Monaco National Anthem
Hymne monégasque
Hymne monegasque
Monegasque Anthem
Key Facts
- 1. Although French is the language commonly spoken in Monaco, only the Monegasque words of the anthem are official, and they are generally sung only on official occasions
- 2. Bellando's original French lyrics were addressed to the 'proud companions of the Civic Guard', a force Prince Florestan I created in March 1848 after Menton and Roquebrune broke away from the principality
- 3. The original French lyrics also praised Monaco's 'sky always pure, shores always in bloom' and called its sovereign 'more loved than a king'; neither line appears in Notari's Monegasque text
Monaco National Anthem Lyrics
Translations are non-official and intended to convey meaning, not replace originals
Analysis
EditorialThe anthem grew out of a patriotic song by the notary Théophile Bellando de Castro, written under Prince Florestan I, who became sovereign in 1841; in 1848 Monaco's newly formed Civic Guard adopted it as its rallying march. Under Prince Charles III, Charles Albrecht, a musician in the Monte-Carlo casino orchestra, turned the tune into an anthem for piano, and Léon Jehin's 1914 orchestration is the version played at official events today. The official words, in Monegasque, were written by Louis Notari in 1931: they hail the red and white flag as the emblem of the country's freedom and a people that has always had the same tradition, the same religion and the same princes. Monaco is the second-smallest country in the world. The sung text displayed here is Fernand Bertrand’s later simplification of Notari’s 1931 text, described by the Comité National des Traditions Monégasques as the version taught in schools and commonly sung.
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Sources & References
- Hymne monégasque . Gouvernement Princier
- Hymne Monégasque (extrait de "Notre Hymne National", Fernand Bertrand, Annales Monégasques n° 22, 1998) . Palais Princier de Monaco
- Chronique Monégasque «üntra nui»: Inu Naçiunale / Hymne National . Comité National des Traditions Monégasques (2011)
- Hymne monégasque . en.wikipedia.org
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