who wrote the Great British National Anthem?

Question

God Save The Queen who wrote it words and music

Answer 1

In September 1745 Prince Charles Edward Stuart, defeated the army of King George II at Prestonpans, near Edinburgh. When the news of Prestonpans had reached London, the leader of the band at the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, arranged 'God Save The King' for performance after a play. The words and tune are anonymous, and may date back to the seventeenth century.

Answer 2

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who wrote the Great British National Anthem?
God Save The Queen who wrote it words and music

Answer 3

This Text and Tune is often credited to Henry Carey, 1740, although there is controversy with many votes, including the British monarchy's, for anonymous. On official occasions, only the first verse is usually sung, and occasionally verse 3. The tune has been used by many countries for anthems and hymns.
According to the French encyclopaedia, Quid, the music is by Giam Battista Lulli (Jean-Baptiste Lully in the French form). It was loosely based on a hymn sung when the (French) king arrived at an event, Domine Salvum Fac Regem. When Louis XIV was scheduled to open the educational institution at St-Cyr (1686), his mistress (later, queen), the Marquise de Maintenon, commissioned Lully to write the tune to be sung by the pupils as Dieu Protège le Roi. The French, apparently, did not use it again until 1745 at which time the Old Pretender, claiming to be King James III of England, was organising his rebellion from France (he lived at St-Germain-de-Laye). Madame de Maintenon presented him with the words and music as his National Anthem. (It is not clear who wrote the English words but the implication is that Mme de Maintenon either wrote them herself or commissioned them.) The song was sung for the first time in Britain when Bonnie Prince Charlie landed in Scotland. There are apparently some legal testaments to this story.
BTW England has never officially adopted a national anthem even though this song was the first "national anthem" and the song that started the craze that other countries followed, first by translating the English text and later by getting more creative and writing original works.

Answer 4

Maitree sorry but you are mistaken. Ek Sahu is right. Actually majority of the Congress members of the time wanted "Vande Mataram" to be the National Anthem because that was the song that started the Independence movement against the British Empire. That is the song all the revolutionaries sang and that is how they greeted each other. Post Independence Nehru picked "Jana Gana Mana" against the wishes of the rest of the Congress because he thought it sounded better on an English Orchestra than "Vande Mataram". It was picked on musical grounds rather than meaning. Musically it perhaps does sound better but is that the reason a National Anthem should be picked? The Congress(I) party that pretends to be the Indian National Congress now says that "Adhinayak" is a reference to God but that was not the original intention. The original intention was to appease King George V for which Tagore was suitabely rewarded not awarded a Nobel Prize for another one of his collection of poems. He did return it later but that does not change the fact that "Jana Gana Mana" was to sing praises for the British King and not for God. Gullible Indians have always been bought with honorary titles and knighthoods. UN is dominated by muslim country's votes and muslims oppose Vande Mataram in India. Everyone knows the UN is a joke. I got no respect left for the UN. In a recent decision the UN to appease Islamic countries in an OIC proposal led by Pakistan agreed that a religion, specifically Islam, should not be criticised. This is directly against Human rights of freedom of expression. Individuals have rights, not religions. National Anthem is for the nation and has nothing to do with a religion. India will not select National Anthem based on whether it fits in with the parameters of Islam. Islam does not get to decide what the national Anthem of India will be! India is a secular nation, not an Islamic country and never will be.

Answer 5

I think you mean Great Britain which is a part of the United Kingdom. The national anthem of the United Kindgom is "God Save the Queen" or "God Save the King" depending on the monarch. Currently it is "God Save the Queen" in honor of Queen Elizabeth II. Depending on the circumstance, sometimes England will use "Jerusalem" or "Land of Hope and Glory" as their anthem.

The author of "God Save the Queen" is contested, though the tune is usually accredited to John Bull (1562-1628). You can read the history for yourself here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen

Answer 6

not sure but there's a tiny island nation in the pacific that uses the same music for their national anthem - so i'd guess that the words came later

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Answer 8

god save the queen was written by John Lydon and Glen matlock in 1977.It was released to coincide with the present queens silver (25 year) jubilee.

Answer 9

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/God_Save_the_Queen

Lichtenstein use the same tune, which is why it was played twice at the England/Lichtenstein European Cup match.

Answer 10

Maybe Kink Arthurs brother... you never know!!