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Country Former national anthem Adopted Current national anthem Date replaced Note South Korea: Aegukga: 1919 Aegukga: 1948 Both national anthems used to be sung to the tune of Auld Lang Syne. Maldives: Qaumee Salaam: 1948 Qaumee Salaam: 1972 Yugoslavia: Hej, Slaveni: 1945 Hej, Slaveni: 1992 The same current anthem of Poland. Serbia and ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
The current South African national anthem is unique in that five of the country's eleven official languages are used in the same anthem (the first stanza is divided between two languages, with each of the remaining three stanzas in a different language). It was created by combining two songs together and then modifying the lyrics and adding new ...
Nkosi Sikelel' iAfrika" was used as the national anthem of Namibia at time of the country's independence in March 1990, but replaced in 1991 by "Namibia, Land of the Brave". Other countries and organisations
While a national anthem or gukka (lit. ' country song ') is an official symbol of the state, aegukka refers to any song, official or unofficial, that contains patriotic fervor towards its country, such as Hungary's "Szózat" or the U.S. "The Stars and Stripes Forever". However, the nationally designated "Aegukka" plays the role of symbolizing ...
"German Austria, you wonderful country" 1920–1929 (de facto) Karl Renner: Wilhelm Kienzl — Austria "Sei gesegnet ohne Ende" "Be Blessed Without End" 1929–1938 Ottokar Kernstock: Joseph Haydn [note 5] Azerbaijan "Azərbaycan Sovet Sosialist Respublikasının Himni" "Anthem of the Azerbaijan Soviet Socialist Republic" 1991–1992 Suleyman ...
On Monday night, country singer Ingrid Andress kicked off the 2024 Home Run Derby with an attention-grabbing rendition of the national anthem that drew widespread reaction on social media.
The "State Anthem of the Russian Federation" [a] is the national anthem of Russia.It uses the same melody as the "State Anthem of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics", composed by Alexander Alexandrov, and new lyrics by Sergey Mikhalkov, who had collaborated with Gabriel El-Registan on the original anthem. [3]