Marcha Real
| English: Royal March | |
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1761 sheet music | |
National anthem of Spain | |
| Also known as | "La Marcha Granadera" (English: "The Grenadier March") |
| Music | Manuel de Espinosa de los Monteros, 1761, Bartolomé Pérez Casas (orchestration, 1908), Francisco Grau (harmonization, 1997) |
| Adopted | 3 September 1770 |
| Readopted | 1823, 1874, July 1942 |
| Relinquished | 7 April 1822, 1873, 9 December 1931 |
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Marcha Real (instrumental)
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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. Although many different lyrics have been made for it in the past, it has never had official lyrics as a national anthem.