Welcome to my first retro-style video! O Canada is the national anthem of Canada since 1980. It was composed in 1880 by Calixa Lavallée and written by Adolphe-Basile Routhier in French, and by Robert Stanley Weir, in 1908, in English. It became the de facto National Anthem of Canada in 1939, serving with God Save the Queen as Royal Anthem. In this adaptation of the anthem, the lyrics are those that were used prior to 1980 FRANÇAIS: Ô Canada est l'hymne national du Canada depuis 1980. Ça a été composé en 1880 par Calixa Lavallée et écrit par Adolphe-Basile Routhier en français, et plus tard par Robert Stanley Weir, en 1908, en anglais. C'est devenu l'hymne national de facto du Canada en 1939, avec Dieu protège la Reine, comme l'hymne royal. Dans cette adaptation de l'hymne, on entend les paroles anglaises utilisées avant l'année 1980. (Background edit used in the intro is from @loyalisms on Instagram) ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tQaQHV3BVA0

"Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" (or "Voices of Rhodesia") was the national anthem of Rhodesia and Zimbabwe Rhodesia between 1974 and 1979. The tune was that of "Ode to Joy", the Fourth Movement from Ludwig van Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, which had been adopted as the official European continental anthem by the Council of Europe in 1972 (it remains the European Union's anthem today). The music used in Rhodesia was an original sixteen-bar arrangement by Captain Ken MacDonald, the bandmaster of the Rhodesian African Rifles. A national competition was organized by the government to find an appropriate set of lyrics to match the chosen tune, and won by Mary Bloom of Gwelo. In the fallout from Rhodesia's Unilateral Declaration of Independence from the United Kingdom on 11 November 1965, the country still claimed loyalty to Queen Elizabeth II as its professed head of state, and so retained "God Save the Queen" as its national anthem. With Rhodesia's reconstitution in 1970 as a republic, however, the royal anthem was dropped along with many other references to the monarchy, leaving it without a national anthem until it adopted "Rise, O Voices of Rhodesia" in 1974. The national anthem lost its legal status in December 1979, when the United Kingdom retook interim control of the country pending its internationally recognised independence as Zimbabwe five months later. Rhodesia's use of the well-known Beethoven tune has since caused the playing of "Ode to Joy" to be controversial in modern-day Zimbabwe. FRANÇAIS : Rise O Voices of Rhodesia était l'hymne national de la République de Rhodésie de 1974 jusqu'à la dissolution de cet État, en 1979. Officialisé le 26 août 1974, la mélodie reprenait « l'Ode à la joie » de Beethoven. Les paroles avaient été écrites par Mme Mary Bloom, native d'Afrique du Sud et résidente de Gwelo. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0kV5Z5hpeEY

(Turn on Youtube subtitles for English subtitles) Rota ("The Oath") is an early 20th-century Polish poem, as well as a celebratory anthem, once proposed to be the Polish national anthem. Rota's lyrics were written in 1908 by activist for Polish independence, poet Maria Konopnicka as a protest against German Empire's policies of forced Germanization of Poles. Konopnicka wrote Rota in 1908 while staying in Cieszyn. The poem was published for the first time in Gwiazdka Cieszyńska newspaper on 7 November. The music was composed two years later by composer, conductor and concert organist, Feliks Nowowiejski. FRANÇAIS : Rota (Le Serment) est un poème polonais écrit en 1908 par Maria Konopnicka en réponse à la loi du gouvernement prussien sur l'expropriation forcée des Polonais de la terre. Avec ce texte, la poète rejoint la protestation des Polonais contre la politique de germanisation, qui s'est intensifiée depuis la fin du XIXe siècle. POLSKI: Rota – napisany w 1908 r. na Śląsku Cieszyńskim wiersz Marii Konopnickiej, a także pieśń hymniczna. Pierwszy raz Rota została opublikowana w 1908 r. w „Gwiazdce Cieszyńskiej” (nr 90 z 7 listopada). Powstała pod wpływem oburzenia prześladowaniami polskości w zaborze pruskim (zob. germanizacja). W połowie listopada 1908 r. utwór został przedrukowany w krakowskim miesięczniku „Przodownica”. Wiersz składa się z czterech zwrotek, z czego trzy stanowią kanon jednej z polskich pieśni patriotycznych pod tym samym tytułem, do której muzykę napisał Feliks Nowowiejski. Pieśń została po raz pierwszy wykonana publicznie przez kilkuset chórzystów z terenów objętych zaborami 15 lipca 1910 w czasie uroczystości odsłonięcia pomnika Grunwaldzkiego w Krakowie, zorganizowanej w rocznicę 500-lecia zwycięstwa Polski w bitwie pod Grunwaldem. Połączonymi chórami z całej Polski dyrygował kompozytor. Znana jest też wersja z muzyką Władysława Krogulskiego. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XSGJyh5M1ek

"In Flanders Fields" is a war poem in the form of a rondeau, written during the First World War by Canadian physician Lieutenant-Colonel John McCrae. He was inspired to write it on May 3, 1915, after presiding over the funeral of friend and fellow soldier Lieutenant Alexis Helmer, who died in the Second Battle of Ypres. According to legend, fellow soldiers retrieved the poem after McCrae, initially dissatisfied with his work, discarded it. "In Flanders Fields" was first published on December 8 of that year in the London magazine Punch. It is one of the most quoted poems from the war. As a result of its immediate popularity, parts of the poem were used in efforts and appeals to recruit soldiers and raise money selling war bonds. Its references to the red poppies that grew over the graves of fallen soldiers resulted in the remembrance poppy becoming one of the world's most recognized memorial symbols for soldiers who have died in conflict. The poem and poppy are prominent Remembrance Day symbols throughout the Commonwealth of Nations, particularly in Canada, where "In Flanders Fields" is one of the nation's best-known literary works. The poem is also widely known in the United States, where it is associated with Veterans Day and Memorial Day. FRANÇAIS: In Flanders fields (Au champ d'honneur) est un poème de guerre écrit pendant la Première Guerre mondiale par le lieutenant-colonel canadien John McCrae. Rédigé à l'occasion des funérailles d'un ami de l'auteur, le lieutenant Alexis Helmer, tombé lors de la deuxième bataille d'Ypres en Belgique, les circonstances de sa composition font l'objet de plusieurs hypothèses. Publié le 8 décembre 1915 dans le magazine britannique Punch, la popularité du poème ne cesse de croître à mesure de l'avancement du conflit. Rapidement traduit dans plusieurs langues, il est aussi largement utilisé dans le cadre de la propagande de guerre. L'image des coquelicots qu'il évoque est ainsi mise à profit lors d'opérations de levée de fonds telles que les émissions d'obligations de guerre. Cette image est aussi devenue l'emblème de la Campagne du Coquelicot, campagne annuelle d'appel aux dons menée en Grande-Bretagne et dans certains pays du Commonwealth, en soutien aux familles des soldats morts ou blessés au combat. La popularité du poème se confirme après guerre, aussi bien au Canada que dans d'autres pays, où il est notamment utilisé lors des commémorations du jour du Souvenir, sous des formes diverses. ... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zN2xxA1NSRo