A Portuguesa

A Portuguesa

English: 'The Portuguese'
Music sheet c. 1957
National anthem of Portugal
Lyrics	Henrique Lopes de Mendonça, 1890
Music	Alfredo Keil, 1890
Adopted	5 October 1910
Audio sample
Official instrumental recording by the Orquestra da Presidência da República in E-flat major file help

U.S. Navy Band instrumental version

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"A Portuguesa" (pronounced [ɐ puɾtuˈɣezɐ]; lit. 'The Portuguese') is the national anthem of Portugal. It was composed by Alfredo Keil and written by Henrique Lopes de Mendonça during the resurgent nationalist movement ignited by the 1890 British Ultimatum to Portugal concerning its African colonies. Used as the marching song of the failed republican revolt of 31 January 1891, in Porto, it was adopted as the national anthem of the newborn Portuguese Republic in 1911, replacing "Hino da Carta", the anthem of the deposed constitutional monarchy.^{[citation needed]}