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The "Mexican National Anthem", [a] also known by its incipit "Mexicans, at the Cry of War", [b] is the official national anthem of the United Mexican States. Its lyrics, composed by poet Francisco González Bocanegra after a Federal contest in 1853, allude to historical Mexican victories in battle and cries of defending the homeland.
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
In September 2012 the Smithsonian Institution's National Museum of American History highlighted another Spanish translation of the national anthem, commissioned in 1945 by the U.S. State Department for use in Latin America. Two prior Spanish translations of the anthem were considered difficult to sing to the music of the English version.
An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries.Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short sacred choral work (still frequently seen in Sacred Harp and other types of shape note singing) and still more particularly to a specific form of ...
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The ’State Anthem of Coahuila' (Spanish: Himno del Estado de Coahuila) was published in 2003 by the government of Enrique Martínez y Martínez. It was composed by José Luis Ulloa Pedroza. It was composed by José Luis Ulloa Pedroza.
The Law on the National Coat of Arms, Flag and Anthem (Spanish: Ley sobre el Escudo, la Bandera y el Himno Nacional) is a set of rules and guidelines passed by the Mexican government on the display and use of the flag (bandera), coat of arms (escudo) and the anthem (himno). The original law was passed in 1984 and it contains 7 chapters, a ...
National anthem title in local language(s) English translation of title Period Lyrics writer(s) Anthem composer(s) Audio Notes Republic of Artsakh "Azat u Ankakh Artsakh" [trans 54] "A Free and Independent Artsakh" 1994–2023 Vardan Hakobyan: Armen Nasibyan [30] [31] Austria "Volkshymne" "People's Hymn" 1854–1867 Johann Gabriel Seidl: Joseph ...