Editing Himno Nacional Mexicano (section)

=== Music competition ===
[[File:Jaime Nunó.jpg|thumb|upright|[[Jaime Nunó]], composer of the music]]

A musical composition was chosen at the same time as the lyrics. The winner was [[Juan Bottesini]], but his entry was disliked due to aesthetics. This rejection caused a second national contest to find music for the lyrics.<ref name="bottesini">Embassy of Mexico in [[Serbia and Montenegro]] [http://www.mexican-embassy.org.rs/MexicanSignsHimno.html Mexican Symbols—Himo]. Retrieved March 19, 2006. {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222114507/http://www.mexican-embassy.org.rs/MexicanSignsHimno.html |date=February 22, 2012 }}</ref> At the end of the second contest, the music that was chosen for González's lyrics was composed by [[Jaime Nunó]], the then [[Catalan people|Catalonian]]-born [[King of Spain]]'s band leader. At the time of the second anthem competition, Nunó was the leader of several Mexican military bands. He had been invited to direct these bands by President [[Antonio López de Santa Anna|Santa Anna]], whom he had met in [[Spanish Cuba|Cuba]]. About the time that Nunó first came to Mexico to start performing with the bands, Santa Anna was making his announcement about creating a national anthem for Mexico. Nunó's anthem music composition was made like masterpieces of [[classical music]], with a high quality in composition, and was chosen. Out of the few musical compositions submitted, Nunó's music, titled "God and Freedom" ("Dios y libertad"), was chosen as the winner on August 12, 1854.<ref name="himnokids">{{cite web |url=http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/government/html/simbolop/himno.html |title=National Anthem for Kids |access-date=March 15, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060429092514/http://www.elbalero.gob.mx/kids/government/html/simbolop/himno.html |archive-date=April 29, 2006}}</ref> The song was officially adopted as the Mexican national anthem on [[Grito de Dolores|Independence Day]], September 16 of that same year. The inaugural performance was directed by Juan Bottesini, sung by [[soprano]] [[Claudia Florenti]] and [[tenor]] [[Lorenzo Salvi]] at the [[Santa Anna Theatre]].<ref name="bottesini"/><ref>Secretary of External Relations [https://web.archive.org/web/20041022114958/http://www.sre.gob.mx/mexico/general/himno.htm History of the Mexican Anthem]. Retrieved March 15, 2006. {{in lang|es}}</ref>