Andrew Carlan wrote:

>One day it might be interesting to try to rate national anthems musically.
>Unfortunately, "Deutschland Unber Alles", now banned, would take first
>prize because it is the magnificent slow movement from the Haydn Kaiser
>Quartet.

Actually, the List did that in about November 1997 or so.  My favorite,
for mostly non-musical reasons, is the Star Spangled Banner.  On a purely
musical basis, my first runner-up is Canada's.  My absolute favorite is
that of a country that, thankfully, doesn't exist anymore: the Soviet
Union.  "Soyuz nerushimyy, Respublik bogatykh...." Thrilling!

Mitch Friedfeld