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Also known as Giovinezza (hymn)

"" (; ) was the official hymn of the Italian National Fascist Party, regime, and army, and was an unofficial national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy between 1924 and 1943. Although often sung with the Royal March, the official anthem, some sources consider "" to have supplanted it as the de facto national anthem of the country (), to the dismay of Victor Emmanuel III—a powerful symbol of the diarchy between the King and Mussolini. It was subsequently an unofficial anthem of the Italian Social Republic.

Key facts

Anthem.title
Giovinezza
Anthem.english_title
Youth
Anthem.image
Giovenezza.gif
Anthem.caption
Score of "Giovinezza"
Anthem.prefix
Former national
Anthem.country
Italy
Anthem.author
Nino Oxilia (1909)Marcello Manni (1919)Salvator Gotta (1924)
Anthem.composer
Giuseppe Blanc
Anthem.music_date
1909
Anthem.adopted
1943
Anthem.until
1945
Anthem.sound
Giovinezza (instrumental).ogg
Anthem.sound_title
Instrumental version
Anthem.predecessor
"Marcia Reale"(Kingdom of Italy)
Anthem.successor
"La Leggenda del Piave"

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Wikidata facts

Lyrics by
Nino Oxilia
Image
Giovinezza.gif
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Commons category
Giovinezza
form of creative work
song
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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • Lyrics
  • 1922 lyrics
  • 1924 lyrics
  • 1943 lyrics
  • Performances
  • Toscanini
  • Relationship to Marcia Reale
  • See also
  • References
  • External links

"" (; ) was the official hymn of the Italian National Fascist Party, regime, and army, and was an unofficial national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy between 1924 and 1943. Although often sung with the Royal March, the official anthem, some sources consider "" to have supplanted it as the de facto national anthem of the country (), to the dismay of Victor Emmanuel III—a powerful symbol of the diarchy between the King and Mussolini. It was subsequently an unofficial anthem of the Italian Social Republic.

Ubiquitous in mid-twentieth century Italy, the hymn emphasized youth as a theme of the fascist movement and was one example of the centrality of the Arditi to the fascist narrative.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Giovinezza” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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