Marcha Real

Marcha Real
English: Royal March
	National anthem of Spain
Also known as	Marcha Granadera (English: Grenadier March)
Lyrics	Eduardo Marquina (during Alfonso XIII)
Music	Manuel de Espinosa de los Monteros, 1761
Published	1761
Preceded by	"Himno de Riego"
Audio sample
	Marcha Real, played by US Navy Band file; help;

Instrumental

"Marcha Real" (say: MAR-chə ray-AL, which means "Royal March") is the national anthem of Spain. The music was composed by Manuel de Espinosa de los Monteros in 1761^[1] also in this year the anthem was first published. When Francisco Franco ruled Spain, new lyrics were written for it. Since 1978, those words are no longer official. In 2007, a contest for new lyrics did not result in new lyrics being made official. It is one of only four national anthems in the world with no official words, only music.

↑ "Spanish National Anthem". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

[1] "Spanish National Anthem". worldpopulationreview.com. Retrieved 2023-06-28.

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