[PAR] [TLE] Hail, Pennsylvania! [SEP] "Hail, Pennsylvania!"  is a song written by Edgar M. Dilley (Class of 1897) as a submission to a University of Pennsylvania alumni committee-sponsored contest to write a song to the tune of "God Save the Tsar! ", the national anthem of Imperial Russia, by Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov.  Edgar Dilley was awarded $25. [PAR] [TLE] God Save the Tsar! [SEP] "God Save the Tsar!"  (Russian: Боже, Царя храни!  ; transliteration: Bozhe, Tsarya khrani!)  was the national anthem of the Russian Empire.  The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833.  The composer was violinist Alexei Lvov, and the lyrics were by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky.  It was the anthem until the Russian Revolution of 1917, after which "Worker's Marseillaise" was adopted as the new national anthem until the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government.
[PAR] [TLE] Hail , Pennsylvania ! [ SEP ] " Hail , Pennsylvania ! " is a song written by Edgar M. Dilley ( Class of 1897 ) as a submission to a University of Pennsylvania alumni committee - sponsored contest to write a song to the tune of " God Save the Tsar ! " , the national anthem of Imperial Russia , by Alexei Fyodorovich Lvov . Edgar Dilley was awarded $ 25 . [PAR] [TLE] God Save the Tsar ! [ SEP ] " God Save the Tsar ! " ( Russian : Боже , Царя храни ! ; transliteration : Bozhe , Tsarya khrani ! ) was the national anthem of the Russian Empire . The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833 . The composer was violinist Alexei Lvov , and the lyrics were by the court poet Vasily Zhukovsky . It was the anthem until the Russian Revolution of 1917 , after which " Worker 's Marseillaise " was adopted as the new national anthem until the overthrow of the Russian Provisional Government .
when was the song that Hail, Pennsylvania was written to the tune of first performed?
when was the song that Hail , Pennsylvania was written to the tune of first performed ?
18 December 1833
18 December 1833