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Between independence from Spain in 1821 and 1915, Honduras did not have an official national anthem and used various unofficial anthems such as "La Granadera" (by Rómulo E. Durón), "El Himno Marcial", "Un Salva Hondureño" (of unknown authorship), "Himno Nacional" (by Valentín Durón), "Marcha a Gerardo Barrios" (by Belgian author Coussin, used during the presidency of José María Medina ...
Claude Joseph Rouget de Lisle, the composer of the French national anthem "La Marseillaise", sings it for the first time. The anthem is one of the earliest to be adopted by a modern state, in 1795. Most nation states have an anthem, defined as "a song, as of praise, devotion, or patriotism"; most anthems are either marches or hymns in style. A song or hymn can become a national anthem under ...
Honduras "La Granadera" "The Grenadier" ca. 1838–1915 Rómulo Durón: Unknown — Honduras "Dios Salve a Honduras" "God Save Honduras" ca. 1890–1915 None (instrumental) "Laurcano Campos" — — Hungary "Internacionálé" "The Internationale" 1919 Eugène Pottier Ernő Bresztovszky (translation) Pierre De Geyter — Persia "Salām-e Shāh ...
Music of Honduras is very varied. Punta is the main "ritmo" of Honduras with other music such as Paranda, Bachata, Caribbean salsa, cumbia, reggae, merengue, soca, calypso, dancehall, Reggaeton and most recently Afrobeats widely heard especially in the North the Department of Atlántida, to Mexican rancheras heard in the interior rural part of the country.
Himno Nacional means National Anthem in Spanish. It may refer to: Himno Nacional Argentino; Himno Nacional de Bolivia; Himno Nacional de Chile; Himno Nacional de Costa Rica; Himno Nacional de El Salvador; Himno Nacional de Guatemala; Himno Nacional de Honduras; Himno Nacional de la República de Colombia; Himno nacional de Panamá; Himno ...
Guillermo Anderson was born in La Ceiba, Atlántida, Honduras, February 26, 1962, to Jorge Guillermo Anderson Sarmiento and Ida Avilés Sevilla.Guillermo Anderson grew up exposed to the mixture of Garifuna, North American, British, and Caribbean cultures characteristic to the Northern coast of Honduras, which later provided the basis for his artistic style. [1]
Honduras declared itself independent on 15 November 1838, and a constitution was formally adopted in January 1839. After a period of instability, conservative General Francisco Ferrera became the first elected president of the country for a two-year term, but then extended his de facto control of the nation for the next five years.
Sosa published Los Pobres in 1969, which won the Adonais Prize in Spain. Un Mundo Para Todos Dividido , published in 1971, won the Casa de las Americas Prize in Cuba . By 1990, he had published six books of poetry, three of prose, and two anthologies of Honduran literature.