What country, besides Albania, didn't compose the tune for its own national anthem?

Question

Cyprian Porumbescu, a Romanian who wrote the tune and original words for "Trei Culori" (which later, under Caucsuscu, was Romania's National Anthem), also composed the tune which was later "adopted" by Albania for its national anthem. So my question is, what other country "adopted other nationals' tune, or tune, for its national anthem?

Answer 1

"The Star-Spangled Banner" is the national anthem of the United States, with lyrics written in 1814 by Francis Scott Key. Key, a 35-year-old amateur poet, wrote them as a poem after seeing the bombardment of Fort McHenry in Baltimore, Maryland, by British ships in Chesapeake Bay during the War of 1812.

The poem, titled "Defense of Fort McHenry," was set to the tune of the popular British drinking song "The Anacreontic Song", more commonly known by its first line, "To Anacreon in Heaven," and became a well-known American patriotic song.

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Answer 2

Believe it or not, even though Francis Scott Key wrote the lyrics, "The Star Spangled Banner" is set to the tune of an old drinking song. I guess the drunks were able to hit the high notes better than we are.

Answer 3

Cyprus is using the Greek national anthem.

Answer 4

For example, anthem of former Yugoslavia "Hej Sloveni" was composed by a Slovak who took inspiration from a Polish anthem, and the words are about rebel of Slavic nations against foreign rule.
What is interesting is that lyrics of serbian anthem "Boze pravde" were written by slovenian Davorin Jenko, while croatian anthem "Lijepa nasa" was composed by a Serb.

Answer 5

Germany, when it used the so called 'Emperor's Hymn , a tune from the slow movement Haydn 's String Quartet Op 77 No 3. (Haydn being Austrian) I'm not sure if they still use that tune, however.

Answer 6

Cyprus