Deșteaptă-te, române - Romanian Anthem

The melody was originally a sentimental song called "Din sânul maicii mele" composed by Anton Pann after hearing the poem.[5] In 1848 Andrei Mureșanu wrote the poem Un răsunet and asked Gheorghe Ucenescu, a Șcheii Brașovului Church singer, to find him a suitable melody.[5] After Ucenescu sang him several lay melodies, Mureșanu chose Anton Pann&song instead. First sung during the uprisings of 1848, "Deșteaptă-te române!" became a favourite among Romanians and it has seen play during various historical events, including as part of Romania&declaration of independence from the Ottoman Empire during the Russo-Turkish War (1877–78), and during World War I. The song received particularly heavy radio broadcast in the days following King Michael&Coup of 23 August 1944, when Romania switched sides, turning against Nazi Germany and joining the Allies in World War II. After the Communist Party abolished the monarchy on 30 December 1947, "Deșteaptă-te române!" and other patriotic songs closely associated with the previous regime were outlawed.[citation needed] Nicolae Ceaușescu&government permitted the song to be played and sung in public, but it was not given state recognition as the national anthem of the Socialist Republic of Romania. The song was officially adopted as the national anthem on 24 January 1990, shortly after the Romanian Revolution of December 1989.[6][7] The overall message of the anthem is a "call to action"; it proposes a "now or never" urge for change present in...