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  Goffredo Mameli
Educated by the Scolopii in Genoa in the classics, Mameli's love of poetry prevailed over an abortive career in philosophy and law when he was expelled from the University of Genoa in 1841 for a misdemeanor.
Mameli was a favorite poet of Mazzini, who in 1850 wrote the preface to an edition of the poet's works; he had already persuaded Giuseppe Verdi in October 1848, during the radical phase of the revolution, to set t o music one of Mameli's verses, the
In March 1848 Mameli joined the volunteer Genoa corps under Nino Bixio in Lombardy and in the fall of 1848 followed in support of the impending republican constituent assembly.
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  Goffredo Mameli
The son of a Sardinian admiral, Mameli was born in Genoa where his father was in command of the fleet[?] of the kingdom of Sardinia.
Mameli's very short life is concentrated in only two years, in which he was an important leader of insurrectional movements and became a notable figure in Italian Risorgimento[?].
Mameli is mostly known as the author of the lyrics of the Italian national anthem, Fratelli d'Italia (music was by Michele Novaro).
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Goffredo Mameli (September 5, 1827 - July 7, 1849) was an Italian patriot, poet and writer, and a notable figure in the Italian Risorgimento.
Mameli was deeply involved in nationalistic movements and some more "spectacular" actions are remembered, such as his exposition of the Tricolore (current Italian flag, then prohibited) to celebrate the expulsion of Germans in 1846.
Mameli soon left again for Rome, where the French had come to support the Papacy (Pope Pius IX had actually escaped from the town) and took active part in the combat.
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Goffredo Mameli (Genoa, September 5, 1827 - Rome, July 7, 1849) was an Italian patriot, poet and writer, and a notable figure in the Italian Risorgimento.
Mameli was deeply involved in nationalistic movements and some more "spectacular" actions are remembered, such as his exposition materia prima goffredo fantini of the Tricolore (current Italian flag, then prohibited) to celebrate the expulsion of Germans in 1846.
In June, Mameli was accidentally injured in his left leg by the bayonet of one of his comrades; the wound was not really serious, but an infection took hold, and after a time the leg had to be amputated.
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 Mameli's Hymn -- The Italian National Anthem
Mameli was born in Genoa in 1827 of a prosperous family.
The words of the Mameli's hymn were meant to memorialize past battles for freedom waged throughout Italy: by the Lombard towns, the Florentine republic, the Genoese, following the example of the young Balilla (who had thrown the first stone at an Austrian officer), and the Sicilians against the French in the so-called Sicilian Vespers.
In 1941, Mameli's remains were moved to Jacobucci's Monumento Ossario Gianicolense on Via Garibaldi, between the fountain of the Acqua Paola and the Church of Saint Peter in Montorio, on the Janiculum.
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 Goffredo Mameli - LoveToKnow 1911
GOFFREDO MAMELI (1827-1849), Italian poet and patriot, was born at Genoa of a noble Sardinian family.
He received a sound classical education at the Scolopi College, and later studied law and philosophy at the university of Genoa.
This page was last modified 09:28, 3 Sep 2006.
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Mameli's lyrics to "hymn of the people"andmdash; "Suona la tromba"andmdash; were set by Giuseppe Verdi the following year.
In December 1848 Mameli reached Rome, where Pellegrino Rossi had been murdered, helping in the clandestine works for declaration (February 9, 1849) of the RRman Republic.
Mameli then went to Florence where he proposed the creation of a common state between Tuscany and Latium.In April 1849 he was again in Genoa, with Bixio, where a popular insurrection was strongly opposed by General Alberto La Marmora.
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The "soldier poet" Goffredo Mameli was born in Piazza San Bernardo in Genoa in 1827: his father was a vice-admiral of the Sardinian navy of noble origin and his mother came from an old Riviera family.
Of a rather frail constitution, Goffredo was often ill as a child until the age of twelve.
The Mameli drawing-room was regularly frequented by young intellectuals with liberal ideas: one of these was a lawyer named Giuseppe Canale, who recognised the young boy's gifts and followed his studies until he began to attend the school run by the Scolopian brotherhood.
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