National Anthems of the CD 1 4 BAHAMAS THE COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS 1 ANGUILLA March On, Bahamaland BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF ANGUILLA "Lift up your head to the National Song rising sun, Bahamaland; "God bless Anguilla march on to glory, your bright banners waving ..." nurture and keep her Words and music: Timothy Gibson (1903-1978) noble and beautious..." Adopted: 1973 Chorus: 'With heart and soul we'll build a nation proud, strong and free". 5 BANGLADESH Words and music: Alex Richardson PEOPLE'S REPUBLIC OF BANGLADESH Adopted: 1981 m "My Bengal of gold, I love I you. Forever your skies, 2 ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA 9 your air set iny heart in "Fair Antigua, we salute tune ..." thee! Proudly we this Words and music: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) J.A anthem raise..." Adopted: 1971 Words: Novelle Hamilton Richards (1917-1986) Music: Walter Garnet Picart Chambers (1908-2003) Adopted: 1967 Barbados National Anthem "In plenty and in time of 3 AUSTRALIA need when this fair land was COMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA young". Jaita Advance Australia Faif Chorus: "We loyal sons and daughters all do hereby "Australians all, let us make it known..." rejoice, for we are Words: Irving Louis Burgie (b. 1924) young and free; we've golden soil and wealth for toil ..." Music: Roland Edwards (1912-1985) Chorus: "In joyful strains then let us sing: Advance Adopted: 1966 Australia Fair". Words and music: Peter Dodds McCormick (1834-1916) Adopted: 1984 7 BELIZE 10 BRITISH VIRGIN ISLANDS Land Of The Free OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF THE BRITISH VIRGIN "0 Land of the Free by the ISLANDS Carib Sea, our manhood we God Save The Queen pledge to thy liberty!" "God save our gracious ~holus:"Arise, ye sons of the Baymen's clan! Put on Queen, long live our noble Queen, God save the Queen!" your armour, clear the land!" Words: Author unknown Words: SamuelAlfred Haynes (1898-1971) Music: Henry Carey (1687-1743) or John Bull (1562-1628) Music: Selwyn Walford Young (1899-1977) Adopted: 1745 Adopted: 1981 11 BRUNEI DARUSSALAM 8 BERMUDA 'IRUNEI - HOME OF PEACE BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF BERMUDA I Allah Peliharakan God Save The Queen Sultan (God Bless His "God save our gracious I Majesty The Sultan) I" 9 Queen, long live our noble dh God, long live our Majesty the Sultan; Justice and Queen, God save the Queen!" Sovereignty in sheltering..." Words: Pengiran Haji Words: Author unknown Mohamed Yusuf bin Abdul Rahim (b. 1923); Music: Music Henry Carey (1687-1743) or John Bull (1562-1628) Awang Haji Besar bin Sagap (1914-1988) Adopted: 1745 Adopted: 1951 9 BOTSWANA REPUBLIC OF BOTSWANA "Blessed be this noble land, gift to us from God's strong hand, heritage our fathers lefl to us". Chorus: "Awake, awake, 0 men, awake! And women close beside them stand ..." Words and music: Kg&macg TUMedisoo Wte (19W1974) Adopted: 1966 12 CAMEROON 16 CAYMAN ISLANDS REPUBLIC OF CAMEROON BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF THE CAYMAN $ Chant De Ralliement (Song ISLANDS Of Reunification) Beloved Isle Cayman "0 Cameroon, thou cradle of @+& "0 land of soft, fresh our fath-.-, proudly rally to defend your liberty". breezes and verdant trees so fair, with the Creator's Chorus: "This our land that we all love so, on you our glory..." whole happiness is stayed. You're our joy ..." Chorus: "Dear, verdant island, set in blue Caribbean Words: Rene Djam Afame (1910-1981) Sea, I'm coming, coming very soon ..." Music: Rene DjamAfame (1910-1981), Samuel Minkio Words and music: Leila E. Ross (1886-1968) Bamba (b. 1911) and Moke Nyatte Nko'o (1910-1978) Adopted: 1930 Adopted: 1948, New words 1978 17 CYPRUS . 13&14&15 CANADA REPUBLIC OF CYPRUS "0 Canada! Our home lmnos Eis Tin Eleffherian and native land! True (Hymn To Freedom) patriot love in all thy sons "I shall always recognise command. you by the dreadful sword you hold, as the earth, with Chorus: "God keep our land glorious and free! 0 searching vision ..." Canada! We stand on guard for thee". Words: Dionysios SolomQ (1798-1857) French words: SirAdolphe Basile Routhier (1839- Music: Nikolaos Mantzaros (1795-1873) 1920); English words: Robert Stanley Weir (1856-1926) Adopted: 1960 Music: Calixa Lavallee (1842-1891) Adopted: 1980 18 & 19 DOMINICA COMMONWEALTH OF DOMINICA "lsle of beauty, isle of splendour, isle to all 0 so sweet and fair ..." Words: Wilfred Oscar Morgan Pond (1912-1985) Music: Lemuel McPherson Christian (1913-2000) Adopted: 1967 20 ENGLAND 23 GAMBIA CONSTITUENT KINGDOM OF ENGLAND REPUBLIC OF THE GAMBIA "Land of Hope and Glory, .r* "For The Gambia, our mother of the free, how I homeland, we strive and shall we extole thee, who 8 .-- d work and pray, that all may are born of thee.. ." live III unity... Words: Author unknown Words: Virginia Julie Howe (b. 1927) Music: Edward Elgar (1857-1934), from '%mp and Music: Adapted by Jeremy Frederick Howe (b. 1929) Circumstance March No. Iin D op. 39" from the tradifionalMandinka song 'Foday Kaba Dumbuya'! Adopted: 1901 Adopted: 1965

21 FALKLAND ISLANDS 24 GHANA BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF THE REPUBLIC OF GHANA FALKLAND ISLANDS Song Of The Falklands p "In my heart there's a call Ghana and make our for the Isle far away, where the wind from the Horn nation great and strong..." often wanders..." Words: The Government of Ghana Words and music: Christopher Lanham Music: Philip Gbeho (1905-1976) Adopted: 1939 Adopted: 1957 Music, 1966 Words 22 FIJI 25 GIBRALTAR REPUBLIC OF FIJI DEPENDENT TERRITORY OF GIBRALTAR Meda Dau Doka (God "Gibraltar, Gibraltar, the Bless FJi) rock on which I stand. 1 "Blessing grant, Oh God May you be forever free, of nations, on the isles of Fiji, as we stand united Gibraltar my own land". under noble banner blue" Chorus: "For Fiji, ever Fiji, Words and music: Peter Emberley (b. 1955) let our voices ring with pride, for Fiji, ever Fiji..." Adopted: 1994 Words & music: MichaelFrancisAlexander Prescott (b. 1928) Adopted: 1970 26 GRENADA 30 INDIA STATE OF GRENADA REPUBLIC OF INDIA a "Hail! Grenada, land of "Glory to thee, ruler of our ours, we pledge ourselves hearts and of India's to thee, heads, hearts and destiny!" hands in unity..." \ivu,ua a,,u sic: Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) Words: Inla Merle Baptiste (b. 1924) Adopted: 1950 Music: Louis Arnold Masanto (b. 1938) 31 ISLE OF MAN Adopted: 1974 CROWN DEPENDENCY OF THE ISLE OF MAN 27 & 28 GUERNSEY "0 land of our birth. 0 THE BAILIWICK OF GUERNSEY gem of God's earth, 0 Sarnia Cheri (Guernsey uea Island so strong and so "Sarnia, dear Homeland, * Gem of the sea. Island of English words and music: William Henv Gill (1839-1923) beauty, my heart longs for thee ..." Manx words: John J. Kneen (1873-1939) Chorus: "Sarnia Cherie, Gem of the sea. Home of my Adopted: 1907 childhood, my heart longs for thee". Words: George Deighton 32 JAMAICA Music: Domenico Santangelo (1882-1970) Jamaica, Land We Love Adopted: 1911 "Eternal Father, bless our land, guard us with 29 GUYANA Thy Mighty Hand, keep us free from evil powers..." COOPERATIVE REPUBLIC OF GUYANA Chorus: "Justice, Truth, be ours forever, Jamaica, land "Dear land of Guyana of we love. Jamaica, Jamaica, Jamaica..." rivers and plains; made Words: Hugh Braham Sherlock (1905-1998) rich by the sunshine and Music: Robert Charles Lightbourne (1909-1995) lush by the rains..." Adopted: 1962 Words: Archibald Leonard Luker (1917-1971); Music: Robert Cyril Gladstone Pofter (1899-1981) Adopted: 1966 33 JERSEY 37 LESOTHO THE BAILIWICK OF JERSEY KINGDOM OF LESOTHO - Ma Normandie (My "Lesotho, land of our Normandy) Fathers, you are the most "When Spring is ev'rywhere beautiful country of all". asowing and winter time seems far away..." Words: Fran~oisCoillard (1834-1904) Words and music: Frederic Berat (1801-1855) Music: Ferdinand-SamuelLaur (1 791-1854); Adopted: 1836 Adopted: 1966

34 KENYA 38 MALAWI REPUBLIC OF KENYA REPUBLIC OF MALAWI \ - * Wimbo Wa Taifa (National "0 God bless our land of Anthem) ~aladi,keep it a land of "0 God of all creation, a 1 peace. Put down each and bless this our land and nation. Justice be our shield ev'ry enemy..." and defender..." Words and music: Michael-FredrickPaul Sauka (b. 1934) Words and music: Graham Hyslop, Thomas Kalume, Adopted: 1964 Peter Kibukosya, Washington Omondi and George W Senoga-Zake, based on a traditional Kenyan folk song 39 MALAYSIA Adopted: 1963 CONFEDERATION OF MALAYSIA

35 & 36 KIRIBATI REPUBLIC OF KIRIBATI - Teirake Kaini Kiribati (Stand progressive..." Up, Kiribati) Words: Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903-1990); "Stand up, Gilbertese! Sing Music: Pierre Jean de Beranger (1780-1857) with jubilation! Prepare to accept responsibility and to Adopted: 1957 help each other!" Words and music: Urium Tamuera loteba (1910-1988) Adopted: 1979 40 MALDIVES 3 MONTSERRAT REPUBLIC OF THE MALDIVES BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF 'We bow in respect to the MONTSERRAT Emblem of our Nation, and God Save The Queen salute the Flag so exalted". "God save our gracious Chorus: "In National Unity do we salute our Nation". Queen, long live our noble Queen, God save the Words: Mohamed Jameel Didi (1915-1989) Queen!" Music: WannakuwaffawadugeDon Amaradeva (b. 1927) Words: Author unknown; Music: Henry Carey (1687- Adopted: 1972 1743) or John Bull (1562-1628); Adopted: 1783 4 MOZAMBIQUE REPUBLIC OF MOZAMBIQUE 1 MALTA 1 I Pafria Amada (Beloved REPUBLIC OF MALTA Fatherland) Innu Malti (Malta Hymn) I 1 "In the memory of Africa ''Guard O as ever dnd in the world thb,, ,s a wonderful home of hast guarded, this courageous fighters!" mi!!Motherland so dear whose name we bear!" Chorus: "Mozambique, our glorious native country! Words: Dun Karm Psaila (1871-1961) Stone on stone we build the new day!" Music: Sammuf (187@1934); 1945 Words and music: Justin0 SigauIane Chemane (b 1923) 2 MAURITIUS Adopted: 2002 5 NAMIBIA ,/t+ Motherland REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA "Glory to thee, "Namibia, land of the brave, Motherland, 0 Freedom's fight we have lYIUL f mine. Sweet is thy beauty, sweet is thy d won1s. fragrance..." ' 7 &J vvuru!%!#!!sic: vvuru!%!#!!sic: Axali Doeseb (b. 1954) Words: Jean Georges Prosper (b. 1933) Adopted: 1991 Music: Philippe Gentil (b. 1928) Adopted: 1968

13 PAKISTAN 16 SAINT KlTTS AND NEVlS ISLAMIC REPUBLIC OF PAKISTAN FEDERATION OF SAlNT KlTTS AND NEVlS Qaumi Tarana (National "0 Land of Beauty! Our @ Anthem) country where peace "Blessed be the sacred abounds ..." land, happy be the bounteous realm..." Words and music: KenrickAnderson Georges (b. 1955) Words: Abu-Al-Asar Hafeez Jullandhuri (1900-1982) Adopted: 1983 Music: Ahmed Ghulamali Chagla (1902-1953) Adopted: 1953 Music, 1954 Words 17 SAlNT LUClA "Sons and daughters of 14 PAPUA NEW GUINEA Saint Lucia, love the INDEPENDENTSTATE OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA land that gave us birth..." "0 arise all you sons of Words: Charles Jesse (1897-1985) this land, let us sing of our Music: Leton Felix Thomas (b. 1926) joy to be free..." Adopted: 1967 Chorus: "Shout again for the whole world to hear Papua New Guinea..." 18 SAlNT VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES Words and music: Thomas Shacklady (b. 1917) I p "Saint Vincent! Land so Adopted: 1975 beautiful, with joyful hearts 1 - we pledge to thee our loyalty 15 SAlNT HELENA AND DEPENDENCIES and love..." BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF SAlNT HELENA Chorus: "What e'r the future brings, our faith will see AND DEPENDENCIES us through. God Save The Queen Words: Phyllis Joyce McClean Punneft (b. 1917) "God save our gracious Music: Joel Bertram Miguel (b. 1938) Queen, long live our noble Queen, God save the Adopted: 1969 Queen!" Words: Author unknown Music: Henly Carey (1687-1743) or John Bull (1562- 1628) Adopted: 1834 19 &20 SAMOA 23 SIERRA LEONE INDEPENDENT STATE OF SAMOA REPUBLIC OF SIERRA LEONE The Banner Of "High we exalt thee, realm of Freedom the free; great is the love we "Samoa, arise and have for thee ..." raise your banner that is your crown!" Words: Clifford Nelson Fyle (b. 1933) Words and music: Sauni liga Kuresa (1900-1978) Music: John Joseph Akar (1927-1975) Adopted: 1962 Adopted: 1961

21 SCOTLAND 24 SINGAPORE CONSTITUENT KINGDOM OF SCOTLAND REPUBLlA ^F SINGAPORE Flower Of Scotland L- 2 Majulah Singapura (May "0 Flower of Scotland when Singapore Progress) -B will we see your like again ..." ' "Let us, the people of Words and music: Roy M. B. Williamson (1936-1990) Singapore, together march forward towards Adopted: 1997 happiness". Words and music: Zubir Said (1907-1987) 22 SEYCHELLES Adopted: 1959 REPUBLIC OF T' 1E SEYCHELLES Koste Seselwa 75 SOLOMON ISLANDS (Seychellois, Unife!) "God bless our Solomon "Seychelles, our home- Islands from shore to land, where we live *in harmony, joy, love and peace, shore. Bless all our we thank God." Fauple ~IIU~II UUI lands..." Words and music: David Franqois Marc Andre (b. Words: Panapasa Balekana (b. 1929) and Matila 1958) and George Charles Robed Payet (b. 1959) Balekana (b. 1932) Adopted: 1996 Music: Panapasa Balekana (b. 1929) Adopted: 1978 26 SOUTH AFRICA 28 SWAZILAND REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA KINGDOM OF SWAZILAND FIRST SECTION "0 Lord our God, "God bless Africa, lift her bestower of all bless- W horn on high, hear our bings on the Swazi ..." prayers". (Translation from Xhosa and Zulu) Words: Andrease Enoke Fanyana Simelane (b. 1934) "God save our nation, end wars and strife. South Music: David Kenneth Rycrofl(1924-1997) Africa". (Translation from Sotho) Adopted: 1968 Words and music: Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (1860-1904) SECOND SECTION 29 & 30 TANZANIA Die Stem Van Suid-Afrika (The Call Of South Africa) OF "Ringing out from our blue heavens, from our deep a 'God Bless Africa. Bless its seas breaking round ..." (Translation from Afrikaans) leaders". Words: Cornelis Jacob Langenhoven (1873-1932) L Chorus: "Bless Africa, bless Music: Marfhjnus Lourens de Vil'je~(7885-1977) the childrenAfrica". Adopted: Second section as National Anthem 1936, Author unknown together with first section 1995 Music: Enoch Mankayi Sontonga (1860-1904) Adopted: 1961 27 SRl LANKA DEMOCRATIC SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF 31 TONGA SRI LANKA KINGDOM OF TONGA "Mother Lanka, we "Oh, Almighty God salute Thee! Plenteous ) above, Thou art our Lord in prosperity, Thou, beauteous in grace and love..." and sure defence ..." Words and music: Ananda Samarakoon (1911-1962) Words: Prince Uelingatoni Ngu Tupoumalohi (1854- Adopted: 1952 1885) Music: Karl Gustavus Schmiff (1834-1900) Adopted: 1874 32 TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO 35 &36 UGANDA REPUBLIC OF TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO REPUBLIC OF UGANDA "Forged from the love of lib- erty, in the fires of hope and & prayer..." Chorus: "Side by side we stand, Islands of the blue future in thy hand". Caribbean Sean. Words and music: George Wilberforce Kakomoa (b. Words and music: Patrick Stanislaus Casfagne (1916- 1923) 2000) Adopted: 1962 Adopted: 1962 37 & 38 UNITED KINGDOM 33 TURKS AND CAlCOS ISLANDS UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND BRITISH OVERSEAS TERRITORY OF THE TURKS NORTHERN IRELAND AND CAlCOS God Save The Queen ISLANDS & "God save our gracious God Save The Queen ur noble Queen, God save the "God save our gracious Queen, long live our noble Queen!" Queen, God save the Queen!" Words: Author unknown Words: Author unknown; Music: Henry Carey (/687- Music: Henry Carey (1687-1743) or John Bull (1562- 1743) or John Bull (1562-1628);Adopted: 1962 1628) Adopted: 1745 34 TUVALU THE TUVALU ISLANDS 39 & 40 VANUATU "Tuvalu For The REPUBLIC OF VANUATU Almighty are the words "God has given us this we hold most dear. .." land; this gives us great Words and music: Afaese Manoa (b. 1942) T,bcause for rejoicing". Adopted: 1978 ~hormuare happy to proclaim we are the People of Vanuatu!" Words and music: Franqois Vincent Ayssav (b. 1955) Adopted: 1980 41 WALES 43 UNITED NATIONS PRINCIPALITYOF WALES ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS Hen Wlad Fy Nhadau (Land Hymn To The United Of My Fathers) Nations "The land of my fathers is "Eagerly musician, sweep dear unto me, old land where the minstrels are your string, so we may sing, elated optative, our honoured and free..." sev'ral voices..." Chorus: "Home, home, true am I to home, while seas Words: Wystan Hugh Auden (1907-1973) secure the land so pure..." Music: Pablo Casals (1876-1973) Welsh words: Evan James (1809-1893) Adopted: 1971 English words: W S. Gwynn Williams (1896-1978) Music: James James (1832-1902); Adopted: 1858 42 ZAMBIA REPUBLIC OF ZAMBIA "Stand and sing of Zambia, proud and free, land of Peter Breiner work and joy in unity..." I Peter Breiner is a Canadian-Slovak composer, conduc- Our great Zambia* tor, pianist and arranger. He isknown inbrnationally for Zambia ..." a multiplicity of recordings, broadcasts, telecasts and Words: Author unknown concert appearances. He began to play the piano at the Music: Enoch Manka~iSOntOnga (1860-1904) age of four When he was nine he stahd his formal Adopted: 1964 training at the Kosice Conservatory, where he studied piano, percussion, composition and conducting. He received traditional European musical training and studied composition at the Academy of Performing Arts in Bratislava (former Czechoslovakia) with Prof. Alexander Moyzes, one of the most significant figures in modern Slovak music. Peter Breiner's original compositions include two broadcasting needs in Slovakia. The orchestra was first symphonies, orchestral, chamber and choral music. His conducted by the Prague conductor Frantisek Dyk and complete works for piano trio, "... there musf be some- in the course of the past seventy years of its existence thing ...", were released on his profile CD in summer has worked under the direction of several prominent 2004. Robert Tomas of the WholeNote DlSCoveries Czech and Slovak conductors. Ondrej Lenard was states about the CD: "I'm happy to report that there is appointed its principal conductor in 1977 and a number indeed "something" to Peter Breiner's music." of the orchestra's most successful performances have He is perhaps best known, however, for his clever taken place under his baton. When Robert Stankovsky arrangements, including award-winning Baroque took over the orchestra in 1993, regular concert versions of the Beatles and a similar adaptation of Elvis performances followed, at home and abroad, with Presley and of popular Christmas music. Breiner's important recordings for the radio and for foreign distinctive arrangements of all national anthems were companies. The orchestra has undertaken a number of used during the Olympic Games in Athens 2004. successful tours in Europe as well as in Japan, Korea In addition to the Bournemouth Symphony Orchestra, and Hong Kong. The major recording partner of the Peter Breiner has conducted, often doubling as a orchestra remains Naxos and Marco Polo, for which the pianist, the Vienna Mozart Orchestra, the Hungarian orchestra has so far recorded over 140 CDs. For Naxos State Radio Orchestra, the Nicolaus Esterhazy the orchestra is quite indefatigable, committing so far Orchestra Budapest, the Polish Radio and Television an amazingly diverse catalogue of composers to disc: Symphony Orchestra, the Ukrainian State Symphony Holst, Orff, Glazunov, Tchaikovsky, Borodin, Spohr, Orchestra, the Moscow Symphony Orchestra, the Dvorak, Chopin, Kodaly, Brahms and Janacek to mention Slovak Philharmonic Orchestra, the Slovak Radio only a few. Also not to be missed are the orchestra's Symphony Orchestra, Capella Istropolitana, the performances on Naxos Opera Classics: Die Queensland Symphony Orchestra, the Orchestre Fledermaus, La Boheme, Tosca, Rigoletto, La Traviata, National de Lille, France, and the Hong Kong and Carmen. The Slovak Radio Symphony is also to be Philharmonic Orchestra, among many others. found on Naxos performing modern Chinese compositions (including the immortal and best-selling Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra Bufferfly Lovers Concerto with Takako Nishizaki), music The Slovak Radio Symphony Orchestra, formerly the for clarinet and orchestra and a whole series of British Czecho-Slovak Radio Symphony, was founded in 1929 Light Music. as the first professional music ensemble to meet