The National Anthem of Andalusia

Andalusia

Andalusia is the most populous and the second largest in area of the autonomous communities of Spain. The Andalusian autonomous community is officially recognised as a nationality of Spain. The territory is divided into eight provinces: Huelva, Seville, Cádiz, Córdoba, Málaga, Jaén, Granada and...

lyrics were written by Blas Infante

Blas Infante

Blas Infante Pérez de Vargas . Blas Infante was an andalusist politician, writer, historian and musicologist, known as the "Father" of Andalusian fatherland ....

, the father of Andalusian nationalism

Andalusian nationalism

Andalusian nationalism or Andalusian regionalism, sometimes referred as Andalucismo in Spanish, is the name given to the political movement in Spain advocating the recognition of Andalusian people as a "nation". It is considered to be represented primarily by the Andalusian Party but there are also...

. They were adopted under the Statute of Autonomy

Statute of Autonomy

Nominally, a Statute of Autonomy is a law hierarchically located under the constitution of a country, and over any other form of legislation...

of Andalusia. The music for the anthem of Andalusia was composed by the former director of the municipal band of Sevilla José del Castillo Díaz. The origins of the music are vaguely inspired on the Santo Dios, a religious cantic widely spread in rural Andalusia, usually sung by peasants while reaping their crops. It is believed that Blas Infante suggested the music to José del Castillo. The melody of the anthem is Castillo's original though. After the Spanish Civil War, the original music scores were destroyed, and only a manuscript for piano is conserved. The composer Manuel Castillo improved José del Castillo's version.

Lyrics of the Anthem of Andalusia

Spanish lyrics: Blas Infante La bandera blanca y verde vuelve, tras siglos de guerra, a decir paz y esperanza, bajo el sol de nuestra tierra.     ¡Andaluces, levantaos! ¡Pedid tierra y libertad! ¡Sea por Andalucía libre, España y la Humanidad!     Los andaluces queremos volver a ser lo que fuimos hombres de luz, que a los hombres, alma de hombres les dimos.     ¡Andaluces, levantaos! ¡Pedid tierra y libertad! ¡Sea por Andalucía libre, España y la Humanidad!

English lyrics: The Green and White Flag returns after centuries of war to tell of Peace and Hope under our Land's sunshine.   — Chorus — Andalusians, Stand up! Demand Land and Freedom for a free Andalusia, Spain and Mankind.     We, Andalusians, want to become once again People of Light who to Mankind gave a Human Soul.   — Chorus — Andalusians, Stand up! Demand Land and Freedom for a free Andalusia, Spain and Mankind.

External links

• Andalusia's government page about the anthem (Contains links to mp3 versions of the anthem)