Tuesday 11 August 2009

Question for August 11, 2009 - Anshul

X is an adaptation of a coronation anthem composed using text from King James Bible. The original anthem was one of the four Coronation Anthems composed for the coronation of George II of Great Britain in 1727. This adaptation is used in a completely different context now and is sung in three languages; English, German and French the three official languages of the organization that uses it. Identify X.

11 comments:

Ankur said...

These are the champions.....

UEFA CL Anthem

PS said...

UEFA would be my guess.. no idea about the coronation anthem bit, but since its English, German and French (no Spain though!), and its posted by Anshul!

Kiran Vyakaranam said...

Greetings from Mexico! My guess is the UEFA champions league anthem based on the languages you mentioned and also based on YOU ;)

Rahul said...

X, I think, is the UEFA champions league anthem...

Madhur said...

So purely on speculation and process of elimination ...( Anshul == Soccer, from what I have heard :), FIFA wont have just French,German,English an official language)
Answer: UEFA anthem?

I have no clue what it is called etc...

Nikhil said...

UEFA Champions League song??

Good one. The last clue was helpful.

Gaurav Kane said...

The Champions League song is my guess. The organization will be UEFA

Sailesh Ganesh said...

Is this the Champions League theme? I am pretty sure this is wrong, since I remember the theme was composed in 92. But considering this is Anshul, I can't think of anything else.

Pinakin said...

UEFA Champions League Anthem

merds said...

FIFA/UEFA anthem

The Answer said...

As most you guessed it, X is the UEFA Champions League anthem. UEFA commissioned Tony Britten in 1992 to arrange their anthem and he adapted "Zadok the priest" by George Frideric Handel.

As an aside, I have learnt my lesson. I shall not post any more soccer questions :).