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| | Italian National Anthem (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01) |
 | | The focus of all aspirations to freedom was Rome, the Rome which, in another poem, Mameli called City of memories, city of hope. |
 | | On November 23, 1847 Mameli went to take the anthem to his musician friend, Michele Novaro, who lived in Turin. |
 | | Overnight the enthused Novaro composed the music, and the next day, in Genoa, Mameli brought back words and music to his companions. |
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