His Music: Orchestral Arrangements and Transcriptions". Elgar. Archived from the original on 11 October 1997 . Retrieved 12 February 2014. By convention, [79] "God Save the King" (French: Dieu Sauve le Roi, Dieu Sauve la Reine when a Queen) is the royal anthem of Canada. [80] [81] [82] [83] [84] It is sometimes played or sung together with the national anthem, " O Canada", at private and public events organised by groups such as the Government of Canada, the Royal Canadian Legion, police services, and loyal groups. [85] [86] [87] [88] [89] The governor general and provincial lieutenant governors are accorded the "Viceregal Salute", comprising the first three lines of "God Save the King", followed by the first and last lines of "O Canada". [90]

Department of Canadian Heritage. "Ceremonial and Canadian Symbols Promotion > The National Flag of Canada". Queen's Printer for Canada . Retrieved 5 July 2010. The cover art gives further reference to the Sex Pistols by using the same cut-out words to form the title as the Sex Pistols' single cover.

133 years of 'God Save the Queen'

Bentham, Jeremy (2001). Quinn, Michael (ed.). Writings on the Poor Laws, Vol. I. Oxford: Clarendon Press. p.136. ISBN 0199242321. The melody is sometimes attributed to English composers John Bull (1562-1628) and Henry Purcell (1859-1695), while poet and composer Henry Carey (1687-1743) has been cited as the author of the lyrics and melody, but that is based on a claim from his own son that has been refuted by scholars. Wood, J. R. T. (April 2008). A matter of weeks rather than months: The Impasse between Harold Wilson and Ian Smith: Sanctions, Aborted Settlements and War 1965–1969. Victoria, British Columbia: Trafford Publishing. pp.1–8. ISBN 978-1-4251-4807-2. Range, Matthias (2012). Music and Ceremonial at British Coronations: From James I to Elizabeth II. Cambridge University Press. pp.256–257. ISBN 978-1-107-02344-4.

A version of "God Save the Queen" by Madness features the melody of the song played on kazoos. It was included on the compilation album The Business – the Definitive Singles Collection. [126] Computer music [ edit ]

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In 2010, the song was ranked among the top 10 most controversial songs of all time in a poll conducted by PRS for Music. [31]

Hansen, Jacqueline (2005). "Marian Anderson, Voice of the Century". United States Postal Service. Archived from the original on September 29, 2007 . Retrieved August 5, 2007. Gioachino Rossini used this anthem in the last scene of his Il viaggio a Reims, when all the characters, coming from many different European countries, sing a song which recalls their own homeland. Lord Sidney, bass, sings " Della real pianta" on the notes of "God Save the King". Samuel Ramey used to interpolate a spectacular virtuoso cadenza at the end of the song. Fassler, Margot Elsbeth (2014). Music in the Medieval West (Firsted.). New York. p.5. ISBN 978-0-393-92915-7. Examples of contrafacta abound in many times and cultures. My Country, 'Tis of Thee, for instance, is a contrafactum of an earlier English anthem, God Save the King, and the reworking makes a statement about American democracy. {{ cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher ( link) In 2001, it was claimed that the phrase "No surrender" was occasionally sung in the bridge before "Send her victorious" by England football fans at matches. [13] [14]

If your goods are faulty or damaged in transit please call the team on 01246 297600 so we can arrange return of the goods & replacement. John Lydon (2007). "Sex Pistols Vinyl Reissues 2007: God Save The Queen". John Lydon.com . Retrieved 29 January 2008. A rare performance of Hole's verse was given in the 1956 Edinburgh Festival, by Sir Thomas Beecham and the Edinburgh Festival Chorus; on this occasion the musical setting was by Edward Elgar, with Hole's verse supplanting the traditional second verse Elgar had set. Martin-Pavitt, Ross (18 January 2022). "GB News plays national anthem every morning to mark Queen's Platinum Jubilee year". The Independent . Retrieved 2 February 2022. When the monarch of the time is female, "King" is replaced with "Queen" and all masculine pronouns are replaced with their feminine equivalents.