God Save the King

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Title: God save the King. Performer: National Military Band and Peter Dawson. Issue Number/Label: 2438: Edison Blue Amberol Issue Number, Label: 12340: Edison Amberol. Year of Release: [1914]. Audio: Stream cylinder 0469.

Note: Reissue of Edison 4-minute Amberol 12340. Note: Edison Blue Amberol: 2438. Note: Year of release from "The Edison Phonograph Monthly," v.12 (1914). Note: Baritone solo, band accompaniment. Collection Name: Blanche Browning Rich collection.

Composer, Performer: Dawson, Peter, 1882-1961. Composer, Performer: National Military Band (London, England). Subject: National songs--Great Britain. Subject: Band music. Item Location: Special Coll., Performing Arts - Cylinder 0469 (Take 1)

The first definitive published version of the present tune appeared in 1744 in Thesaurus Musicus, as a setting of the familiar first verse, and the song was popularised in Scotland and England the following year,

Sound recordings were not eligible for federal copyright protection until 1972 and recordings made prior to this date are only protected by state and common-law copyright. All Edison cylinders are presumed to be in the public domain as the assets of Edison Records were transferred to the National Park Service, a federal agency.

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Artist/Composer: University of California, Santa Barbara
Keywords: England; Edison; God Save the King; National anthem
Creative Commons license: Public Domain