God Save the King (Carey, Henry)

Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
First Publication	1744 in Harmonia Anglicana
Genre Categories	National anthems; English language; Scores with open instrumentation; For mixed chorus, orchestra (arr); Scores featuring mixed chorus; Scores featuring the orchestra; For chorus with orchestra; For voice, mixed chorus, piano (arr); For voices and chorus with keyboard; Scores featuring the voice; Scores featuring the piano; For mixed chorus (arr); For unaccompanied chorus; For cello (arr); For 1 player; Scores featuring the cello; For piano (arr)
Related Works	America (arr. Stults) Gott erhalte unsern großen König by Johann Christoph Kühnau (German adaptation)

1 Performances
- 1.1 Naxos
- 1.2 Synthesized/MIDI
2 Sheet Music
- 2.1 Arrangements and Transcriptions
3 General Information
4 Misc. Comments
- 4.1 Publication History

Performances

Naxos

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Synthesized/MIDI

Synthesized Performance
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MID file (audio/video)
Rah9639 (2015/5/20)

Performers	Robert A. Hudson
Publisher Info.	Robert A. Hudson
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Sheet Music

Arrangements and Transcriptions

For Mixed Chorus and Orchestra (Linder-Hudson)

Complete Score and parts
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Rah9639 (2014/9/17)

Arranger	Robert A. Hudson after August Linder
Language	English (Samuel Francis Smith)
Publisher. Info.	Robert A. Hudson
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Misc. Notes	My Country, 'Tis of Thee
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For Voice, Mixed Chorus and Piano (Tucker)

Complete Score
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Rah9639 (2015/5/18)

Arranger	Henry L. Tucker (1826–1882)
Editor	Robert A. Hudson
Publisher. Info.	Robert A. Hudson
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Misc. Notes	Source - US-BAu
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For Mixed Chorus (Desjardins)

Complete Score
*#426288 - 0.42MB, 1 pp. - 0.0/10 2 4 6 8 10 (-) - V/V/V - 36×⇩ - Lilaspastia

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Lilaspastia (2016/6/11)

Arranger	Louis-Édouard Desjardins (1837-1919)
Language	French
Translator	Benjamin Sulte (1841-1923), French text
Publisher. Info.	Québec: Tremblay & Dion, n.d.(ca.1912).
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
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Complete score
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Lilaspastia (2016/6/11)

Arranger	Louis-Édouard Desjardins (1837-1919)
Editor	Samuel Croteau
Language	French
Translator	Benjamin Sulte (1841-1923), French text
Publisher. Info.	Samuel Croteau (2016)
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For Cello solo (Ghin)

Complete Score
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Vadimghin (2016/3/10)

Arranger	Vadim Ghin
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For Piano solo (Linder)

Piano score
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KdKeller (2007/7/25)

Arranger	August Linder
Language	German
Publisher. Info.	Deutsche Weisen, No.34 Stuttgart: Albert Auer's Musikverlag, n.d.[1900]. Plate A. 30 A.
Copyright	Public Domain [tag/del]
Misc. Notes	Highest note is melody
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General Information

Work Title	God Save the King (Queen)
Alternative. Title	America ; Heil dir im Siegerkranz ; Gott erhalte unsern großen König
Composer	Carey, Henry
I-Catalogue NumberI-Cat. No.	IHC 6
Movements/SectionsMov'ts/Sec's	1
Text Incipit	God save great George our King My Country 'Tis of Thee
First Publication.	1744 in Harmonia Anglicana
Librettist	Anonymous English text, 1744 Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895), 1832 Heinrich Harries (1762-1802), 1790 (German text)
Language	English
Composer Time PeriodComp. Period	Baroque
Piece Style	Baroque
Instrumentation	voice, continuo
Related Works	America (arr. Stults) Gott erhalte unsern großen König by Johann Christoph Kühnau (German adaptation)
External Links	Wikipedia article London: The Gentleman's Magazine, October 15, 1745 (p.552) CPDL page My Country, 'Tis of Thee - contrafactum (Wikipedia)

Misc. Comments

Publication History

The first appearance of the verse God Save the King was in a 1744 collection entitled Harmonia Anglicana, There is no direct evidence that Carey was the composer, though it's not impossible that the music first appeared in an obscure ballad of his. The tune is also sung to words by Samuel Francis Smith (1808-1895), first issued in an 1832 collection by Lowell Mason entitled The Choir with the title America (now often referred to as My Country 'Tis Of Thee). American composer Charles Ives' Variations on "America" uses this melody as a basis.
From 1871 to 1918 Heil dir im Siegerkranz was the unofficial national anthem of the German Empire and was the national anthem of the Kingdom of Prussia.

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