The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1914-11-18
NATIONAL HYMNS.
Inspiring Anthems of the Great
States of Europe
SING TIE PRIDE OF COUNTRY.

al composer. Haydn. who is chiefly
known TO concert goers by his magnif-
cent oratorio The Creation. in which
occurs the splendid and ford chorus
THE Heavens Are Telling The an
them was based upon an old national
song. but Haydn made it thing of
them composed by a musician of the
foremost rank.
But the song which is sung In cities
by civilians is not always. or. indeed
generally. the one sung by the soldiers
who have to bear the brunt of battle
and siege and march. The battle song
Of the Austrian soldier is '.Prinz Eugen
der edle Ritter. which tells how the
noble cavalier. Prince Eugene OF Sa-
voy. laid siege TO and captured Bel
grade from the Turks in TIT 1t ought
TO be good song for the purpose. for
II was actually written in the trenches
before Belgrade.
Probably the most stately national
anthem is the Russian. Its very title
''God the All Terrible" seems to strike
a heroic strain. Sung by a great
mass of peasant soldiers with simple
| fervor its effect is grand in the ex-
| treme. Played upon the great organ
| In the cathedral at Moscow it sounds
| like prayer. Not only are the words
very poetical. but the tune is forceful
aud haunting.
OF course the greatest of all war
songs pure and simple is unquestion-
ably THE MarseiIIaise.r What mem
S,rf<r IL hae of;rnr;v,u ~ stc forvfdlx, W..
| triotic words. It was the song of the
French revolution and did more to
bring down the dynasty OF the BoHr
bons than half dozen army corps
| 1t was called by the name which still
Is universally applied to it. because
the men-and women-of Marseilles.
the port OF the Mediterranean. march
| ed all the way to Paris, singing 1t as
they went. Its first fruits were reap
| ed few days after their arrival.
when the hated Bastille fell to its
strains 1t is now the national an
| them of republican France.
In Germany no patriotic song has
been sung with such fervor as the ia
nous battle hymn of the Germans.
die Wacht am Rhein' (''The Watch
/ on the Rhine'1. 1t was written in
1910. but remained practically IN
known until the outbreak Of the war
with France. when it was sung by ev.
| cry soldier and every man. woman
! and child throughout the German EN-
pire. 1.-The Watch on the Rhine was
| TO Germany at that time what 1.-THE
| Marseillaise" was TO France-a sou
stirring composition which made mer
eager to take up arms and fight fol
the cause which they thought was
| right.
England's national anthem is Geor
gian product and originally opened
with the words. God bless great
George. our king" 1t has been bon
ored by Beethoven with seven varia
lions for the piano, and it is intro
| duced into his Battle Symphony
On the whole. perhaps. the tune Il
which is sung God Save the King
| has probably the largest circulation o.
| any tune in the world Then there i:
"Rule, Britannia" which was compos
| ed by Dr. Arne. the English musician
who wrote several operas. Rule
Britannia was included in tn.
"Masque of Alfred" a musical fare,
produced in 1740.
Just as the Austrian national anthem
| is the only one set to music by great
composer. so the Norwegian anthem Ii
| the only one whose words were writ
| ten by real poet This was Bjorn
| stjerne Biornson On one occasion hs
was asked when be got the greatest
pleasure out of his fame as nationa
poet He replied: 1T was when 3
delegation from the Right came Il
my house in Christiania and SMASHED
all my windows Because when they
had done all the damage they could
and were starting home again they fel
they ought to sing something So they
began to sing Yes. We Love Thi,
Land of Ours They could do nothing
else They were obliged to sin. IN
song of the man whom they had at
tackled"
SinguIarIy enough. the country which
has the best variety of patriotic an
thems is the country which has hat
less warfare than any other, the Unit
ed States Of America. Her songs ar,
fine
The real national anthem of Americ;
is My Country. It's of Thee and it i
sung to the same tune as God Say,
the King" But perhaps the real. genu
inc. rock bottom anthem of America
after all. is the famous .Yanke,
Doodle" which has the great advan
tage of being real marching song
which not only helps to keep the men,
spirits from tagging. but also helps Il
keep them in step. 4 band playin:
Yankee Doodle" would take regi
ment ten miles farther than any othe
tune-L London Tit Bits.
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