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| + | This tune was first named 'God Save the King', but others began calling it 'America' for perhaps erroneous reasons<ref>[http://books.google.com/books?id=zAf0JOTIoREC&pg=PA500&lpg=PA500&dq=%22God+save+the+king%22+%22tune+name%22&source=bl&ots=TgAsT42EDZ&sig=zVONAaOn9ZwEnZWdeMGgpmdzZ_s&hl=en&ei=pg2WSd0nivawA7Pj-bEH&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=1&ct=result Plymouth Memories of an Octogenarian, 1906, p. 500]</ref>. | ||
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=General Information= | =General Information= | ||
*Composer: from ''Thesaurus Musicus'', London, 1744 | *Composer: from ''Thesaurus Musicus'', London, 1744 | ||
| + | **Attributed to [[Henry Carey]] (1687–1743) | ||
=Associated Lyrics= | =Associated Lyrics= | ||
| − | *[[God Save the King]], by anon., 18th century | + | *[[God Save the King (Lyrics)|God Save the King]], by anon., 18th century |
| + | *[[My Country, 'Tis of Thee]], by [[Samuel F. Smith]] (1808–1895) | ||
| + | *[[Our God, We Raise to Thee]], by Bernard Snow (1822–1894) | ||
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| + | =References= | ||
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[[category:Tunes]] | [[category:Tunes]] | ||
[[category:6 6 4 6 6 6 4]] | [[category:6 6 4 6 6 6 4]] | ||
| + | [[category:Public Domain Tunes]] | ||
| + | [[category:Public Domain]] | ||
Latest revision as of 20:53, 19 July 2010
This tune was first named 'God Save the King', but others began calling it 'America' for perhaps erroneous reasons[1].
General Information
- Composer: from Thesaurus Musicus, London, 1744
- Attributed to Henry Carey (1687–1743)
Associated Lyrics
- God Save the King, by anon., 18th century
- My Country, 'Tis of Thee, by Samuel F. Smith (1808–1895)
- Our God, We Raise to Thee, by Bernard Snow (1822–1894)
