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ok wait, to the king of spain i've granted WHAT? do they still sing this bit?
(i mean it probably made sense before the 30 years war)
― mark s, Friday, 18 October 2019 10:18 (four years ago) link
Noting here about cutting that bit
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilhelmus
In fact it seems like its one of the only bits they don't cut
In nearly every case the 1st and 6th stanza (or repeating the last lines), or the 1st stanza alone, are sung/played rather than the entire song, which would result in about 15 minutes of music.
― mfktz (Camaraderie at Arms Length), Friday, 18 October 2019 10:21 (four years ago) link
one year passes...
There are so many national anthems which have parts which are, shall we say, anachronistic, not just the Dutch one hailing the king of Spain. The Polish one contains the following, for example:
"With Bonaparte by our side we will never be defeated"
It also makes reference to "fighting with the Swede" - nobody's been doing that since Swedish neutrality became a thing in the C19th.
Nothing like an international football tournament to rekindle one's interest in anthems - I wondered if the Spanish anthem was the only one without words. Looking into it there are three more, all in Europe (Kosovo, Bosnia & Herzegovina and San Marino being the others).
...which then made me wonder if the Kosovan anthem was the only one with a composer who is still alive. Turns out the South Sudan anthem also qualifies -- it was written by a bunch of music students from the University of Juba!
― Grandpont Genie, Thursday, 24 June 2021 13:11 (two years ago) link
honestly, a national anthem without words sounds pretty good and makes the people that decided on that seem like they had enough foresight
― Punster McPunisher, Thursday, 24 June 2021 15:40 (two years ago) link