when was the song that Hail, Pennsylvania was written to the tune of first performed?
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! God Save the Tsar!:  The song was chosen from a competition held in 1833 and was first performed on 18 December 1833.
18 December 1833