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Composer | Novaro, Michele (1818 - 1885) | ||
Instrumentation | Violin solo | ||
Sheet central | Italian National Anthem (19 sheet music) | ||
Style | National Anthems | ||
Arranger | Dewagtere, Bernard (1958 - ) | ||
Lyricist | Goffredo Mameli | ||
Date | 1847 | ||
Copyright | Copyright © Dewagtere, Bernard | ||
Other title | Il Canto degli Italiani | ||
Added by bernard-dewagtere, 12 Aug 2012
Il Canto degli Italiani (The Song of the Italians) is
the Italian national anthem. It is best known among
Italians as Inno di Mameli (Mameli's Hymn), after the
author of the lyrics, or Fratelli d'Italia(Brothers of
Italy), from its opening line. The words were written
in the autumn of 1847 in Genoa, by the then 20-year-old
student and patriot Goffredo Mameli, in a climate of
popular struggle for unification and independence of
Italy which foreshadowed the war against Austria. Two
months later, t...(+)
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