Word: anthems
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...procession moved along, bands blared the Egyptian National Anthem, and hundreds of Britons suddenly caught themselves humming the snatch of an old song...
Upon returning to Egypt the Khedive summoned a great composer, Verdi. "I wish you to write music for a national anthem," said Ismail. "Like this! Listen. I shall whistle...
...hundred and eight guns boomed, at Peking last week in terrific salute. At the Hall of Ceremonies, an imposing structure on a tiny island in the middle of a toy lake, hundreds of Chinese officers and diplomats prostrated themselves thrice. A Chinese band struck up the national anthem-to Western ears shrill and squealing. At the focus of this orgy of homage stood a slim, imperious Chinese, clad from neck to heel in a gorgeous, shimmering, blue silk Field Marshal's uniform of his own invention. This personage was the War Lord of Manchuria and North China, the great...
...under way when President Lowell delivers the Baccalureate sermon to the Class of 1927 in Appleton Chapel. Edward Caldwell Moore, Professor and Chairman of the Board of ORDER OF WORSHIP Organ Prelude: Psalm Marcello Processional: March Lachner Sentences from the Scripture Invocation The Lord's Prayer Responsive Reading Anthem: Prayer of Thanksgiving Netherlands Folk Song Scripture Lesson Hymn The Sermon President Lowell Baccalaureate Hymn Prayer Recessional: March Mendelssohn...
...Stockholm pushed gently into its berth, the hundreds of men and women on the pier stood at attention. Aboard, on the main deck, the Sangsallakapet De Svenske (national chorus of Sweden), otherwise known as the Singing Vikings, of whom there are 52 in all, sang out the Swedish national anthem...