"Trăiască Regele" (''Long live the King''), also known as the "Imnul Regal" (''Royal Anthem''), was the

national anthem A national anthem is a patriotic musical composition symbolizing and evoking eulogies of the history and traditions of a country or nation. The majority of national anthems are marches or hymns in style. American, Central Asian, and European n ...

of the

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between 1884 and 1948. The music was composed in 1861 by Eduard Hübsch, an army captain who later became the chief of the music department of the

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. The lyrics were written by the Romanian poet

Vasile Alecsandri Vasile Alecsandri (; 21 July 182122 August 1890) was a Romanian patriot, poet, dramatist, politician and diplomat. He was one of the key figures during the 1848 revolutions in Moldavia and Wallachia. He fought for the unification of the Romani ...

in 1881, when Romania became a

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. It is derived from Hübsch's " Marș triumfal", the first anthem of Romania. With Trăiască Regele being adopted in 1884, both are essentially the same song.

Lyrics

References

Evenimentul Zilei ''Evenimentul Zilei'' is a formerly physical and now exclusively online newspaper in Romania. Its name means "today's even (news)". History and profile ''Evenimentul Zilei'' was founded by Ion Cristoiu, Cornel Nistorescu and Mihai Cârciog, an ...

, 15 October 2005
"Cinci regimuri, cinci imnuri"

External links

"Trăiască Regele" on Youtube
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