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Composed by Lili'uokalani. Arranged by John Lehrack. This edition: pdf. 19th Century, Historic, Multicultural, Religious, Traditional, World. 8 pages. GGLS Music #1255066. Published by GGLS Music (A0.1690076)."He Mele Lāhui Hawaiʻi" ("Song of the Hawaiian Nation") was composed by Liliʻuokalani in November 1866 at the request of Kamehameha V, who wanted a national anthem to replace the British anthem "God Save the King". It replaced Lunalilo's composition "E Ola Ke Aliʻi Ke Akua" as the national anthem. Liliʻuokalani wrote: "The king was present for the purpose of Criticising my new composition of both words and music, and was liberal in his commendations to me on my success. He admired not only the beauty of the music but spoke enthusiastically of the appropriate words, so well adapted to the air and to the purpose for which they were written. This remained in use as our national anthem for some twenty years or more when my brother composed the words Hawaiʻi Ponoʻī.
This arrangement is based on the queens's original four part setting with the first verse and chorus being hers. The second and third verse are my own setting.
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