<P> About 140 composers have used the tune in their compositions, including Beethoven, Haydn, Brahms, Clementi, J.C. Bach, Liszt, Britten, Carl Maria von Weber, Niccolò Paganini, Johann Strauss I, and Edward Elgar . </P> <P> Ludwig van Beethoven composed a set of seven piano variations in the key of C major to the theme of "God Save the King", catalogued as WoO. 78 (1802--1803). He also quotes it in his orchestral work Wellington's Victory . </P> <P> Muzio Clementi used the theme to "God Save the King" in his Symphony No. 3 in G major, often called the "Great National Symphony", catalogued as WoO. 34 . Clementi paid a high tribute to his adopted homeland (the United Kingdom) where he grew up and stayed most of his lifetime . He based the Symphony (about 1816--1824) on "God Save the King", which is hinted at earlier in the work, not least in the second movement, and announced by the trombones in the finale . Symphony No. 3 "Great National Symphony" in en sol majeur / G - dur / G major / sol maggiore 1 . Andante sostenuto--Allegro con brio 2 . Andante un poco mosso 3 . Minuetto . Allegretto 4 . Finale . Vivace </P> <P> Johann Christian Bach composed a set of variations on "God Save the King" for the finale to his sixth keyboard concerto (Op. 1) written c. 1763 . </P>

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