Lupang Hinirang" ("Chosen Land"), originally titled in Spanish as "Marcha Nacional

Filipina" ("Philippine National March"), and commonly and informally known by

its incipit "Bayang Magiliw" ("Beloved Country"), is the national anthem of the Philippines. Its
music was composed in 1898 by Julián Felipe, and the lyrics were adopted from the Spanish
poem "Filipinas", written by José Palma in 1899.
"Lupang Hinirang"
English: "Chosen Land"

Music sheet of "Lupang Hinirang"

National anthem of the Philippines

Also "Marcha Nacional Filipina" (original

known as title of the march composed by Julián Felipe)
"Filipinas" (original title of the poem
written by José Palma)

Lyrics José Palma (original Spanish lyrics),

1899
Music Julián Felipe, 1898
Adopted  June 12, 1898 (music)

 1899 (Spanish lyrics)

  May 26, 1956 (Tagalog
lyrics)

 February 12, 1998

(codification of the
1956 Filipino lyrics)

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The Philippine national anthem, "Lupang

Hinirang"
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The composition known as "Lupang Hinirang" was commissioned on June 5, 1898, by Emilio
Aguinaldo, head of the Dictatorial Government of the Philippines, as a ceremonial and
instrumental national march without lyrics, similar to the status of the "Marcha Real" in Spain. It
was first performed in public during the proclamation of Philippine independence at Aguinaldo's
residence in Kawit, Cavite, on June 12, 1898. It was re-adopted as the national march of
the Philippine Republic (Spanish: República Filipina) in 1899.
Following the defeat of the First Republic in the Philippine–American War and the
subsequent Colonial rule of the United States, the Flag Act of 1907 prohibited the public display
of flags, banners, emblems, or devices used by the Philippine Republican Army during the
war. Under the Flag Act, public performance of the national march was prohibited.[failed
verification] Upon repeal of the Flag Act in 1919, the national march regained its popular status as
the national anthem of the Philippines.[citation needed] Following the establishment of self-rule
under the Commonwealth of the Philippines, Commonwealth Act No. 382, approved on
September 5, 1938, officially adopted the musical arrangement and composition by Julián Felipe
as the national anthem.
In the years after the revolution, the poem "Filipinas", written in 1899 by nationalist José Palma,
gained widespread popularity as unofficial Spanish lyrics of the anthem. The Spanish lyrics were
translated into English and, beginning in the 1940s, in the national language. The
current Filipino lyrics, written in 1956 and with a slight revision in the 1960s, were adopted and
made official. On February 12, 1998, Republic Act No. 8491 was passed, codifying these lyrics
into law.