joseph haydn composed the music of the german national anthem.
joseph haydn composed the music of the german national anthem.
who composed the music of the german national anthem?
joseph haydn
the official alma mater of the university of pittsburgh is set to the tune of joseph haydn's 1797 music for "gott erhalte franz den kaiser" ("god save francis the emperor") and was used as the official anthem of the austrian emperor until the end of the monarchy in 1918. haydn also used the tune in the second movement of one of his string quartets, the "kaiserquartett". it was adopted as the music for the german national anthem, "das deutschlandlied", in 1922 during the time of the weimar republic and is still used as the german national anthem today. the tune is also used in the english-speaking world as a hymn tune, often used for the hymn "glorious things of thee are spoken" by john newton. in this context, the tune is called "austria", "austrian hymn", or "emperor's hymn"  the tune is also used for the hymn "not alone for mighty empire" by william p. merrill.
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bullet::::- "national anthem" (album), a 2005 album by the away team
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