![]() ![]() Nevertheless, after Rossini's refusal, in 1861 the committee invited Verdi, offering four suggestions as to form: anthem, chorale, triumphal march (for full orchestra), or march (for wind instruments). Roberta Montemorra Marvin (who edited Inno delle nazioni for The Complete Works of Giuseppe Verdi series) considers that the committee did not initially ask Verdi to compose a piece because of Chorley's antipathy toward the composer's works. ![]() Wanting to include musical performances (which were excluded from the 1851 exhibition), at the suggestion of the leading music critic Henry Chorley, they solicited new works from Daniel Auber (representing France), William Sterndale Bennett (England), Giacomo Meyerbeer (Germany) and Gioachino Rossini (Italy). In December 1858, the Society of Arts in London announced their intention to hold what was to be called the 1862 International Exhibition, seen as a successor to The Great Exhibition of 1851. A stereoscopic view of the 1862 International Exhibition published by the London Stereoscopic Company It became the centerpiece of a 1944 propaganda film, Hymn of the Nations, where it was performed by the NBC Symphony Orchestra conducted by Arturo Toscanini with the Westminster Choir and Jan Peerce as tenor soloist.īackground The nave from the Western Dome. ![]() It was the first collaboration between the composer and Arrigo Boito, who, much later, would revise the libretto of Simon Boccanegra and write the original libretti of Otello and Falstaff.Īlthough written for the 1862 International Exhibition in London, it premiered at Her Majesty's Theatre on. This Hymn incorporates " God Save the King", " La Marseillaise", and " Il Canto degli Italiani". Inno delle nazioni ( Hymn of the nations), a cantata in a single movement, is one of only two secular choral works composed by Giuseppe Verdi. Italian, with portions in English and FrenchĢ4 May 1862 ( ): Her Majesty's Theatre, London Cover of first edition of the vocal score of the hymn (design by Alessandro or Robert Focosi) ![]()
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