Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros(1730-1810)
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Manuel Espinosa de los Monteros was an oboist, composer and director of the Royal Chapel of Music during the reigns of Carlos III and Carlos IV, born in Andújar in 1730 and died in Madrid in 1810. He is considered the composer of the Grenadier March, current Spanish Anthem.
In 1761 he published the Book of the Ordinance of the Toques de Pífanos and Drums that are played again in the Spanish Ynfant °, composed by Don Manuel de Espinosa. 1761, which is kept in the National Library of Spain. In 1769 a new corrected edition was published. In this document the March of the Grenadiers or Royal March appears for the first time, whose authorship is supposed. Carlos III adopts it as a hymn of honor in 1770 and the social popularity turns it de facto into a national anthem. Isabel II will declare it the official anthem of Spain.
In 1761 he published the Book of the Ordinance of the Toques de Pífanos and Drums that are played again in the Spanish Ynfant °, composed by Don Manuel de Espinosa. 1761, which is kept in the National Library of Spain. In 1769 a new corrected edition was published. In this document the March of the Grenadiers or Royal March appears for the first time, whose authorship is supposed. Carlos III adopts it as a hymn of honor in 1770 and the social popularity turns it de facto into a national anthem. Isabel II will declare it the official anthem of Spain.