaparte, Napoleon

nasheeds,
sounds of 216–17

Nasser, Gamal Abdel 222, 231

death of 234

revolution and rule of 226–7

‘National Anthem of Independent Neutral Turkmenistan' 132–3

National Lampoon's Animal House
(film) 188

Nazarbayev, Nursultan

Astana and the tree of life 128

borrows Kaldayakov's song 140, 141–4

life and career of 135–7

popular support for 145–51

rewrites anthem 129, 133–5, 146–8

Nepal 311

aftermath for Pradip 48–51

former royals 53–9, 57–9

Hindu cremation in 38

Maoist uprising 36–8, 46–7, 52–3

post-monarchy 57–9

prime minister Bhattarai 35–7

royal massacre 44–6

Singha Durbar/Lion Palace 35

Netherlands

dispute with Napoleon 16

‘Het Wilhelmus' xii–xiv

overthrows Spanish rule xii–xiv, xvi

New Zealand haka xvi

Nezu, Kimiko 125

anthems and schools 105, 107–8

awakens to Japan's history 106–7

childhood of 103

protests 110–13

Nicaragua 203

Nigeria

‘Arise, O Compatriots' 84–6, 88

‘Dawlat al-Islam Qamat' 210

Niyazov, Saparmurat (Turkmenbashi) 132–3

‘Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika' (anthem of South Africa)

acceptance and reservations 264–7

based on hymn ‘Lord Bless Africa' 40

effort of unity 270–2

incorporates ‘Die Stem' 265–7

lyrics of 246

origins 248–50

rugby and 258–60, 266

Sontonga composes 250–2

sorted out by committee 261–4

North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)

Kosovo and xvii–xviii

North Korea

‘Aegukka' 130

North Yemen

wordless anthem 190

Numamori, Seiya 119–20

Obama, Barack 94

‘Oben am Jungen Rhein' (anthem of Liechtenstein) 154

attachment to tune 175–9

Frommelt on lyrics of 163–4

and ‘God Save the Queen' 159–62

Jauch's lyrics for 154, 172–5

Ogunnaike, Babatunde 93

Nigerian and US anthems 84–9

‘O, Canada' (anthem of Canada) 99

languages of 249

‘Oh, My Weapon' (former Egyptian anthem)

becomes anthem 226

Jahin composes 226, 227–9

Sadat and 235–6

Six Day War and 234

sung by Umm Kulth
Å«
m 230, 232

Olympic Games xvi

Oman 162

Ottoman Empire 190, 218

‘Our Beautiful Homeland' (anthem of Croatia) 192

Pacius, Fredrik 161

Pakistan

languages of 249

‘Qaumi Taranah' 249

Palestine

Egypt and 235, 237

‘Fida'i' 223

Hamas and
nasheeds
215

Islamic jihad songs 216–17

Paraguay 314

Armada Paraguay
275, 304

in Asunción 280–1

colonial era and Jesuits 281–2

under the dictators 282–91

feelings about anthem 304–5

independence 282

see also
‘República o Muerte' (anthem of Paraguay)

Parry, Sir Hubert

music for ‘Jerusalem' 182–3

‘Patria Querida/Beloved Homeland' (Paraguayan song) 290–1

‘Patriotic Song' (Glinka) 190

Pedro I, Emperor of Brazil 152

Pet Shop Boys

‘Go West' 115

Phaswana, Nkhelebeni 265

Philip II of Spain xii–xiv

Philip, Prince, Duke of Edinburgh 260

Piaf, Edith

‘La Vie en Rose' 10

Pitcairn Islands 162

Pol Pot

‘The Glorious 17th of April' 131–2

‘Poland is Not Yet Lost/D
ą
browski's Mazurka' (anthem of Poland) 161

Portugal 278

Prachanda, Nepalese Maoist 46–7

‘The Prayer of the Russians' 168

Puerto Rico

‘La Borinqueña' 42

Pugioli, Giuseppe 225

Putin, Vladimir 40, 244–5

al-Qaida

nasheeds
and 215

Qatar 190

‘Qaumi Taranah' (anthem of Pakistan) 249

Radoslavov, Tsvetan

composes Bulgarian anthem 14

Rai, Pradip Kumar (Byakul Maila)

anthem criticized 56

in Folkestone 62–3

sympathies under scrutiny 48–51

writes lyrics for Nepalese anthem 43–51

Ramos, Gabriela 291

Rana, Prabhakar 54–5

Rana, Shreejana 57–9

‘The Reapers' (Catalonian) 190

‘República o Muerte/Republic or Death' (anthem of Paraguay)

Acuña de Figueroa's lyrics 294, 296–7

character of anthem 280

dying for the country 303–4

early use of 286, 288

lyrics of 274

meaningfulness of 276–7

reactions to 290–1

Stroessner's use of 289–90

‘Tetã Purahéi' and 283, 284–5

‘Rise Up, Egyptian' (Darwish) 238

Rogier, Charles

‘La Brabançonne' 151–2

Romania

‘Wake Up, Romanian!' 14

Rouget de Lisle, Claude Joseph

influence of lyrics 23–5

life and ‘La Marseillaise' 11–19

Napoleon and 16–18

tomb of 32–3

‘Royal March' (pre-war Italian anthem) 106

Russia

Glinka's ‘Patriotic Song' 190

‘God Save the Queen' and 161

Putin in Cairo 244–5

see also
Soviet Union

Rwanda

moving on with ‘Beautiful Rwanda' 202–3

Sadat, Anwar 222, 234–7

death of 241

Saddam Hussein 203–4

Said, Behnam 214–16

Samoa

anthem based on hymns 40

San Marino

wordless anthem 190

Sánchez Hasse, Diego 288

Sankara, Thomas

‘Une Seule Nuit' 151

Saudi Arabia

nasheeds
and 215

short anthem 40, 213

‘Sayaun Thunga Phool Ka/Made of Hundreds of Flowers' (anthem of Nepal)

Amber Gurung's music 51–3

behind Pradip's lyrics 42–51

Bhattarai's view on 59–62

criticism of 56

in Folkestone 62–3

lyrics of 34

unique music of 39, 41–3

Schädler, Marco 177

Scotland

‘Flower of Scotland' 182

Senegal

‘Strum Your Koras, Strike the Balafons' 151

Senghor, Léopold Sédar 151