Rebellious Scots to Crush: The Military Response to the Jacobite ‘45 (From Reason to Revolution)

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Like many aspects of British constitutional life, "God Save the King" derives its official status from custom and use, not from Royal Proclamation or Act of Parliament. [11] The variation in the UK of the lyrics to "God Save the King" is the oldest amongst those currently used, and forms the basis on which all other versions used throughout the Commonwealth are formed; though, again, the words have varied over time. Benjamin Britten – The National Anthem". Boosey.com. 21 August 2013. Archived from the original on 15 December 2018 . Retrieved 12 February 2014. The standard version of the melody and its key of G major are still those of the originally published version, although the start of the anthem is often signalled by an introductory timpani roll of two bars length. The bass line of the standard version differs little from the second voice part shown in the original, and there is a standard version in four-part harmony for choirs. The first three lines (six bars of music) are soft, ending with a short crescendo into "Send him victorious", and then is another crescendo at "over us:" into the final words "God save the King". By the time the usual 3 verses had become established as "the National Anthem" - around the beginning of the 19th century - the Marshal Wade verse had long since been left behind in the music hall. To make matters worse, and to emphasise its poor scholarship, it confusingly lists the phrase Harmonia Anglicana before the incorrect Gentleman's Magazine reference, thereby rendering its "reference" pretty well incomprehensible.

The notion that a verse about "Marshal Wade" crushing "Rebellious Scots" is, or ever was, part of the British National Anthem is thoroughly debunked in this 5,500 word examination of the evidence. Max Reger wrote Variations and Fugue on ' Heil dir im Siegerkranz' (God Save the King) for organ in 1901 after the death of Queen Victoria. It does not have an opus number. Time to ditch God Save The Queen. The Guardian. Auhthor – Peter Tatchell. Published 27 August 2008. Retrieved 11 November 2017. MacLeod, Kevin S. (2008), A Crown of Maples (PDF) (1ed.), Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, p.54, I, ISBN 978-0-662-46012-1 , retrieved 21 June 2009The Jacobite rebellion of 1715 saw Wade in his new role of military governor. He twice helped foil Jacobite conspiracies, and even had the Swedish ambassador in London arrested. Daisy, ed. (2006). A history of Icelandic literature. University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln. pp.262, 518. Dr Percy A Scholes, the author of the most comprehensive history of the British National Anthem yet written, God Save the Queen! The History and Romance of the World's First National Anthem 3 points out that the first two verses had appeared originally in a musical publication called Thesaurus Musicus. Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Nova Scotia. "History of the Lieutenant Governor > Royal Salute > Royal Salute (Formerly known as the Vice-Regal Salute)". Queen's Printer for Nova Scotia. Archived from the original on 30 April 2010 . Retrieved 25 June 2010. In short, the Marshal Wade verse is not, and never has been, a verse of the National Anthem. It is an alternative verse, which is likely to have been last sung in earnest, if at all, during a very short period in the latter part of 1745, as part of a music-hall song, when Wade and his British forces were fighting the Jacobites.

If it has been sung in the modern age, it would be either in jest or perhaps by a group which had been misled into thinking it was part of the National Anthem.

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God Save the King" ( Afrikaans: God Red die Koning, God Red die Koningin when a Queen) was a co-national anthem of South Africa from 1938 until 1957, [110] when it was formally replaced by " Die Stem van Suid-Afrika" as the sole national anthem. [110] The latter served as a sort of de facto co-national anthem alongside the former until 1938. [110] Use elsewhere [ edit ] In 1745, The Gentleman's Magazine published "God save our lord the king: A new song set for two voices", describing it "As sung at both Playhouses" (the Theatres Royal at Drury Lane and Covent Garden). [20] Traditionally, the first performance was thought to have been in 1745, when it was sung in support of King George II, after his defeat at the Battle of Prestonpans by the army of Charles Edward Stuart, son of James Francis Edward Stuart, the Jacobite claimant to the British throne. God Save the King (2022 bilingual version)". YouTube (in English and French). Cable Public Affairs Channel. 12 November 2022. Event occurs at 2:14 . Retrieved 27 December 2022.