La bandera blanca y verde

English: The Green and White Flag
Regional Anthem of	Andalusia
Lyrics	Blas Infante
Music	Sevilla José del Castillo Díaz

The Anthem of Andalusia lyrics were written by Blas Infante, the father of Andalusian nationalism. They were adopted under the Statute of Autonomy of Andalusia¹. The music for the anthem of Andalusia was composed by the former director of the municipal band of Sevilla José del Castillo Díaz. The origins of the music are vaguely inspired on the Santo Dios, a religious cantic widely spread in rural Andalusia, usually sung by peasants while reaping their crops. It is believed that Blas Infante suggested the music to José del Castillo. The melody of the anthem is Castillo's original though. After the Spanish Civil War, the original music scores were destroyed, and only a manuscript for piano is conserved. The composer Manuel Castillo improved José del Castillo's version.

Lyrics of the Anthem of Andalusia

See also

• Andalusian nationalism

Notes

1. ^ http://www.juntadeandalucia.es/SP/JDA/CDA/Secciones/Simbolos_de_Andalucia/JDA-Indice_Simbolos/0,20314,2,00.html Statute of Autonomy for Andalusia, article 6.2
2. ^ Los Pueblos in the unofficial version of the anthem.
3. ^ Replaced with The Nations in the unofficial version of the anthem.

External links

• Andalusia's government page about the anthem (Contains links to mp3 versions of the anthem)