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God Save the King

national anthem of the United Kingdom and royal anthem of many Commonwealth realms
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God Save the King
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God Save the King is a music recording classified within the classical music genre.

God Save the King

Summary

God Save the King is a national anthem[1]. It ranks in the top 0.67% of national_anthem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,403 views/month, #3 of 447).[2]

Key Facts

  • God Save the King is in the country of United Kingdom[3].
  • God Save the King's instance of is recorded as national anthem[4].
  • God Save the King's instance of is recorded as musical work/composition[5].
  • God Save the King's composer is recorded as Henry Carey[6].
  • God Save the King's genre is classical music[7].
  • Among the performers on God Save the King was Sarah Brightman[8].
  • God Save the King's Commons category is recorded as God Save the King[9].
  • God Save the King's language of work or name is recorded as English[10].
  • God Save the King's country of origin is recorded as Kingdom of Great Britain[11].
  • God Save the King was published on 1744[12].
  • God Save the King was released on October 1745[13].
  • God Save the King's lyricist is recorded as Henry Carey[14].
  • God Save the King's has edition or translation is recorded as God save the Tsar[15].
  • God Save the King's has edition or translation is recorded as God Save the King[16].
  • God Save the King's tonality is recorded as G major[17].
  • God Save the King's topic's main category is recorded as Category:God Save the King[18].
  • God Save the King's Commons gallery is recorded as God Save the King[19].
  • God Save the King's described by source is recorded as Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[20].
  • God Save the King's described by source is recorded as The Nuttall Encyclopædia[21].
  • God Save the King's described by source is recorded as Allgemeine Encyclopädie der Wissenschaften und Künste[22].
  • God Save the King's published in is recorded as The Gentleman's Magazine[23].
  • God Save the King's published in is recorded as Sions harpe[24].
  • God Save the King's title is recorded as {'lang': 'en-gb', 'text': 'God Save the King'}[25].
  • God Save the King's has melody is recorded as America[26].
  • God Save the King's different from is recorded as God Save the Queen[27].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Song[28]

  • Community tags: national anthems[29]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 3a7900a1-f4a9-3bf6-9f37-9ec2df823246[30]

Body

Works and Contributions

Things named for God Save the King include God Save the Queen[31], a musical work/composition[32].

Why It Matters

God Save the King ranks in the top 0.67% of national_anthem entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (5,403 views/month, #3 of 447).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[33] It is known by 187 alternative names across languages and contexts.[34]

Entities named for it include God Save the Queen[31], a musical work/composition[32].

Related Entities

Antigua and Barbuda Australia Belize British America British Ceylon British North Borneo Edward VIII Elizabeth II England George III of Great Britain George II of Great Britain George IV of the United Kingdom George V George VI Gibraltar Grenada Guernsey Hong Kong Jamaica Kingdom of Great Britain Mosquitia public domain Saint Christopher-Nevis-Anguilla Sarah Brightman Tokelau Trucial States United Kingdom United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland Victoria

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Q24521261. wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [28] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [29] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [30] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [32] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [33] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [34] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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