Druk tsendhen

Gyelpoi tenzhu is in Dzongkha, the name of the national anthem and the default name for the national anthem of Bhutan. The anthem was first called either gyelpoi tenzhu or Gyel lu ( " National Song "). With the composition of around 1996 incurred, officially recognized as a national song, this term for the national anthem was no longer considered.

Formation

1953 King Jigme Dorje Wangchuk issued the order to compose a national anthem for his kingdom. Text and melody should be orientated on the model of the anthems of India and the United Kingdom.

Melody

Aku Tongmi, the first - trained in India - Kapellmeister of the country composed the melody on the occasion of the state visit of Indian Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru in 1958 The arrangement serves the Royal Armed Forces today as the basis for playing the anthem, although Tongmis not maintained version. was changed but several times in between of two Indian Kapellmeisters: for the first time in 1962 by Bajan Singh, then several more times by H. Joseph.

The short, very simply held and twice repeated melody goes back to the folk song Thri nyampa med pa pemai thri ( " The constant lotus throne " ) from which it differs in small but significant details.

Text

Originally, the text of the national anthem twelve lines that Dasho Thinley Gyaldon had wrote. They read freely translated as follows:

The text was, however, difficult to set to music due to its length. With the approval of the king therefore shortened Shingkhar Dasho Lam, secretary of the king and his advisers Dasho Sangay Dorji the text around 1964 on six lines. Especially while the word lho was replaced by druk.

Wording

Dzongkha

Transcription ( according to the English sound principle)

German ( free translation )

Curiosities

  • Interestingly, there is for the national anthem also designed by the composer dance choreography that is known, however, even the least Bhutanese.
  • Unusually for a national anthem is also that their instrumental version and the vocal melody differ significantly from each other.
  • In singing, the right hand should be raised in greeting.
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