The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1918-11-29
NA1IoNAL.soNGs.

historic. We cannot parallel hin
with a Country Without a Song,
| for there is no land SO little or 81
poor that it has not some nationa
music. Yet by strange circumstance
| it happens that one of the greatest Of
| lands, and the one supremely famed
as the Land of Song, comes perhaps
! nearest of all to being destitute of q
lrafy, 1t IS true, mas g mu.tllu1e OF
true national anthem.
songs, Iolk songs, potrotic songs and
wnau not, from the, Immortal. Santa
LUCIA: OF Naples . in the south, to
the exquisite melodies Of ryroi at the
north. Naples has also her famous
'.1ricolor, F." or Ia -Nocca de Ire
Colure," celebrating the beauty of the
standard OF green and white and red.
.lHow, many lands there aEerwhich
have. .tricoiored fiagsD tlorenee has
The Volunteers .tareweu," y or e.
addio del voiuntario," which like the
NeapoIitan "Tricolor," is Il war. song
against the hated austrian Nor is
italia Iffedchta1 without, patriotic nu-
isfc, which years Or "a ustrian tyranny
have aptshcen ablea co silence. One
OF the longest and, most. elaborate OF
patriotica songs, ,almost a cantata, is
the fSBeautiful 1stria," Oh "Oh Bell
Ist1ia'' of the land beyond the Adria-
tie, where the stately Rims of Pola
attest the classic glories~ of. the Ro-
man empire.
None OF these can, however, be
considered in the light Of a national
anthem for all Italy, and so we must
turn TO two compositions which divide
that honor between them. One of
these is the Royal March" or Mar
cia Reale," which was composed by
Giuseppi Gabetti in 1884. 1t is a
spirited and stately work, admirably
adapted to It's use, which however, IS
purely instrumental No words have
ever been written for it, nor indeed
wouiu,it lend itself to vocal render
ing. 1t is played on all official occa-
sions and is the only really official ma
tional music OF Italy.
UNNECESSARILY more popular, De-
cause 1t IS a song, is "GaTlbaldl's
hymn," limo df Guerra dei Csccia-
tori oeiie Alpi" This famous mar
tlai h ric, beginning witt. the thrilling
Z. l.e.z. ssiss 10 Arms 81 has often been
called the "MarEeihaiSe" Of Itssy, a
distinction of which. it is not alto
gether unworthy. II came into ex-
iStence in the Italian War of Liberia
ton in 1859, before the treachery of
Villa Franco turned the fruits of Sol
ferino and Magenta into Dead sea ap-
pies. The brilliant and stirring mu-
Q850-67), and the equally fine words
sic was composed by A.essio Olivieri
were written by Professor Luigi Mer-
cantini of Palermo.
1t was first sung and popularized
gade, for winch reason it received the
by the volunteers of the Alpine bri
name which we have quoted-a cir
cumstance comparable with that
through which the "Marsieilaise" re-
ceived its name. But it came into
fullest popularity and was renamed
as it is now popularity known, limo
Garibildi." in 1860, when the Thous-
and Red Shirts Of Marsah essayed
their conquering campaign under the
lead Of Garibaldi and his lieutenant,
Francesca Crispi Admirably adapt
ed for either singing or orchestration,
il has become the popular patriotic
anthem of Italy, although never Off
ciany authorized As the spirit of
its words is directed against Austria,
it is perfectly adapted to use IN the
present war.
! ,eon Lansberg in New York Herald.