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The Marcha Real (Spanish pronunciation: [ˈmaɾtʃa reˈal]; lit. ' Royal March ') is the national anthem of Spain.It is one of only four national anthems in the world – along with those of Bosnia and Herzegovina, San Marino and Kosovo – that have no official lyrics. [2]
The national personification, Hispania, is little used nowadays although it is present in different artistic expressions. The traditional symbolic animals of Spain are the fighting bull and the imperial eagle. The National Day of Spain (Spanish: Fiesta Nacional de España) is a national holiday held annually on 12 October.
The "Himno de Canarias" ("Anthem of the Canaries"), also known as the "Arrorró" ("Lullaby"), is the official anthem of the Canary Islands, Spain. The song was composed by Teobaldo Power. It was adapted as the community's anthem and incorporated as such on 30 May 2003.
The Reapers' War "Corpus de Sang" (1640). Painted in 1910 Portrait of Francesc Alió, composer of the music. The original song dates in the oral tradition to 1640, based on the events of June 1640 known as Corpus de Sang ("Corpus of Blood") during the Thirty Years' War (1618–1648) between Spain, England, France and Austria, the event that started the Reapers' War or Guerra dels Segadors ...
A Las Barricadas - Spanish anarchist anthem; Hijos del pueblo - Another anarchist anthem; Si me quieres escribir, also known as El Frente de Gandesa - Republican song [2] The Internationale - Socialist anthem; Jarama Valley - Republican song; Spaniens Himmel - "Spain's heaven spreads its brightest stars ..." El quinto regimiento - Socialist anthem
"Asturias, Homeland Beloved" (Spanish: Asturias, patria querida; Asturian: Asturies, patria querida) is the regional anthem of the autonomous community of Asturias, Spain. This adaptation of a much slower song from the neighbouring lands of Cantabria (Madre, cuando voy a leña) was appointed as official anthem after a contest in Oviedo in the ...
Andra Day has been tapped to perform “Lift Every Voice and Sing” at Super Bowl LVIII on Sunday, February 11. Sheryl Lee Ralph made history last February as the first person to sing the hymn ...
" Os Pinos" (The Pines; pronounced [ʊs ˈpinʊs]) is the official anthem of Galicia, in Spain. The lyrics were written by Eduardo Pondal (the two first parts of his poem Queixumes dos pinos, "Lamentations of the Pines") and the music by Pascual Veiga. It was composed in Havana, Cuba, where it was performed for the first time in 1907. It was ...