Dievs, svētī Latviju!
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Dievs, svētī Latviju! (God Bless Latvia) is the national anthem of Latvia. Words and music by Kārlis Baumanis (Baumaņu Kārlis, 1834-1904).
Music and LyricsMusic and Lyrics were written in 1873 by Kārlis Baumanis, a teacher, who particpiated in Young Latvian nationalist movement.[1] It is speculated that Baumanis borrowed and modified part of lyrics from popular song, which was sung in tune of God Save the Queen, and composed his own music for the song. Baumanis lirycs were different from modern lyrics - he used term "Baltics" synonymously and interchangeably with "Latvia" and "Latvians", thus "Latvia" was actually mentioned only in the beginning of the first verse. Later the term "Latvia" was abolished and replaced by "Baltics" to avoid ban of the song by Censorship, this had led to belief that term "Latvia" first appeared only in 1920 when national anthem was chosen and "Baltics" were in turn replaced with "Latvia" in the official lyrics.[2][3]
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