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National anthems are an integral part of official receptions and play an important role at major events such as the Olympic Games or World Championships. Most anthems date from the 18-20th centuries and are often an essential part of the political and cultural development of a country, e.g. on its way to independence or democracy. At the same time, the anthem conveys a sense of community and is a means to express identification with one's home country.
This edition contains 50 national anthems from all over the world, with original melody and chord symbols, complete texts in the original language as well as a transliteration .for the more .exotic languages. Now available in a revised second edition, the volume is completed by interesting information on the respective countries as well as on the composers and text writers of the hymns. This edition .encourages people to get to know the multitude of different national anthems and to sing along with the text.

This arrangement is not in the original key to make it easier to play. A version in the original key is available here: S0.373007.



The Czech composer Antonín Dvoand#345;ák became the director of theNational Conservatory of Music in New York City in 1892 (a post he helduntil 1895). Whilst in North America, he became fascinated by Native Americanmusic and the African-American spirituals that he heard. After a commission in1893 from the New York Philharmonic, he wrote the Symphony No. 9 in E minor,"From the New World", also known as the ?New World? Symphony ? not onlyhis most famous symphony but one of the most popular symphonies of all time.



The second movement (Largo) features the famous cor anglaissolo, arranged here for solo piano. It was famously used in a British advert for the bread-brandHovis and was adapted into the spiritual-like song ?Goin? Home? by one ofDvoand#345;ák's pupils in 1922.



Dvoand#345;ák explained the Native-American influences in the symphonyin an article published by the New York Herald: ?I have not actually used anyof the [Native American] melodies. I have simply written original themesembodying the peculiarities of the Indian music, and, using these themes assubjects, have developed them with all the resources of modern rhythms,counterpoint, and orchestral colour.?



A recording of the ?New World? Symphony was taken along on theApollo 11 mission by Neil Armstrong in 1969.

Made in SA is a collection of new beginning-to-intermediate piano pieces composed by members of the Composers Alliance of San Antonio (CASA). The compositions have been collected into five graded volumes, from the most straightforward to the most musically advanced. Book 3 includes Interlude and "Frazzled" by William Gokelman; "Lullaby" and "In a Playful Mood" by Dimitar Ninov; "Chasing My Shadow" by William James Ross; "At the Pond" by Ken Metz; "Chuggin' Along" by Yvonne Freckmann; "Spring" and "Timber" by Juan Luis de Pablo Enríquez Rohen; and "Dust Devil in an Empty Lot" by Kevin Salfen.