La Brabançonne
"La Brabançonne" (French: [la bʁabɑ̃sɔn] (La Brabançonne); Dutch: "De Brabançonne"; German: "Das Lied von Brabant") is the national anthem of Belgium. The originally French title refers to the Duchy of Brabant; the name is usually untranslated in Belgium's other two official languages, Dutch and German.
| English: The Brabantian | |
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Cover of a score of the Brabançonne, dated around 1910 | |
National anthem of Belgium | |
| Lyrics | Alexandre Dechet and Constantin Rodenbach (original version, 1830) Charles Rogier (current version, 1860) |
| Music | François van Campenhout, September 1830 |
| Adopted | 1860, current text in 1921 |
| Audio sample | |
U.S. Navy Band instrumental version
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