"Land of Hope and Glory" (a literal translation into Russian. "Land of Hope and Glory" ) - English (sometimes seen as British ) patriotic song, claiming the status of the anthem England [en] . Music was composed by Edward Elgar , and poems by Arthur Christopher Benson
In 1901, Elgar composed the first and most famous march of a series of "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" [en] . King Edward proposed to impose on the music composer words, because I thought that the march will of a great song. Then, when Elgar received an assignment to compose musical composition for the coronation of Edward Benson poet was commissioned to write the word including three stanzas impose on "March number 1." The very first of them later became chorus for "Land of Hope and Glory" [2] .
Due to illness of the new monarch, the coronation was postponed on August 9, 1902, during which time Benson with Elgar created a separate song, which was sung for the first time in 1902, the British singer Clara Butt .
Anthem England [ edit | edit text ]
To date, England has not approved the anthem, and so during sports and other events where the British stand apart from Britain , as the anthem of the most used song "God Save the Queen (King)" . Despite this, there are proposals to change this situation [3] [4] . «Land of Hope and Glory» is one of the leading candidates for the status of the new anthem [5] . According to the poll "Which song should be the anthem of England?" Uptime campaign "Anthem for England" ( Engl. anthem4england ), "Land of Hope and Glory" took second place after the track "Jerusalem" [6] .
«Land of Hope and Glory» traditionally begins a series of patriotic songs on "Last night" promenade "concerts" (the last concert of the season of this festival of music that is broadcast worldwide)
Despite the fact that the British Conservative Party does not have its official anthem, the Party congresses and conferences often executed «Land of Hope and Glory».
Until 2010 «Land of Hope and Glory» used as a victory song against England at the Commonwealth Games [5] .
April 23, 2010 in St. George's Day Council of England Commonwealth Games [en] was started voting, where participants had to choose which national anthem will be performed in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 [en] in Delhi . Candidates became the anthem of Great Britain "God Save the Queen!», «Land of Hope and Glory» and the song "Jerusalem", which eventually won with a score of 52.5% and became the new winning song of the English team. «Land of Hope and Glory» took second place with 32.5% of the vote
In 1901, Elgar composed the first and most famous march of a series of "Pomp and Circumstance Marches" [en] . King Edward proposed to impose on the music composer words, because I thought that the march will of a great song. Then, when Elgar received an assignment to compose musical composition for the coronation of Edward Benson poet was commissioned to write the word including three stanzas impose on "March number 1." The very first of them later became chorus for "Land of Hope and Glory" [2] .
Due to illness of the new monarch, the coronation was postponed on August 9, 1902, during which time Benson with Elgar created a separate song, which was sung for the first time in 1902, the British singer Clara Butt .
Anthem England [ edit | edit text ]
To date, England has not approved the anthem, and so during sports and other events where the British stand apart from Britain , as the anthem of the most used song "God Save the Queen (King)" . Despite this, there are proposals to change this situation [3] [4] . «Land of Hope and Glory» is one of the leading candidates for the status of the new anthem [5] . According to the poll "Which song should be the anthem of England?" Uptime campaign "Anthem for England" ( Engl. anthem4england ), "Land of Hope and Glory" took second place after the track "Jerusalem" [6] .
«Land of Hope and Glory» traditionally begins a series of patriotic songs on "Last night" promenade "concerts" (the last concert of the season of this festival of music that is broadcast worldwide)
Despite the fact that the British Conservative Party does not have its official anthem, the Party congresses and conferences often executed «Land of Hope and Glory».
Until 2010 «Land of Hope and Glory» used as a victory song against England at the Commonwealth Games [5] .
April 23, 2010 in St. George's Day Council of England Commonwealth Games [en] was started voting, where participants had to choose which national anthem will be performed in the Commonwealth Games in 2010 [en] in Delhi . Candidates became the anthem of Great Britain "God Save the Queen!», «Land of Hope and Glory» and the song "Jerusalem", which eventually won with a score of 52.5% and became the new winning song of the English team. «Land of Hope and Glory» took second place with 32.5% of the vote
