La Bayamesa

What a fighting title ... here we have the anthem of Cuba ...

La Bayamesa is the title of the Cuban national anthem. The melody and lyrics are by Pedro Figueredo, who created the poem in 1868 on the occasion of the Battle of Bayamo, in which he took part. When the Mambises, the soldiers of the Cuban liberation movement against Spanish colonial rule, were forced to withdraw from Bayamo, the population of the town moved with them, setting their own houses on fire before doing so. Figueredo was captured and executed by the Spanish colonial troops two years later. La Bayamesa was the national anthem of the Republic in arms (República en Armas) during the independence movement from 1868 to 1898 and was introduced as the national anthem of the Republic of Cuba after independence from Spain and the end of the U.S. occupation in 1902. The anthem was first sung in public on November 8, 1868, by a group of twelve women in the town square (Parque Central) of Bayamo (Wikipedia).

We hear 4 verses on the beautiful baroque organ of Strassburg, Austria.