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Emilio Aguinaldo astutely recognized the need for national symbols to rally the nation against the enemy.

And this need arose in 1898, when the revolution against Spain was in its second year and a Filipino victory was in sight. 8491 was passed, codifying these lyrics into law.The Philippine National Anthem is a product of revolution, a response to the need of the revolutionary times that gave birth to it. The current Filipino lyrics, written in 1956 and with a slight revision in the 1960s, were adopted and made official. The Spanish lyrics were translated into English and, beginning in the 1940s, in the national language.

In the years after the revolution, the poem "Filipinas", written in 1899 by nationalist José Palma, gained widespread popularity as unofficial Spanish lyrics of the anthem. 382, approved on September 5, 1938, officially adopted the musical arrangement and composition by Julián Felipe as the national anthem. Following the establishment of self-rule under the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Commonwealth Act No. Upon repeal of the Flag Act in 1919, the national march regained its popular status as the national anthem of the Philippines. Under the Flag Act, public performance of the national march was prohibited. It was re-adopted as the national march of the Philippine Republic ( Spanish : República Filipina) in 1899.įollowing the defeat of the First Republic in the Philippine–American War and the subsequent Colonial rule of the United States, the Flag Act of 1907 prohibited the public display of flags, banners, emblems, or devices used by the Philippine Republican Army during the war.

It was first performed in public during the proclamation of Philippine independence at Aguinaldo's residence in Kawit, Cavite, on June 12, 1898. The composition known as "Lupang Hinirang" was commissioned on June 5, 1898, by Emilio Aguinaldo, head of the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines, as a ceremonial and instrumental national march without lyrics, similar to the status of the " Marcha Real" in Spain. Problems playing this file? See media help.