Deșteaptă-te, române!
| English: Awaken thee, Romanian! | |
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National anthem of  Romania Moldova Moldavian D. R.
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| Also known as | Un răsunet English: An echo |
| Lyrics | Andrei Mureșanu, 1848 |
| Music | Gheorghe Ucenescu, 1849 |
| Adopted | 1917 - Moldavian D. R. 1990 - Romania1991 - Moldova
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| Relinquished | 1918 - Moldavian D. R. 1994 - Moldova
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"Deșteaptă-te, române!"Romanian pronunciation: [deʃˈte̯aptəte roˈmɨne] (variously translated as "Awaken thee, Romanian!", "Awaken, Romanian!", or "Wake up, Romanian!") is the national anthem of Romania.
The lyrics were composed by Andrei Mureșanu (1816–1863) and the music was popular (it was chosen for the poem by Gheorghe Ucenescu, as most sources say). It was written and published during the 1848 revolution, initially with the name "Un răsunet" ("An echo"). It was first sung in late June in the same year in the city of Brașov, on the streets of Șchei quarter. It was immediately accepted as the revolutionary anthem and renamed "Deșteaptă-te, române".
Since then, this song, which contains a message of liberty and patriotism, has been sung during all major Romanian conflicts, including during the 1989 anti-Ceaușist revolution. After that revolution, it became the national anthem, replacing the communist-era national anthem "Trei culori" ("Three colors").
July 29 is now "National Anthem Day" (Ziua Imnului național), an annual observance in Romania.
The song was also used on various solemn occasions in the Moldavian Democratic Republic, during its brief existence, between 1917 and 1918. Between 1991 and 1994 it was the national anthem of Moldova as well, but was subsequently replaced by the current Moldovan anthem, "Limba noastră" ("Our language").
The melody was originally a sentimental song called "Din sânul maicii mele" composed by Anton Pann after hearing the poem "Adio. La Târgoviște" by Grigore Alexandrescu. In 1848, Andrei Mureșanu wrote the poem "Un răsunet", and asked Gheorghe Ucenescu, a Scheii Brașovului Church singer, to find him a suitable melody. After Ucenescu sang him several lay melodies, Mureșanu chose Anton Pann's song. Pann's song was published in a booklet called "Spitalul amorului sau cântătorul dorului" in 1852.
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