The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1899-09-22

The "Chant de Gusrxs'' was rune.in
Deitrich'E house the next day. and VA
performed by the baud of the 6arde
Nationale at review within the next
week. Simon then IL has become univer-
sally popular. kina Louis Philippe gave
the composer a pension and there eco ms
little doubt but that kouRet de Lisle
wrote the words, but the composer OF the
music Is By no means so certain. BY
some II 10 alleged to have bean the work
Il NaosigIIle, and there are also other
claimants
Inc great composer Robert SchumAnn
was par ticularly attached to the air OF
I" La Marseillaise He introduced 1t In
more or less modified form into at least
three Of his comrositions-in the SONG
1.-The Two Grenadierss the overture to
Herman and Dorothea" and In the
"Fasohings Schwankaus Wein."
The Russian national anthem is very
fine and impressive hymn. 1t was COM
posed by LOW In 1880 In Austria
Papa" Haydn compared "Gott krhalts
Franz der kaiser and he used the same
theme, with variations as the slow move
msnt Of a string quartet.e. 1t Ia sad.
rather melancholy air, but striking In it's
beautiful simplicity.
In Sweden the NATIONAL hymn is called
"king Christian. Its composer Is I'M
known, but uhs great Meysrbeer brings
1t into his brother Michael Beers play.
"Struers o" to which he wrote the over
ture and incidental mrsio.
ga Ira wac the typical song OF the
French Republicans during the revolu-
ton { 1871, and shared with In Carmag
mole the dissinction Of inspiIing the Revo-
lutionists to all their worst deeds of Inn
piety and raplne. Its composer was one
Becourt, . side drum player at the Paris
opera. The words were suggested to q
street singer called Ladre by General
Laiay cite who remembered Benjamin
l. 49, r.. Ia A.
gross OF the A merican instruction.
The mir CT 'Partant pour IN Syris" is
connected with the Empsror Napoleon
I'LL as IL vii composed by his mother
| Qusen Hortsnss, In 1909, shsrtly before
the battis Of Waer The words were
| by Count Alexandra de Laborde. The
queen showed him picture OF knight
in armor cutting an inscription on o
stone with the point of his sword. He
| put the episode into verse, and she ~ said
to have composed the air. Others, how
| ever, claim the music. Drouet and Mar
cisss CArbonel seem to be the only two
who may have had hand In 1t.
In America .Hail Columbia" and the
"Star-Spangled Banner" share equally
the honor OF expressing unsteady the
patriotic ardor Of the United States.
They are both extremely popular airs,
AID are too well known to need Illus
tratjpn.
| Alesough II Is not our national anthem,
reference to "kuln Britannia may be
Included here. The song was composed
| by DR.. Thomas Arne for his magque of
ALFRED" the words were by Thomson
and Maliet, aud the first performance
took place at Cliefden Houss. Maidenbead.
In 1910. Cliefden was then the residence
of Frederick. Prince of Wales. and the
occasion was to commemorate the Access
sion of George L and the birthday of
Princess Augusta. DIR. Arne afterwards
altered the masque into an opera, and 1t
was so performed at Drury Lane In l745.
handel used the air In his Occasional
| Orstorio," and Beethoven composed tive
variations on the air of "Rule Britannia.
| The most modern Of all popular nation
al airs Is IDLE Wacht nm Klein" which
was composed In 1851 By O. Wilhelm, a
German schoolmaster snd not q profess
ional musician. IL remained COMPARE.
lively, II not entirely, unknown ntil 1870
when ON tho occasion OF the outbreak of
the Franoo-German war the young
privates who had mostly learned the song
at school. adopted 1t as their national
chorus. and 1t has ever since then main
tained atout the same position to the
actual national anthem that with us
"Rule Britannia" does to "God Save the
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