[78-L] UK National Anthem^

[Valerie Langfield]

The UK National Anthem has 3 verses, as in a hymn - no chorus.

A song can have one or many verses - I'm thinking German Lieder 
(especially Schubert settings) here, but it's pretty universal within 
the 'classical' tradition that a song, being often a setting of a 
pre-published poem which can have several verses, will set all or most 
of them.

Most people only know the first verse of the National Anthem. :)

Hope that helps...

:)

Valerie

>    "Immigrants wanting to live in the UK will have to learn the first
>    verse of the National Anthem as part of new citizenship tests."
>
>
>Is this correct? I thought the UK national anthem consisted of a
>succession of choruses. As far as I'm aware a song only has one verse.
>And is there a verse?

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Valerie Langfield
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