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'Dios Nunca Muere' is a Mexican waltz written by composer and violinist Macedonio Alcal in 1868. Is the 'de facto' anthem of the state of Oaxaca.[https://web.archive.org/web/20051024090904/http://www.oaxaca.gob.mx/gobtecnica/cult/ilustres/alcala.htm Gobierno del Estado de Oaxaca, Macedonio Alcal] Dios Nunca Muere has been sung by famous singers like Pedro Infante and Javier Sols.



There are two versions of the creation of this waltz. The first says that was composed when Macedonio Alcala and his wife went through a precarious economic situation and also the composer was at risk of dying, then his friend Roberto Maqueo, seeing their plight, left him without him noticing 12 pesos in silver. The other version says that some Indigenous people from a nearby village visited him to ask for a waltz for the patron of his people, and paid 12 pesos in silver. It is said that when Alcal received the money, sat on his bed and drew on a wall the first bars of the waltz, which later transcribed on paper; He called this waltz 'Dios Nunca Muere' in gratitude that he had received help when he needed.

To this composition has been assigned several lyrics from which the best known, was written in 1955 by Vicente Garrido Caldern.

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* Oaxaca

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