http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/09/prc-national-anthem/ The China History Group Blog Mon, 15 Mar 2010 02:40:25 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/09/prc-national-anthem/comment-page-1/#comment-165139 Richard Sun, 04 Oct 2009 07:37:24 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1493#comment-165139 I understand that the Soviet anthem did not have any lyrics from Stalin's death in 1953 until around 1979, because of the references to Stalin in the lyrics, so it was not sung during that period. After 1979 new lyrics written in the early 70s were used. So a partial banning of an anthem without regime change, but a change in dictator. I understand that the Soviet anthem did not have any lyrics from Stalin’s death in 1953 until around 1979, because of the references to Stalin in the lyrics, so it was not sung during that period. After 1979 new lyrics written in the early 70s were used. So a partial banning of an anthem without regime change, but a change in dictator.

]]> http://www.froginawell.net/china/2009/09/prc-national-anthem/comment-page-1/#comment-165130 Yelow Mud Sat, 03 Oct 2009 04:17:41 +0000 http://www.froginawell.net/china/?p=1493#comment-165130 Hoffmann von Fallersleben, the author of the "Lied der Deutschen," of which the third verse is the current German national anthem, was - due to his nationalistic and democratic (at that time both was still compatible in Germany) mindset - relieved from his professorship one year after the song was written in 1841. The song itself wasn't banned but the Prussian authorities took von Fallersleben's citizenship off him and expelled him from the country. Hoffmann von Fallersleben, the author of the “Lied der Deutschen,” of which the third verse is the current German national anthem, was – due to his nationalistic and democratic (at that time both was still compatible in Germany) mindset – relieved from his professorship one year after the song was written in 1841. The song itself wasn’t banned but the Prussian authorities took von Fallersleben’s citizenship off him and expelled him from the country.

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