Hino da Póvoa
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Hino da Póvoa or Hino da Póvoa de Varzim is an anthem written by Povoan composer Josué Trocado
for the city of Póvoa de Varzim
in Portugal
.
cloth was lifted, the volume of the sound of the voices of that dark assemblage of men, all known faces, all dressed in black, with white shirt fronts, resounded pathetically by the opening of the show with the hymn."
Cities and municipalities cannot have anthems in Portugal. And only, in 2004, the choral group "Ensaio" sang Hino da Póvoa during the International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim. In 2009, Maria do Mar (Mary of the Sea), pseudonym of Conceição da Silva Pinto, author of Marés (Tides, 2004), asked in a chronic in Comércio da Póvoa de Varzim, a local newspaper, for the anthem to be regularly used. Only the Póvoa de Varzim civil parish
answered the plea, and decided to restore the anthem, playing it in the beginning of every civil parish assembly.
Josué Francisco Trocado
Dr. Josué Francisco Trocado, KCSG was a Portuguese composer.-Background:He was the son of Francisco Luís Trocado, Jr...
for the city of Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim
Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese city in the Norte Region and sub-region of Greater Porto, with a 2011 estimated population of 63,364. According to the 2001 census, there were 63,470 inhabitants with 42,396 living in the city proper. The urban area expanded, southwards, to Vila do Conde, and there...
in Portugal
Portugal
Portugal , officially the Portuguese Republic is a country situated in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Portugal is the westernmost country of Europe, and is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the West and South and by Spain to the North and East. The Atlantic archipelagos of the...
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History
The lyrics were written by Josué Trocado (1882–1962) in 1916. In the first half of the 20th century, it was played by Orfeão Poveiro. Local historian Viriato Barbosa, in the Cultural Bulletin in 1971, stated that "Those who would live and those who guessed, dying like a swan singing, would not accomplish their mission proclaiming high and with good sound their faith, their love to the arts, and in good spirit and with singing excitement to the land were they flourished." and in the "yearly festival recitation in the night of September 9, 1916, and while the GarrettTeatro Garrett
Teatro Garrett is a theater located in the city of Póvoa de Varzim in Portugal.Located around Largo David Alves in rua José Malgueira street , Garrett was the first theater built for this porpoise in Póvoa de Varzim...
cloth was lifted, the volume of the sound of the voices of that dark assemblage of men, all known faces, all dressed in black, with white shirt fronts, resounded pathetically by the opening of the show with the hymn."
Cities and municipalities cannot have anthems in Portugal. And only, in 2004, the choral group "Ensaio" sang Hino da Póvoa during the International Music Festival of Póvoa de Varzim. In 2009, Maria do Mar (Mary of the Sea), pseudonym of Conceição da Silva Pinto, author of Marés (Tides, 2004), asked in a chronic in Comércio da Póvoa de Varzim, a local newspaper, for the anthem to be regularly used. Only the Póvoa de Varzim civil parish
Póvoa de Varzim (parish)
thumb|230px|Largo do Casino .thumb|230px|Praça do Almada .Póvoa de Varzim is a Portuguese parish, located in the city of Póvoa de Varzim. In the census of 2001, it had a population of 27,810 inhabitants and a total area of 5.25 km².Póvoa de Varzim is the seat of the municipality of Póvoa de...
answered the plea, and decided to restore the anthem, playing it in the beginning of every civil parish assembly.