Trăiască Regele
| English: "Long Live the King" | |
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| Trăiască Regele | |
The former coat of arms of Romania (1923–1947) | |
Former national and royal anthem of Romania | |
| Also known as | „Imnul Regal” (English: "The Royal Anthem") |
| Lyrics | Vasile Alecsandri, 1881 |
| Music | Eduard Hübsch, 1861 |
| Adopted | 1884 |
| Relinquished | 1948 |
| Preceded by | „Marș triumfal” |
| Succeeded by | „Zdrobite cătușe” |
| Audio sample | |
Vocal recording of the anthem
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"Trăiască Regele" ("Long live the King"), also known as the "Imnul Regal" ("The Royal Anthem"), was the national and royal anthem of the Kingdom of Romania 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 Minister of War. The lyrics were written by the Romanian poet Vasile Alecsandri in 1881, when Romania became a Kingdom.
It is derived from Hübsch's "Triumphant March", the first anthem of Romania. With Trăiască Regele being adopted in 1884, both are essentially the same song.