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<blockquote data-quote="melelao" data-source="post: 156311"><p>A part of "Inno di Mameli" mi favourite one is the Spanish royal march. Although Spain is not exactly a "rugby nation" their anthem is very unique...they do not have words!</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/ANTHEMS/Spain%20(Complete).mp3" target="_blank">http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/ANTHE...0(Complete).mp3</a></p><p></p><p>A little history of the Italian anthem: until 1946 the Italian head of state was a king and the anthem was a different one:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/marcia/marciareale.mp3" target="_blank">http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/marcia/marciareale.mp3</a></p><p></p><p>After the war the republic was established and the "Inno di Mameli" was chosen.</p><p>The funny thing is that only last year it was declared the Official anthem of the republic! When the constitution was written the priorities were other than to choose the anthem the parlament decided that Inno di mameli would have been the temporary national anthem...it had been "temporary" for almost 60 years!!!</p><p>During the 90s some people wanted to change the anthme though...they said that it is not a musical masterpiece and since Italy is famous for being the "home" of lyric music they proposed (especially in the North of the country) to adopt Giuseppe Verdi's "Va Pensiero" as anthem.</p><p>Of course, at the end, Inno di Mameli was kept...maybe it is not a masterpiece but it reflect in a perfect way the Italian life style...a little bit "shabby-looking!".</p><p>Other info about our anthem are available at:</p><p></p><p><a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani#History" target="_blank">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani#History</a></p><p></p><p>At the bottom of the page there is a link to listen the anthem</p><p></p><p>Please note that the text is obscure to most of the Italians because it is written in old-fashion and poetic Italian, full of metaphores...</p><p></p><p>If you want to listen to Giuseppe Verdi's "Va Pensiero" (today it has been adopeted by those idiots of the secessionist party "Lega Nord" - League of the North...Verdi is turning in his own grave...):</p><p></p><p><a href="http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=162&IDSezione=580&ID=19828" target="_blank">http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/page.asp?IDCat...80&ID=19828</a></p><p></p><p>It is beautiful but it does not give me the creeps like the other...</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="melelao, post: 156311"] A part of "Inno di Mameli" mi favourite one is the Spanish royal march. Although Spain is not exactly a "rugby nation" their anthem is very unique...they do not have words! [url="http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/ANTHEMS/Spain%20(Complete).mp3"]http://www.navyband.navy.mil/anthems/ANTHE...0(Complete).mp3[/url] A little history of the Italian anthem: until 1946 the Italian head of state was a king and the anthem was a different one: [url="http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/marcia/marciareale.mp3"]http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/marcia/marciareale.mp3[/url] After the war the republic was established and the "Inno di Mameli" was chosen. The funny thing is that only last year it was declared the Official anthem of the republic! When the constitution was written the priorities were other than to choose the anthem the parlament decided that Inno di mameli would have been the temporary national anthem...it had been "temporary" for almost 60 years!!! During the 90s some people wanted to change the anthme though...they said that it is not a musical masterpiece and since Italy is famous for being the "home" of lyric music they proposed (especially in the North of the country) to adopt Giuseppe Verdi's "Va Pensiero" as anthem. Of course, at the end, Inno di Mameli was kept...maybe it is not a masterpiece but it reflect in a perfect way the Italian life style...a little bit "shabby-looking!". Other info about our anthem are available at: [url="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani#History"]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Il_Canto_degli_Italiani#History[/url] At the bottom of the page there is a link to listen the anthem Please note that the text is obscure to most of the Italians because it is written in old-fashion and poetic Italian, full of metaphores... If you want to listen to Giuseppe Verdi's "Va Pensiero" (today it has been adopeted by those idiots of the secessionist party "Lega Nord" - League of the North...Verdi is turning in his own grave...): [url="http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/page.asp?IDCategoria=162&IDSezione=580&ID=19828"]http://www.giuseppeverdi.it/page.asp?IDCat...80&ID=19828[/url] It is beautiful but it does not give me the creeps like the other... [/QUOTE]
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