God Save the Tsar!
English: God Save the Tsar! | |
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Боже, Царя храни! | |
Former national anthem of Russia Former royal anthem of Bulgaria (1878–1908) | |
Lyrics | Vasily Zhukovsky |
Music | Alexei Lvov |
Adopted | 31 December 1833 |
Relinquished | 15 March 1917 |
Preceded by | "The Prayer of Russians" |
Succeeded by | "Worker's Marseillaise" (Russia) "Anthem of His Majesty the Tsar" (Bulgaria) |
Audio sample | |
Choral version (recorded in 1915) |
"God Save the Tsar!" (Russian: Бо́же, Царя́ храни́!,
Overview
Lyrics
Cyrillic script | Latin script | IPA transcription | Literal English translation | Poetic English translation |
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𝄆 Боже, Царя храни! |
𝄆 Bozhe, Tsarya khrani! |
𝄆 [ˈboʐɨ t͡sɐˈrʲæ xrɐˈnʲi] |
𝄆 God, save the Tsar! |
𝄆 God, save the Emperor, |
Influence
Many composers made use of the theme in their compositions, most notably
In 1842,
The same melody is also used with different lyrics for various institutional songs: Doxology of
In 1998, singer-songwriter Alexander Gradsky, one of the best-known rock artists during the Soviet period, proposed using the theme again as the Russian national anthem, but with substantially different lyrics from those originally written by Zhukovsky.[11]
Usage in Bulgaria
The composition was used as the royal anthem of the Principality of Bulgaria, having been imposed by the temporary Russian government and the Russian army commanders. The usage of it in Bulgaria was relinquished after the Bulgarian Declaration of Independence in 1908.[12]
See also
- The Prayer of the Russians, another anthem with a near-identical incipit
- hymn with a similar melody
References
- ^ "Aftershocks of 1812: Nationalism and Censorship in Tchaikovsky's 1812 Overture". 13 May 2014. Archived from the original on 28 December 2017. Retrieved 14 November 2014.
- Episcopal Church Publishing. 1985. p. 569.
- ^ The Methodist Hymnal. Nashville, Tennessee: The Methodist Publishing House. 1966. p. 544.
- ^ Hail, Pennsylvania!, retrieved 20 December 2023
- ^ Dear Old Macalester, retrieved 20 December 2023
- ^ The Order of the Arrow Song (Firm Bound in Brotherhood) Piano, retrieved 20 December 2023
- ^ University of Santo Tomas High School Hymn/instrumental guitar, retrieved 20 December 2023
- ISBN 978-0810883970.
- ^ "War and Peace 28 September 1972, History of the BBC". BBC. 20 October 2013.
- ^ "From Russia with love - remarkable tales of east coast Scots' ties with Moscow". 26 August 2016.
- ^ "Broad is my native land - Alexander Gradsky". alexandergradsky.com. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
- ^ "Химнът на България през превратностите на времето". socbg.com. Retrieved 26 July 2018.
External links
- Russian Anthem Museum (in English) [1] (in Russian)
- National Anthem Info
- Brandenburg Historica (C) 2014. "Military Music and Tradition in Imperial Russia, 1700-1917". Updated 22 August 2014.
- „God Save the Tsar!“ in the House of the Union