The "March of the Macedonian Revolutionaries" (; ), also known as "Rise, Dawn of Freedom" (; ), is a Bulgarian march which was used by the Internal Macedonian Revolutionary Organization (IMRO).Как е създаден химнът "Изгрей, зора на свободата", Петър Иванчев, сп. България - Македония, брой 1, 2015 г. The march is still used by the Macedonian Patriotic Organization (MPO), as well as by VMRO-BND and the Radko Association.
History The lyrics and music of the march were written by Aleksandar Morfov, a Bulgarian military composer in 1923 at a contest by the IMRO. The proposed march was presented to the leader of IMRO, Todor Alexandrov, by the composer at the home of General Kosta Nikolov in Sofia.Вдъхновение, Петър Иванчев, „Изгрей, зора на свободата" в сп. България - Македония, бр. 4-5, 2017 г. In the period before World War II, the march was performed as the official anthem of the IMRO.Михайлов, Иван. "Quo vadis, Bulgaria?", I изд. Индианаполис, Печатница “Македонска трибуна”, 1937, II изд. ИК “Витатон”, Пещера, 1996, стр. 35-44. The poet Kočo Racin tried to adapt the chorus of the song to the still non-standardized Macedonian language shortly before his death in 1943.Во јуни 1943 год. маршот „Изгреј зора на слободата“ бил поместен на челното место во првата збирка „Македонски народно - ослободителни песни“, подготвена од поетот и револуционер Кочо Рацин и отпечатена во партизанската печатницата „Гоце Делчев.“ For more see: Glasnik, Том 48, Issues: 1–2, Institut za nacionalna istorija (Skopje, Macedonia), 2004, p. 30.
The first Anti-fascist Assembly for the National Liberation of Macedonia meeting, held on August 2, 1944, at the Prohor Pčinjski Monastery was opened with the singing of the song. After the Tito-Stalin split in 1948, the song was banned by the Yugoslav and Macedonian communist authorities as anti-patriotic and pro-Bulgarian. There is reserved attitude towards this song in North Macedonia.Иван Блажевски, "Забранетата песна ги бранува духовите. „Изгреј зора“ била бугарска и фашистичка песна", "Време", броj 310, 09. 02. 2005. The MPO, VMRO-BND and the Radko Association still use the song.Macedonian Patriotic Organization, Convention.
On August 2, 2017, during a service commemorating the Ilinden Uprising, the monks from the Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery in Republic of Macedonia, performed the song, expressing their approval of the friendship treaty signed with Bulgaria the day before.Вистината ќе ве ослободи, Порталот Поглед разговараше со Игуменот на манастирот Св Јован Бигорски – Отец Партениј. Бигорски манастир. 28 октомври/10 ноември 2017 лето Господово. Afterwards the song continued to be performed there on August 2, to commemorate the Ilinden Uprising.
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External links "Rise up Dawn of the Freedom" on YouTube. , performed by the monks of Saint Jovan Bigorski Monastery on 2 August 2017 during a service in memory of the Ilinden Uprising. The text of the song in Bulgarian Cyrillic with transliteration in Latin script.