#hymn__anthem a song of praise (to God or to a saint or to a nation)
supertype: #religious_song__religioussong religious music for singing
subtype: #dithyramb.hymn (ancient Greece) a passionate hymn (usually in honor of Dionysus)
subtype: #doxology a hymn or verse in Christian liturgy glorifying God
subtype: #chorale__choral a stately Protestant (especially Lutheran) hymn tune
subtype: #canticle a hymn derived from the Bible
subtype: #Magnificat the canticle of the Virgin Mary (from Luke 1:46 beginning "Magnificat anima mea Dominum")
subtype: #Dies_Irae the first words of a medieval Latin hymn describing the Last Judgment (literally "day of wrath")
subtype: #Internationale a revolutionary socialist anthem
subtype: #paean a hymn of praise (especially one sung in ancient Greece to invoke or thank a deity)
subtype: #recessional a hymn that is sung at the end of a service as the clergy and choir withdraw
subtype: #Te_Deum__tedeum an ancient liturgical hymn
subtype: #national_anthem a song formally adopted as the anthem for a nation
subtype: #Marseillaise the French national anthem
subtype: #Star-Spangled_Banner a poem written by Francis Scott Key during the War of 1812 was set to music and adopted by Congress in 1931 as the national anthem of the United States
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