"Il Canto degli Italiani" is a patriotic song written by Goffredo Mameli and set to music by Michele Novaro in 1847, currently serving as the national anthem of Italy. It is best known among Italians as the "Inno di Mameli", after the author of the lyrics, or "Fratelli d'Italia", from its opening line. The piece, in 4/4 time signature and B-flat major key, has six strophes, and a refrain sung after each. The sixth group of verses, almost never performed, recalls the first strophe's text.
Holographic copy of 1847 of "Il Canto degli Italiani"
Goffredo Mameli (1827–1849), lyricist
Michele Novaro (1818–1885), musical composer
Holographic draft of 1847 by Goffredo Mameli of the first strophe and the refrain of "Il Canto degli Italiani"
Goffredo Mameli 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.
Portrait of Mameli by Domenico Induno, c. 1849
Memorial tablet at the church of Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini, Rome. The text states: "In this hospice poet Goffredo Mameli and many other valiant men died of wounds in defence of Rome for Italian freedom in the year MDCCCXLIX".
Luciano Campisi's grave monument to Mameli in Campo Verano, Rome, built in 1891.
"Both lyre and sword" on the stone in honor of Mameli in via Garibaldi on Rome's Janiculum Hill
