Workers' Hymn

L'Inno dei Lavoratori
English: The Workers' Hymn
Also known asIl Canto dei Lavoratori (English: Workers' Song)
L'Inno del Partito Operai Italiano (English: Hymn of the Italian Workers' Party)
LyricsFilippo Turati, 1886
MusicAmintore Galli, 1886
Published7 March 1886; 138 years ago (1886-03-07)
Audio sample
Recording by Milan's Corale Verdi

The Workers' Hymn (Italian: L'Inno dei Lavoratori) or Workers' Song (Il Canto dei Lavoratori), also known as the Hymn of the Italian Workers' Party (L'Inno del Partito Operaio Italiano), is an Italian socialist anthem written by Filippo Turati, and set to music by Amintore Galli.

Published in March 1886, the song was composed for the Italian Workers' Party, led by Costantino Lazzari.[1][2] It quickly became popular,[1][3] and is considered one of the most significant historic songs of the Italian workers' movement, alongside Bandiera Rossa, The Internationale, and the Hymn of the First of May  [it].[1][4] It was censored by successive governments of the Kingdom of Italy, including during the First World War and under Fascist Italy.[3]

Despite the anthem's popularity, its authors were ashamed of their work. Turati later declared the poem "a juvenile poetic sin",[1][5] while Galli kept his authorship of the music unknown, and was tormented by fear and stress in his later life due to its popularity and censorship.[1][6]

  1. ^ a b c d e Bosio, Gianni; Coggiola, Franco (1972) [15 November 1972]. "Il Canto dei lavoratori: Inno del Partito Operaio Italiano (testo di Filippo Turati, musica di Amintore Galli)" [The Workers' Hymn: Anthem of the Italian Workers' Party (text by Filippo Turati, music by Amintore Galli)]. Il Bosco degli alberi: Storia d'Italia dall'Unità ad oggi attraverso il giudizio delle classi popolari [The Forest of Trees: The History of Italy from Unification to Today through the Judgment of Popular Classes] (PDF) (in Italian) (2nd ed.). Milan: Edizioni del Gallo. pp. 37–46. Archived (PDF) from the original on 18 January 2024. Retrieved 6 January 2024.
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