What composer used a part of the English National Anthem ...?!
Question: in one of his pieces and what's the name of the piece?
meant is "God Save the Queen" being the English National Anthem.
Answers: in one of his pieces and what's the name of the piece?
meant is "God Save the Queen" being the English National Anthem.
Beethoven used part of "God Save the King" (England had a king in those days) in "Wellington's Victory". It is a musical tribute to the English victory over the French in the Battle of Vitoria. The English anthem is used to represent their army marching to the battle.
Beethoven also wrote a set of variations on the theme, "God save the King."
He also wrote a set of variations on the theme of "Rule Britannia."
God save the King (or Queen) is the British National Anthem. (Most people would actually prefer Rule Britannia, given the choice).
Apart from Beethoven, others also used the British national anthem in their compositions. This from wikipedia:
Johann Christian Bach composed a set of variations on "God Save the King" for the finale to his sixth keyboard concerto (Op. 1) written c. 1763.
Joseph Haydn was impressed by the use of "God Save the King" as a national anthem during his visit to London in 1794, and on his return to Austria wrote a tune to the national anthem, the "Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser" ("God Save Emperor Franz"), for the birthday of the Emperor Franz of Austria. The tune of "God Save the King" was later adopted for the Prussian national anthem "Heil Dir im Siegerkranz".
Muzio Clementi, another composer who used the theme to "God Save the King", placed this theme into his Symphony No. 3 in B major. This work is dubbed the "Great National" and is catalogued as WoO. 34.
Franz Liszt wrote a piano paraphrase on the anthem.
Johann Strauss I quoted God Save the Queen in full at the end of his waltz Huldigung der K?nigin Victoria von Grossbritannien (Homage to Queen Victoria of Great Britain) Op. 103, where he also quoted Rule, Britannia! in full at the beginning of the piece.
Arthur Sullivan quotes the anthem at the end of his ballet Victoria and Merrie England.
Claude Debussy opens with a brief introduction of God Save the King in one of his preludes, Hommage à S. Pickwick Esq. P.P.M.P.C. The piece draws its inspiration from the main character of the Charles Dickens novel The Pickwick Papers.