Cantos nacionales

Cantos nacionales ("national songs" or "Nationalist songs") were three songs of the Spanish Civil War recognized by Francoist Spain as honoring their fallen. The Decree 226/1937^[1] of the Burgos Junta declared the Marcha Granadera as the Spanish anthem. It also recognizes as cantos nacionales the anthems of Falange Española (Cara al Sol), Carlism (Oriamendi) and the Spanish Legion (Novio de la muerte) ordering that they should be listened to standing in homage to the Fatherland and the fallen. A decree from 1942^[2] reinstates the songs and orders that, in official events, the playing of the anthem and the songs must be saluted with a "national salute" (Roman salute), or a military salute if the event is exclusively military.

References

1. Franco, Francisco (28 February 1937). "Decreto número 226" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado (131): 548–549. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
2. Franco, Francisco (21 July 1942). "DECRETO de 17 de julio de 1942 por el que se refunden las disposiciones vigentes en lo que respecta el Himno Nacional, Cantos Nacionales y Saludos" (PDF). Boletín Oficial del Estado: 5346. Retrieved 23 October 2019.