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<p><b>New page</b></p><div>The former Austrian National Anthem '''''Gott Erhalte Franz den Kaiser''''' (Боже храни императора Франца), set to a tune by [[Joseph Haydn]], was arranged for orchestra by Tchaikovsky in 1874 ([[TH]] 185 ; [[ČW]] 414) <ref name="note1"/>.<br />
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==Instrumentation==<br />
Scored for 2 flutes, 2 oboes, 2 clarinets (in C), 2 bassoons + 4 horns (in F), 2 trumpets (in D), 3 trombones, tuba + 2 timpani, triangle, cymbals, bass drum + violins I, violins II, violas, cellos, and double basses.<br />
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==Movements and Duration==<br />
There is one movement: Maestoso (B-flat major, 41 bars), comprising two verses of the anthem, and lasting between one and two minutes in performance.<br />
: ''To hear a virtual performance of Tchaikovsky's arrangement see "[[First Thoughts]]".<br />
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==History==<br />
No information survives concerning Tchaikovsky's work on this arrangement, but it seems likely to have been made in connection with a visit to Russia by the Austrian Emperor in 1874.<br />
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==Publication==<br />
The arrangement was published for the first time in 1970 in volume 59 of Tchaikovsky's ''[[Complete Collected Works]]'', edited by Irina Iordan.<br />
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==Autographs==<br />
Tchaikovsky's manuscript of his arrangement is now preserved in the {{RUS-Mcm}} in [[Moscow]] ({{TOW2|gott-erhalte-avstriyskiy-gimn-instrumentovka-dlya-orkestra|Ф. 88, No. 163}}).<br />
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==Related Works==<br />
‘Gott erhalte Franz den Kaiser' was the national anthem of Austria from 1797 to 1918. Music by [[Joseph Haydn]] (1732–1809), words by Lorenz Leopold Haschka (1749–1827). The same tune, set to the words "Deutschland über Alles" was later adopted as the national anthem of Germany.<br />
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A modified version of the tune was used in the second movement of [[Haydn]]'s "Emperor" Quartet (Op. 76, No. 3), published in 1799.<br />
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==Notes and References==<br />
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<ref name="note1">Entitled "Gott Erhalte" in [[ČW]].</ref><br />
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