Editing Himni i Flamurit (section)

==History==
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| filename     = Himni i Flamurit (1918).ogg
| title        = First voice recording of the anthem (1918)
| description  = Performed in September 1918 by [[Arbëreshë people|Arbëresh]] tenor Giuseppe Mauro, assisted by music producer and patriot of the national movement [[Spiridon Ilo]]}}

On 21 April 1912, "{{lang|sq|italic=no|Betimi mbi Flamur}}" was first published as a poem in {{lang|sq|Liri e Shqipërisë}} ({{Transliteration|sq|Freedom of Albania}}), an Albanian newspaper in [[Sofia]], [[Bulgaria]]. It was later printed in a volume of poems by Drenova titled {{lang|sq|Ëndra e lotë}} (''Dreams and Tears'') which was published in [[Bucharest]]. According to [[Lasgush Poradeci]]'s memoirs, the anthem, created by the adaptation of the text to the music, was not originally intended to be a national anthem, but it was so well liked by the people that it was proclaimed as the national anthem in 1912, and it was with its music that the Albanian flag was raised during the [[Albanian Proclamation of Independence]] in [[Vlore]].<ref name=Tole/>

===Music===
A [[Hungary|Hungarian]] composer, [[György Ligeti]], opined that the music composed by Porumbescu is rooted in [[Germanic peoples|Germanic]] and [[Austria]]n musical traditions, though this is not a definitive groundbreaking explanation of its influence and later creation. It is a view based on Porumbescu's musical education, since he had studied at the [[University of Music and Performing Arts, Vienna]]. The view has been shared by Albanian musicologist, [[Ramadan Sokoli]].<ref name=Tole/>