
National anthem writers
Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under the state's constitution, by a law enacted by its legislature, or simply by tradition.
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Beethoven
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the rise of Beethoven, from Bonn to Vienna, where he became one of the great composers, despite his growing deafness.
21 December 2017
Featuring: Laura Tunbridge, John Deathridge, Erica Buurman
Age of EnlightenmentNational anthem writersGerman Romantic composers, German male opera composers, German opera composers19th-century German male musiciansGerman Roman Catholics18th-century German male musicians, 18th-century classical pianists, 19th-century keyboardists, Beethoven family, Burials at the Vienna Central Cemetery, Catholic liturgical composers, Child classical musicians, Composers for piano, Deaf classical musicians, German ballet composers, German classical composers of church music, German deaf people, German emigrants to Austria, German male classical pianists, German people of Flemish descent, German string quartet composers, Ludwig van Beethoven, Musicians from Bonn, Oratorio composers, People from the Electorate of Cologne, Pupils of Johann Georg Albrechtsberger, Pupils of Joseph HaydnTagore
Melvyn Bragg and guests discuss the Bengali poet Rabindranath Tagore, winner of the 1913 Nobel Prize for Literature.
7 May 2015
Featuring: Chandrika Kaul, Bashabi Fraser, John Stevens
Knights BachelorNational anthem writersHaiku poetsNobel laureates in LiteratureArtist authorsEnglish-language poets from India19th-century Bengali poets, 19th-century Indian composers, 19th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights, 19th-century Indian educational theorists, 19th-century Indian essayists, 19th-century Indian male artists, 19th-century Indian musicians, 19th-century Indian painters, 19th-century Indian philosophers, 19th-century Indian poets, 19th-century classical musicians, 19th-century male musicians, 20th-century Bengali poets, 20th-century Indian composers, 20th-century Indian dramatists and playwrights, 20th-century Indian educational theorists, 20th-century Indian essayists, 20th-century Indian novelists, 20th-century Indian painters, 20th-century Indian philosophers, 20th-century Indian poets, Alumni of University College London, Bengali Hindus, Bengali male poets, Bengali musicians, Bengali nationalists, Bengali philosophers, Bengali zamindars, Bengali-language poets, Brahmos, Dramatists and playwrights from British India, Hindu poets, Indian Hindus, Indian Nobel laureates, Indian classical composers, Indian male dramatists and playwrights, Indian male essayists, Indian male painters, Indian male poets, Indian male songwriters, Indian portrait painters, Indian social reformers, Indian songwriters, Musicians from Kolkata, Oriental Seminary alumni, Painters from West Bengal, People associated with Santiniketan, People associated with Shillong, People from the Bengal Presidency, Poets from British India, Poets from West Bengal, Presidency University, Kolkata alumni, Rabindranath Tagore, Tagore family, Vangiya Sahitya Parishad, Writers from KolkataFounders of Indian schools and colleges