Zacatecas March
The March of Zacatecas (Spanish: Marcha de Zacatecas) is a Mexican patriotic song, the anthem of the State of Zacatecas and considered the 2nd national anthem of Mexico.
On 1891, in a family gathering at the home of Fernando Villalpando, there was a dare between Villapando and Genaro Codina, which consisted of writing a military march. The winner would dedicate the song to the then Governor of the State of Zacatecas, General Jesús Aréchiga.
That same year, Codina and Villalpando compositions were submitted to a jury composed of friends and relatives, who gave the victory to the song of Genaro Codina. The original title was "Marcha Aréchiga", to be dedicated to the governor Arechiga, but he suggested that the name was changed to March of Zacatecas.
The song was premiered in the Hidalgo garden, in the city of Zacatecas, for a serenade of the Municipal Band, directed by Fernado Villalpando, which has the merit of the music; that's where the song earned the title of Himno Regional de Zacatecas (English: Regional Anthem of Zacatecas).
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“As high as mind stands above nature, so high does the state stand above physical life. Man must therefore venerate the state as a secular deity.... The march of God in the world, that is what the State is.”
—Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770–1831)