National Anthem Day is celebrated on April 13 to mark Independence Day

Learn all about this special date

By Alessandro M. I. dos Santos, April 13, 2024, 13:21.

April 13th is Brazilian National Anthem Day. On April 13, 1831, the National Anthem was played for the first time in the city of Rio de Janeiro. Before that, the anthem considered national was the one composed by Dom Pedro I after Brazil's Independence in 1822, which today is called the Independence Anthem.

The conductor Francisco Manuel da Silva (1795-1865), co-founder of the Imperial Academy of Music and the National Institute of Music, was responsible for creating the music for the anthem, i.e. the instrumental part. The music for the anthem was composed shortly after the events that marked April 7, 1831. On that day, the former Emperor Pedro I abdicated the throne in favor of his son, Pedro II.

Pedro's abdication was due to internal and external political pressure. Many Brazilians, including politicians, artists, journalists and intellectuals, opposed to Pedro I and the Lusitanian supporters of the emperor, cheered his abdication. Francisco Manuel was one of them and composed the anthem to greet the future that would come with the new emperor, who was born in Brazil.

As we know, Pedro II, born in Rio de Janeiro, was still a child when the abdication took place. It was therefore necessary to set up a government regime to prepare the ground for the new emperor. This regime became known as the Regency Period. Brazilians such as the conductor Francisco Manuel had great expectations of this new phase in Brazilian politics.

The national anthem was very important for the history of Brazil, because it was because of it that Emperor Pedro II made the coup of majority and became the last emperor of Brazil.

Hino Nacional Brasileiro- Primeiro ato (Portuguese)

Ouviram do Ipiranga as margens plácidas

De um povo heroico, o brado retumbante

E o Sol da liberdade, em raios fúlgidos

Brilhou no céu da pátria nesse instante

Se o penhor dessa igualdade

Conseguimos conquistar com braço forte

Em teu seio, ó liberdade

Desafia o nosso peito a própria morte

Ó Pátria amada

Idolatrada

Salve! Salve!

Brasil, um sonho intenso, um raio vívido

De amor e de esperança, à terra desce

Se em teu formoso céu, risonho e límpido

A imagem do Cruzeiro resplandece

Gigante pela própria natureza

És belo, és forte, impávido colosso

E o teu futuro espelha essa grandeza

Terra adorada

Entre outras mil

És tu, Brasil

Ó Pátria amada!

Dos filhos deste solo, és mãe gentil

Pátria amada, Brasil!

Hino Nacional Brasileiro- Segundo ato

Deitado eternamente em berço esplêndido

Ao som do mar e à luz do céu profundo

Fulguras, ó Brasil, florão da América

Iluminado ao Sol do Novo Mundo!

Do que a terra mais garrida

Teus risonhos, lindos campos têm mais flores

Nossos bosques têm mais vida

Nossa vida, no teu seio, mais amores

Ó Pátria amada

Idolatrada

Salve! Salve!

Brasil, de amor eterno seja símbolo

O lábaro que ostentas estrelado

E diga o verde-louro dessa flâmula

Paz no futuro e glória no passado

Mas se ergues da justiça a clava forte

Verás que um filho teu não foge à luta

Nem teme, quem te adora, a própria morte

Terra adorada

Entre outras mil

És tu, Brasil

Ó Pátria amada!

Dos filhos deste solo, és mãe gentil

Pátria amada, Brasil!

Brazilian National Anthem - Act One (English)

They heard from Ipiranga the placid shores

Of a heroic people, the resounding cry

And the sun of liberty, in fiery rays

Shone in the sky of the homeland at that instant

If the pledge of this equality

We were able to conquer with a strong arm

In your bosom, O freedom

Our breasts defy death itself

O beloved country

Idolized

Hail! Hail!

Brazil, an intense dream, a vivid ray

Of love and hope descends to earth

If in your beautiful sky, bright and clear

The image of the Cruzeiro shines

Giant by nature

You are beautiful, you are strong, you are a mighty colossus

And your future mirrors that greatness

Beloved land

Among a thousand others

It's you, Brazil

O beloved country!

Of the children of this soil, you are a gentle mother

Beloved homeland, Brazil!

Brazilian National Anthem - Act Two

Lying eternally in a splendid cradle

To the sound of the sea and the light of the deep sky

Fulguras, O Brazil, flower of America

Illuminated by the sun of the New World!

Than the most garish land

Your laughing, beautiful fields have more flowers

Our woods have more life

Our life, in your bosom, more love

O beloved country

Idolized

Hail! Hail!

Brazil, may eternal love be your symbol

The starry banner you bear

And let the green-blond of this banner say

Peace in the future and glory in the past

But if you raise the strong club of justice

You will see that a son of yours does not run away from the fight

Nor does he who adores you fear death itself

Beloved land

Among a thousand others

It is you, Brazil

O beloved country!

Of the children of this soil, you are a gentle mother

Beloved homeland, Brazil!