This Thursday 27 November fulfil 40 years of the official première of the hymn of the FC Barcelona. The event was broadcast in direct by television and went an immediate success
The current hymn of the FC Barcelona, "The cant of the Barça", premièred on 27 November 1974 in the Camp Nou. 3.500 voices directed by the master Oriol Martorell interpreted for the first time a hymn with letter of Jaume Hammer and Josep Maria Espinàs and music of Manuel Valls Gorina.
The "Cant of the Barça" had an immediate success. The event was broadcast in direct by Spanish Television for all the country. To the 20.30 hours of that 27 November ranged in the centre of the terrain of game 3.500 representatives of 78 choral entities Catalan that did to sound the notes of the new hymn barcelonista with a perfect sharpness.
Video - The hymn of the Barça