• South African Music National Anthem

The composer of the French national anthem ', sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most have, defined as 'a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism'; most anthems are either or in style. A hymn can become a by a provision in the state's constitution, by a law enacted by its legislature, or simply by tradition. A is a patriotic song similar to a national anthem, but it specifically praises or prays for a monarch or royal.

South African Music National Anthem

Such anthems are usually performed at public appearances by the monarch or during other events of royal importance. Some states use the royal anthem as the national anthem, such as the. There are multiple claimants to the position of oldest national anthem. Among the national anthems, the first to be was the Dutch national anthem the ', which was written between 1568 and 1572. The Japanese anthem, ', employs the oldest lyrics of any national anthem, taking its words from the ', which was first published in 905, yet these words were not set to music until 1880. The first anthem to be officially adopted as such was the Spanish anthem ', in 1770; its origins remain unclear, being suggested to have sixteenth century origins, or even to have been composed by king himself; it is also one of the few national anthems that has never had official lyrics.