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National anthems are symbols of national identity and pride. Their origin often coincides with significant historical periods - revolutions, declarations of independence, or wars - when nations feel a need to express their unity and values. I believe we can find a wealth of philatelic material related to them: lyricists, composers, anthem texts, musical scores... Slovenian National AnthemThe lyrics of the Slovenian national anthem are the seventh stanza of the poem Zdravljica by Slovenia's greatest poet, France Prešeren, written in 1844. The poem was set to music in 1905 by Stanko Premrl (1880–1965), and in 1990, it officially became the Slovenian national anthem.  Postal stationary: 170 years since the creation of Zdravljica, a portrait of France Prešeren on a postmark  The label on the left shows the original lyrics of the song. |
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Nice to see new thread with a very unusual topic, thanks. Hatikvah" ("The Hope") is the national anthem of Israel. Its lyrics were written in 1878 by the Jewish poet Naphtali Herz Imber, expressing the deep yearning of the Jewish people to return to their ancestral homeland and live as a free nation in Zion (Jerusalem). The anthem reflects the spirit of Jewish national revival. "Hatikvah" was adopted as the official anthem of the Zionist movement in the early 20th century and became the national anthem of the State of Israel in 1948. Here is SS issued by Israel in 2008 about the Hatikvah anthem. Note the stamp is unusual and has a shape of Magen David, the Star of David.  On the margin, the two first anthem's paragraphs. As long as in the heart within A Jewish soul still yearns, And onward, towards the ends of the East, An eye still gazes toward Zion; Our hope is not yet lost The hope of two thousand years: To be a free people in our land, The land of Zion and Jerusalem. |
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"Auferstanden aus Ruinen" ("Risen from Ruins') was the national anthem of East Germany DDR written by Johannes Becher (1891 – 1958), poet and minister of culture. Here is a maxicard issued in 1971 shows Becher.  To commemorate the 1st anniversary of the death of Becher, DDR issued a stamp with a tab bearing the first stanza of the national anthem. From the ruins risen newly, To the future turned, we stand. Let us serve your good weal truly, Germany, our fatherland.  The music for the anthem was composed by Hanns Eisler (1898 – 1962), a German-Austrian composer. He depicted on a stamp issued in 1968.  |
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Canada Scott 858a  From Government of Canada website https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-h...-canada.html"O Canada" was proclaimed Canada's national anthem in 1980, a century after it was first sung in 1880. The music was composed by Calixa Lavallée, and the French lyrics were written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier. While many English adaptations of the song were written, the English lyrics adopted in 1980 are based on a version written by Robert Stanley Weir in 1908. These lyrics were modified in 2018, when legislation was passed to change the English lyrics. The line "True patriot love in all thy sons command" was changed to "True patriot love in all of us command," in order to make the lyrics gender neutral. When I was in primary school in the fifties we had to sing to God Save the Queenevery morning and I really didnt like it. Neither did others and some were singing God shave the Queen |
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France Scott 309 - 310 Centenery of the death of Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, composer of La Marseillaise.La Marseillaise of course is the national anthem of France.   |
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Austria Scott 1704 Paula von Preradovic She wrote the lyrics for the national anthem of Austria, "Land der Berge, Land am Strome", in 1947 based on a melody composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.  No comparison with Austria's previous one Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser (God Save Francis the Emperor) composed by Joseph Haydn https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gott_...z_den_Kaiser |
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When I zoom in on Canada Scott 857 posted previous I get this weird effect, as if the coloured parts are raised and pasted on. Like on a jigsaw.  |
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The Star Spangled Banner, the flag:   The man--  Added the words as the poem "The Defence of Fort McHenry"...  With music became the song The Star Spangled Banner about the flag which was the actual Star Spangled Banner... Quote:
Complete version of [The Defence of Fort McHenry] "The Star-Spangled Banner" showing spelling and punctuation from Francis Scott Key's manuscript in the Maryland Historical Society collection.
O say can you see, by the dawn's early light,
What so proudly we hail'd at the twilight's last gleaming,
Whose broad stripes and bright stars through the perilous fight
O'er the ramparts we watch'd were so gallantly streaming?
And the rocket's red glare, the bomb bursting in air,
Gave proof through the night that our flag was still there,
O say does that star-spangled banner yet wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave?
On the shore dimly seen through the mists of the deep
Where the foe's haughty host in dread silence reposes,
What is that which the breeze, o'er the towering steep,
As it fitfully blows, half conceals, half discloses?
Now it catches the gleam of the morning's first beam,
In full glory reflected now shines in the stream,
'Tis the star-spangled banner - O long may it wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave!
And where is that band who so vauntingly swore,
That the havoc of war and the battle's confusion
A home and a Country should leave us no more?
Their blood has wash'd out their foul footstep's pollution.
No refuge could save the hireling and slave
From the terror of flight or the gloom of the grave,
And the star-spangled banner in triumph doth wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave.
O thus be it ever when freemen shall stand
Between their lov'd home and the war's desolation!
Blest with vict'ry and peace may the heav'n rescued land
Praise the power that hath made and preserv'd us a nation!
Then conquer we must, when our cause it is just,
And this be our motto - "In God is our trust,"
And the star-spangled banner in triumph shall wave
O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave. The story and the actual Star Spangled Banner here-- https://www.si.edu/spotlight/flag-day/banner-facts |
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27 August 1968 400 Years of the "Wilhelmus" NVPH 908  The song honouring Wilhelmus of Nassau, Prince of Orange is a French melody with Dutch text by an unknown person. It is believed the text was written by Filips van Marnix van Sint-Aldegonde. The song, a "Geuzenlied," dates to 1568 - 1570, the beginning of the Eighty Years' War of Independence. Wilhelmus of Nassau became the figurehead of the revolt against King Philips II of Spain, Sovereign Lord of the Netherlands. It is among the oldest songs that is a national anthem. It became the national anthem in 1932. |
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"Dievs, sveti Latviju!" (God Bless Latvia!) is the national anthem of Latvia. The words and music were written by Karlis Baumanis (1834–1904),   |
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"Tien Quan Ca" (lit. "The Song of the Marching Troops") is the national anthem of Vietnam. The march was written and composed by Van Cao in 1944, and was adopted as the national anthem of Vietnam. Vietnam, 1980  |
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"Tautiska giesmé" (National song") is the national anthem of Lithuania. The words and music were written by Vincas Kudirka (1858-1899) when Lithuania was still part of the Russian Empire   |
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"Mu isamaa,mu onn ja room" (my fatherland,my happiness and joy) is the national anthem of Estonia. It was written by Fredrik Pacius (music) and Johann Voldemar Jannsen (words) in 1869.  |
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German National Anthem The German national anthem consists only of the third stanza of the Deutschlandlied by August Heinrich Hoffmann von Fallersleben, written in 1841.   Lyrics and notes of the anthem  An Austrian composer, Joseph Haydn, wrote the melody in 1796-97. |
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