No National Anthem.
CPAIN finds it a little awkward when entertaining distinguished foreign guests to have no Spanish national anthem. The Republican Government cannot employ the Royalist hymn that was official during King Alfonso’s reign, and the military band must play something to balance the anthem of the foreign visitor’s country. On M. Herriot’s recent visit the band plunged in with the Marseillaise and then, as something more was clearly expected, struck up on* of the most popular Spanish dance tune* of the moment, a gay paso-doble that filled in the blank even if it seemed a trifle out of order.
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Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 642, 21 December 1932, Page 8
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101No National Anthem. Star (Christchurch), Volume XLIV, Issue 642, 21 December 1932, Page 8
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