"" (
Balearic Catalan: ) is the official
anthem of the
Balearic island of
Majorca,
Spain
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, national_motto = ''Plus ultra'' (Latin)(English: "Further Beyond")
, national_anthem = (English: "Royal March")
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. It is based on a poem by
Joan Alcover i Maspons
Joan Alcover i Maspons (; 1854 – 1926): was a Spanish Balearic writer, poet, essayist and politician.
Biography
The son of an influential family, he studied the Baccalaureate at the Balearic Institute before reading for a degree in Law in ...
about an ancient Majorcan children's song. The music is a work by
Catalan
Catalan may refer to:
Catalonia
From, or related to Catalonia:
* Catalan language, a Romance language
* Catalans, an ethnic group formed by the people from, or with origins in, Northern or southern Catalonia
Places
* 13178 Catalan, asteroid #1 ...
composer
Amadeu Vives
Amadeu Vives i Roig (; 18 November 1871 – 2 December 1932) was a Spanish musical composer, creator of over a hundred stage works. He is best known for '' Doña Francisquita'', which Christopher Webber has praised for its "easy lyricism, flue ...
, and in November 1996 the
Consell Insular de Mallorca
Consell ( or ) is a small municipality in the district of Raiguer on Majorca, one of the Balearic Islands, Spain
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, national_motto ...
made it the anthem for the Island.
Lyrics
References
{{National anthems of Europe
Spanish anthems
Regional songs
Balearic music
Catalan-language songs
Culture of Mallorca