The "" ("Anthem of the Canaries"), also known as the "" ("Lullaby"), is the official

anthem An anthem is a musical composition of celebration, usually used as a symbol for a distinct group, particularly the national anthems of countries. Originally, and in music theory and religious contexts, it also refers more particularly to short ...

of the

Canary Islands The Canary Islands (; es, Canarias, ), also known informally as the Canaries, are a Spanish autonomous community and archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, in Macaronesia. At their closest point to the African mainland, they are west of Morocc ...

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. The song was composed by Teobaldo Power. It was adapted as the community's

and incorporated as such on 30 May 2003.

History

The anthem became official with Law 20/2003 of 28 April 28 2003. The Law begins with the following paragraph contained in the General Provisions: "Let it be known to all citizens that the Parliament of the Canary Islands has approved and I, on behalf of the King and in accordance with what is established in article 12.8 of the Statute of Autonomy, have promulgated and ordered the publication of Law 20/2003, of 28 April, of the Anthem of the Canary Islands." Until the implementation of the current anthem, a variation of the from the by Teobaldo Power, there was an unofficial anthem (ONU) that was used in many functions and with which the Pasodoble Islas Canarias festivities were concluded. There is also an "" ("Hymn to the Canary Islands"), with lyrics by the Tenerife poet Fernando García Ramos and music by the Gran Canaria composer

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, commissioned by the first president of the autonomous community, socialist

Jerónimo Saavedra Jerónimo Saavedra Acevedo (born 3 July 1936 in Las Palmas de Gran Canaria) is a Spanish politician. He served as President of the Canary Islands twice from 1982 to 1987, and again from 1991 to 1993. Biography In 1972 he joined the Spanish So ...

. After a debate in the Parliament of the Canary Islands, and with the contribution of new lyrics by Canarian musician

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to the "" by Teobaldo Power, the official anthem of the Canary Islands was embodied in the aforementioned Law 20/2003. In January 2019, the government of the Canary Islands agreed to change the lyrics of the anthem from ("seven") to ("eight") rocks, in recognition of La Graciosa, which had become the eighth Canary Island in 2018, having previously been administratively dependent on

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