Marcha Nacional Filipina

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march musical composition national anthem melody

Marcha Nacional Filipina is the original Spanish-language march that later became the melody of the Philippine national anthem, "Lupang Hinirang."

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Statements (47)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	march → musical composition → national anthem melody →
alsoKnownAs	Marcha Nacional Filipina (Philippine National March) →
associatedWithEvent	Philippine Revolution → Philippine declaration of independence →
commissionedBy	Emilio Aguinaldo →
commissionedFor	First Philippine Republic →
composer	Julián Felipe →
countryOfOrigin	Philippines →
firstPerformanceDate	1898-06-12 →
firstPerformedAt	declaration of Philippine independence in Kawit, Cavite →
genre	patriotic music →
hasCulturalSignificance	symbol of Philippine nationalism →
hasForm	instrumental march →
hasHistoricalPeriod	late 19th century →
hasHistoricalStatus	precursor to the official Philippine national anthem →
hasInstrumentation	band arrangement →
hasKey	B-flat major →
hasLyrics	originally none (purely instrumental) →
hasMelodicContinuityWith	modern Philippine national anthem →
hasMelodyRole	melody of the Philippine national anthem →
hasNotableFeature	became basis for the Philippine national anthem → originally composed without lyrics →
hasOriginalFunction	national march of the Philippines →
hasPerformanceContext	military and civic ceremonies →
hasSubject	Philippine independence → Philippine patriotism →
hasTempo	march tempo →
inception	1898 →
influenced	Lupang Hinirang →
influencedBy	European military marches →
isPartOfTradition	Philippine patriotic music tradition →
laterHadLyricsIn	Filipino → Spanish → Tagalog →
laterUsedAs	melody of "Lupang Hinirang" →
musicBy	Julián Felipe →
originalLanguage	Spanish →
partOf	Philippine national symbols →
placeOfFirstPerformance	Kawit, Cavite →
publisher	Philippine Revolutionary Government (early dissemination) →
relatedWork	Lupang Hinirang →
titleInSpanish	Marcha Nacional Filipina →
usedAs	official national march of the First Philippine Republic →
usedBy	Philippine Revolutionary Government →
usedIn	state ceremonies of the First Philippine Republic →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Marcha Nacional Filipina ("Marcha Nacional Filipina (Philippine National March)") →	alsoKnownAs
Marcha Nacional Filipina ("national march of the Philippines") →	hasOriginalFunction
First Philippine Republic →	nationalAnthem
Lupang Hinirang →	originalTitle
Marcha Nacional Filipina →	titleInSpanish