National anthem a world-renowned composer. Exceptions include Germany, whose anthem "Das Lied der Deutschen" uses a melody written by Joseph Haydn, and Austria, whose national anthem "Land der Berge, Land am Strome" is sometimes credited to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart. The "Anthem of the Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic" was composed by Aram Khachaturian. The music of the "Pontifical Anthem", anthem of the Vatican City, was composed in 1869 by Charles Gounod, for the golden jubilee of Pope Pius IX's priestly ordination. The committee charged with choosing a national anthem for Malaysia at independence decided to invite selected composers of international repute to submit
State Anthem of the Chuvash Republic State Anthem of the Chuvash Republic The State Anthem of the Republic of Chuvashia (; ) is the national anthem of the Republic of Chuvashia, a federal subject of Russia. The lyrics were written by Ilya Tuktash and the music was composed by German Lebedev. It was officially adopted in 1997. An idea aroused in 1905 about creating a new universal anthem. At the time, poet Yakov Turkhan wrote poems to the melody of the State Anthem of the Russian Federation and he published them in the first issue of newspaper "Hypar" in January 1906. During the autumn of 1917,