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"Il Canto degli Italiani" (Italian: [il ˈkanto deʎʎ(i) itaˈljaːni]; [1] transl. "The Song of the Italians") is a patriotic song written by Goffredo Mameli and set to music by Michele Novaro in 1847, [2] currently used as the national anthem of Italy.
Novaro is mostly known as the composer of the music of the Italian national anthem, Il Canto degli Italiani (lyrics by Goffredo Mameli), better known in Italy as Inno di Mameli (Mameli's Hymn). [2] Novaro was a convinced liberal and offered his compositional talents to the unification cause without deriving any personal benefits.
Goffredo Mameli (Italian pronunciation: [ɡofˈfreːdo maˈmɛːli]; 5 September 1827 – 6 July 1849) was an Italian patriot, poet, writer and a notable figure in the Risorgimento. He is also the author of the lyrics of " Il Canto degli Italiani ", the national anthem of Italy.
His earlier poem "Il Canto degli Italiani" (The Song of the Italians) later became the Italian National anthem. Cover of the 1898 Ricordi anthology, 5 Canti Popolari del 1848 Verdi's score for "Suona la tromba" languished in the Casa Ricordi archives until 1865 when Mazzini gave it to the Milanese music publisher Paolo De Giorgi who brought it ...
At the time, neither "La Marseillaise" nor "Il Canto degli Italiani" were their respective country's national anthem. Some critics, such as the unnamed one writing in the Musical World , incorrectly thought the inclusion of such nationalistic songs or the potential political embarrassment from their inclusion was the reason for the cantata's ...
Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858–1919), composer of the tragic opera, Pagliacci; Giovanni Battista Leonetti (fl. 1604 – c. 1617) Leone Leoni (c. 1560–1627) Giuseppe Liberto (born 1943) Francesco Libetta (born 1968) Alphonsus Maria de' Liguori (1696–1787), bishop, saint, composer of Tu scendi dalle stelle; Giuseppe Lillo (1814–1863)
' The Song of Piave '), is an Italian patriotic song written by E. A. Mario after the Second Battle of the Piave River in June 1918. In September 1943, the future king of Italy Umberto II chose it as the new national anthem, replacing the "Marcia Reale".
Gaeta composed and wrote the lyrics to more than 2,000 works in Italian and Neapolitan. In 1918, he wrote La leggenda del Piave, which at the birth of the Italian Republic was a candidate for the Italian national anthem. His other famous works include Santa Lucia luntana, Balocchi e profumi, Vipera, Rose rosse, and O' Paese dò sole. [2]