• There is no official author of God Save The King, but the song as it appears now dates back to the 18th Century. • One of the earliest recorded performances was arranged by Thomas Arne at ...

It had been arranged by Thomas Arne, the composer who a few years previously had set a verse by James Thomson called Rule Britannia as ... God Save the King — or, as we now knew it for so many years ...

The God Save The King anthem dates back to the 18th century. Although its exact authorship remains uncertain, the melody is often attributed to English composer Thomas Arne – who arranged it in ...

Curiously, though, ‘God Save the Queen’ has never been officially adopted as our National Anthem, its status owing to custom and use rather than legislation. It was only known as the National Anthem ...

And a third laughed: "Bryony Page singing “God Save the Queen” with such confidence before correcting herself." ... The melody is often attributed to the English composer Thomas Arne, ...

“God Save the King” subsequently spread overseas throughout the late 18th century, with Ludwig van Beethoven producing seven piano variations of it, Joseph Haydn taking inspiration for Austria ...

09/09/2022 September 9, 2022. Hundreds of people sang "God Save the Queen" in front of Buckingham Palace on Thursday evening after the death of Queen Elizabeth II.