Western and Northern European patriotic and political songs
Estonian
Finnish
French
German
Das Lied von der Partei
(lyrics). The party song of the Socialist Unity Party, the ruling party of East Germany.
Mein Emsland will ich ehren
(lyrics). A regional song from the Emsland region of Germany.
Weihelied
(lyrics). A patriotic song of the former Principality of Schaumburg-Lippe. I apologise for providing the lyrics as an image – unfortunately, I am unable to transcribe the old Kurrentenschrift. Any help would be much appreciated!
Norwegian
Spanish
Other
Beautiful Jersey
(lyrics). An unofficial national anthem of Jersey.
Freiheit
(lyrics). A Swiss song that was later adapted as the national anthem of Lesotho.
Jeg er en skandinav
(lyrics, alternate setting). Written by H. C. Andersen in support of pan-Scandinavianism, with the most popular musical setting by J. C. Gebauer and an alternate by O. Lindblad. Briefly popular in the 1840s, but soon forgotten.
Kungssången
(version 2, version 3, version 4, lyrics). A Swedish song of praise to the King of Sweden.
Land of hope and glory
(another version, lyrics). An English patriotic song based on E. Elgar’s Pomp and circumstance march No 1. It is sometimes considered to be the national anthem of England.
Pasodoble Islas Canarias
(lyrics). A Canarian song.
Wilhelmus
(lyrics). The grand-ducal anthem of Luxembourg, whose melody is derived from an 18th century version of the Dutch anthem known as the Prinsenmars
, with the melismas set to new words. This version may seem unrelated to the one currently used as the national anthem of the Netherlands, but if you trace its development over the years, the connection seems obvious.
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