Rebellious Scots to Crush: The Military Response to the Jacobite ‘45 (From Reason to Revolution)

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Thus it was that Arne arranged the first public performance at Drury Lane Theatre on the evening of Saturday, 28 September 1745, one week after the Battle of Prestonpans. The 3 soloists were Mrs Cibber (Arne's sister), John Beard and Thomas Reinhold. Such was the acclaim that the performance was repeated every night. Covent Garden Theatre also took it up, after witnessing the enthusiasm of the audiences. England generally uses "God Save the King", but " Jerusalem", " Rule, Britannia!" and " Land of Hope and Glory" have also been used. [58] [59]

Sigismond Thalberg (1812–1871), Swiss composer and one of the most famous virtuoso pianists of the 19th century, wrote a fantasia on "God Save the Queen". National Anthem". Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade . Retrieved 24 July 2013. Hymns Ancient and Modern, Revised Version. SCM-Canterbury Press Ltd. 1982. p.504. ISBN 0-907547-06-0. As we will show, it would be last sung (if at all) in late 1745 at the time of Marshal Wade's endeavours to find and fight the Jacobite insurgence into England, led by Charles Edward Stuart ("Bonnie Prince Charlie"). Furthermore, it was never part of "the National Anthem", which did not become established as such until the beginning of the 19th century. Protocol for using New Zealand's National Anthems". Ministry for Culture and Heritage . Retrieved 17 February 2008.

Are Scots mentioned in the national anthem? 

The standard version of the melody and its key of G major are still those of the originally published version, although the start of the anthem is often signalled by an introductory timpani roll of two bars length. The bass line of the standard version differs little from the second voice part shown in the original, and there is a standard version in four-part harmony for choirs. The first three lines (six bars of music) are soft, ending with a short crescendo into "Send him victorious", and then is another crescendo at "over us:" into the final words "God save the King". The first published version that resembles the present song appeared in 1744, with no title but the heading "For two voices", in an anthology originally named Harmonia Britannia but changed after only a few copies had been printed to Thesaurus Musicus. [9] When the Jacobite pretender Charles Edward Stuart led the 1745 rising, the song spread among those loyal to King George II. The tune published in The Gentleman's Magazine in 1745 departs from that used today at several points, one as early as the first bar, but is otherwise clearly a strong relative of the contemporary anthem. It was recorded as being sung in London theatres in 1745, with, for example, Thomas Arne writing a setting of the tune for the Drury Lane Theatre. It exists today mainly in the minds of some Scottish nationalists who want to make a thing of it - usually to misrepresent it in a historically-illiterate manner as "anti-Scottish" instead of anti-Jacobite. Muthuswami Dikshitar (1776–1835), one of the musical trinity in South Indian classical ( Carnatic) music composed some Sanskrit pieces set to Western tunes. These are in the raga Sankarabharanam and are referred to as " nottu swaras". Among these, the composition " Santatam Pahimam Sangita Shyamale" is set to the tune of "God Save the Queen".

It is correct to say that the original 3 verses from 1745 are still, with only minor amendments, the same ones which exist today. During the period it may have been sung, it was not part of any "National Anthem" but simply part of a rousing music hall song. It was not until the beginning of the 19th century that the original 3 published verses became established as "the National Anthem", by which time any additional verse about Marshal Wade had long since been consigned to history. That should be enough to demonstrate that there is no mysterious verse about "Rebellious Scots", or indeed any other strange and additional, yet somehow hidden, verses of the National Anthem. Remembrance Day (PDF), Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, 11 November 2009, archived from the original (PDF) on 7 July 2011 , retrieved 5 July 2010 Cummings, William H. (1902). God Save the King: the origin and history of the music and words of the national anthem. London: Novello & Co.And so perhaps understandably the Scots prefer to remember an earlier battle, one remembered in the words of Flower of Scotland , written by Roy Williamson of “The Corries”, but that is another story… Further information: Canadian royal symbols §Verbal and musical symbols, and Anthems and nationalistic songs of Canada Percival Price performs " O Canada" and "God Save the King" on the Peace Tower Carillon, 1927 We suggest that this verse is unlikely to have been sung after December 1745, probably not after April 1746, and certainly not after March 1748, when Marshal Wade died.

In the UK, the first verse is typically sung alone, even on official occasions, although the second verse is sometimes sung in addition on certain occasions such as during the opening ceremonies of the 2012 Summer Olympics, 2012 Summer Paralympics, and the 2022 Commonwealth Games and usually at the Last Night of the Proms. The second verse was also sung during the Coronation of King Charles III and Queen Camilla.Clark, Richard, ed. (1814). The Words of the Most Favourite Pieces, Performed at the Glee Club, the Catch Club, and Other Public Societies. London: printed by the Philanthropic Society for the editor. p.xiii. The Watchword in the Night shall be, 'God save King Henrye!' The other shall answer, 'Long to raign over Us!'" a b c Department of National Defence (1 April 1999), The Honours, Flags and Heritage Structure of the Canadian Forces (PDF), Ottawa: Queen's Printer for Canada, p.503, A-AD-200-000/AG-000, archived from the original (PDF) on 25 March 2009 , retrieved 30 October 2009