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- "God Save The King" was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London’s Drury Lane Theatre, on September 28, 1745, which came to be known as the National Anthem at the beginning of the 19th century.
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History. The text first appeared in England in the late 1590s, with the publication of Shakespeare's Richard III (Act 4, Scene 1). Lady Anne says to Queen Elizabeth: "Were red-hot steel to sear me to the brains! Anointed let me be with deadly venom, And die ere men can say 'God save the Queen.'"
The phrase “God Save the King” occurs in several places in the earliest English translations of the Bible. An Order of the Fleet at Portsmouth for August 10th, 1544, laid down the watchword for the day as “God Save King Henry” and the counterword as “Long to Reign Over Us.”
Sep 12, 2024 · God Save the King, British royal and national anthem. The origin of both the words and the music is obscure. The many candidates for authorship include John Bull (c. 1562–1628), Thomas Ravenscroft (c. 1582?–c. 1633), Henry Purcell (c. 1659–95), and Henry Carey (c. 1687–1743).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Aug 7, 2024 · "God Save The King" was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London’s Drury Lane Theatre, on September 28, 1745, which came to be known as the National Anthem at the beginning of the 19th century.
'God Save The King' was a patriotic song first publicly performed in London in 1745, which came to be known as the National Anthem at the beginning of the nineteenth century. In September 1745 the 'Young Pretender' to the British Throne, Prince Charles Edward Stuart, defeated the army of King George II at Prestonpans, near Edinburgh.
Sep 12, 2022 · ‘God Save the King’ is one of the oldest national anthems in the world, first performed during the reign of King George II in the 18th century. The composer and writer are anonymous, and both the text and tune may date back to the 17th century.
May 4, 2023 · It all started on Sept. 28, 1745, at London's Drury Lane Theatre. The nation was in crisis. A Scottish army led by Charles Edward Stuart — known as Bonnie Prince Charlie — was marching...
