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On April 21, 2017 Queen Elizabeth celebrates her 91st birthday, and this is my tribute to her. Queen Elizabeth is not only Queen of the United Kingdom, but also of Canada, and fourteen other countries.

Canada's National Anthem is O Canada, of course, but we also have a Royal Anthem, which is God Save The Queen. The Queen is pictured with the Canadian flag at the opening and wearing her Maple Leaf broach at the conclusion.

The music has three components: 1) the fanfare composed by Gordon Jacobs for the Queen's Coronation in 1953 (I think it is pretty close to what he composed - I couldn't find an organ score!), the Royal Anthem, and then a piece composed by the American organist and composer Eugene Thayer (1838-1889) called America - A Fugue. While those of the Commonwealth will recognize the fugue theme as "God Save The Queen," Americans will know the theme as "My Country, Tis of Thee."

Happy birthday, Queen Elizabeth!