English: The Song of the Italians | |
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![]() Holographic copy of 1847 of "Il Canto degli Italiani" | |
National anthem of Italy | |
Also known as | «Inno di Mameli» (English: "Mameli's Hymn") «Fratelli d'Italia» (English: "Brothers of Italy") |
Lyrics | Goffredo Mameli, 1847 |
Music | Michele Novaro, 1847 |
Adopted | 12 October 1946 (de facto) 1950 (by Trust Territory of Somaliland) 4 December 2017 (de jure) |
Relinquished | 1960 (by Trust Territory of Somaliland) |
Preceded by | "Marcia Reale" (1946) |
Audio sample | |
Italian Navy Band instrumental version (one verse and chorus) |
"Il Canto degli Italiani"[N 1] (say: il KAN-toh del-i-tal-YAN-ee, meaning "The Song of the Italians") is the Italian national anthem.[1] The words were written by Goffredo Mameli in the autumn of 1847 in Genoa when he was just twenty years old. The author of the song died shortly after. The words were later set to music by Michele Novaro in the same year. The song was successful during the Risorgimento because of hopes in the unification of the Italy.
After the unification in 1861, however, the "Marcia Reale" was adopted as Savoy's official anthem. "Il Canto degli Italiani" became the anthem of Italy after 1946, when Italy became a republic.[2]
In 2012, a bill was pass in making schools to teach the line "Fratelli d'Italia" in the anthem.[3]
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