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National Hymn of Japan.
"May our Lord for ever reign."
Tune—" Kimi-Ga-Yo."
(Reign of my King.)
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The words of the Japanese National Hymn to the Emperor are as follows : —
1 ' Kimi ga yo wa
Chiyo iii yachiyo ni
Sazare-iahi no
I wao to narite
Koke no musu made I *
and the version applied to the music is almost a literal translation.
National Hymn of Japan.
"May our Lord for ever reign."
Tune—" Kimi-Ga-Yo."
(Reign of my King.)
^^
Largo.
^
— I --H v
£41
3 - — -U "^r
"P*~ ^
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May our Lord for ev
m
shines
ft-^— g — j
3±
5!
^F
1
— • —
— [—
1 1
- 1 '
rJ~
— i
^J—
|
1-
— j-
1
#=
(gJr-
o'er
-A
ten
— * •
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thou - sand
~i — r-\
\
a - ges mor
" e>
-
— 1
-*-
Hail
H 5 -
a
— •—
his
— p—
-fJ—
reign !
1 — • —
May
— 1
— W-
our
-m-
— i —
■1
-m-
Lord
— <• —
-J
• J
for
-* ,
-1
-S.
¥
— • —
I
— P i* big —
'-J I '
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1
£
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*
!•— *-
er reign !
Till small stones grow in - to great moss - cov-er'd rocks.
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w=s=
• — •-
"rr>"
The words of the Japanese National Hymn to the Emperor are as follows : —
1 ' Kimi ga yo wa
Chiyo iii yachiyo ni
Sazare-iahi no
I wao to narite
Koke no musu made I *
and the version applied to the music is almost a literal translation.
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| Description | Edited, with historical notes and a bibliography, by James Duff Brown ; the music arranged for the pianoforte by Alfred Moffat. |
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| Shelfmark | Glen.208 |
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| Description | Scottish songs and music of the 18th and early 19th centuries, including music for the Highland bagpipe. These are selected items from the collection of John Glen (1833 to 1904). Also includes a few manuscripts, some treatises, and other books on the subject. |
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| Description | The Glen Collection and the Inglis Collection represent mainly 18th and 19th century Scottish music, including Scottish songs. The collections of Berlioz and Verdi collected by bibliographer Cecil Hopkinson contain contemporary and later editions of the works of the two composers Berlioz and Verdi. |
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