Editing Il Canto degli Italiani (section)

===The following decades===
[[File:Sei strofe.JPG|thumb|Edition of 1860, printed by Tito I Ricordi]]

"Il Canto degli Italiani" debuted with only a few months left to the [[revolutions of 1848]]. Shortly before the promulgation of the ''[[Statuto Albertino]]'', the constitution that [[Charles Albert of Sardinia]] conceded to the [[Kingdom of Sardinia (1720–1861)|Kingdom of Sardinia in Italy]] on 4 March 1848, political gatherings of more than ten people had become legal,{{sfn|Maiorino|2002|p=18}} and catchy songs like "Il Canto degli Italiani" could spread by [[word of mouth]].{{sfn|Maiorino|2002|p=18}} Patriots from the 10 December demonstration spread the hymn all over the [[Italian peninsula]].{{sfn|Maiorino|2002|p=18}} The hymn was very popular among the [[Italian people]] and the ranks of the Republican volunteers.{{sfn|Maiorino|2002|p=15}} It was commonly sung in most parts of Italy during demonstrations, protests and revolts as a symbol of the [[Italian unification]].{{sfn|Maiorino|2002|p=42}}

The Savoyard authorities censored the fifth strophe<ref name=quirinale/> to preserve [[diplomatic relations]] with the [[Austrians]]; but after the declaration of war against the [[Austrian Empire]] and the beginning of the [[First Italian War of Independence]] (1848–1849),{{sfn|Ridolfi|2003|p=147}} the soldiers and the Savoy military bands performed it so frequently that King Charles Albert was forced to withdraw all censorship.<ref name=lastampa>{{cite web|url=http://www.lastampa.it/2009/08/17/italia/cronache/come-nacque-linno-di-mameli-HUyiPKRNqytB60uIEisFnL/pagina.html|title=Come nacque l'inno di Mameli?|date=17 August 2009|access-date=30 November 2014|language=it}}</ref> The rebels sang "Il Canto degli Italiani" during the [[Five Days of Milan]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/divisi/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040923015642/http://www.radiomarconi.com/marconi/divisi/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=23 September 2004 |title=IL CANTO DEGLI ITALIANI: il significato |publisher=Radiomarconi.com |access-date=17 November 2013}}</ref> and at Charles Albert of Piedmont-Sardinia's promulgation of the ''Statuto Albertino'' (also in 1848).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.museotorino.it/view/s/b1f940d89239411db6495a43f124c8ef|title=Concessione e promulgazione dello Statuto Albertino|access-date=30 November 2014|language=it}}</ref> Volunteers for the brief [[Roman Republic (19th century)|Roman Republic]] (1849) sang it,{{sfn|Caddeo|1915|p=38}}<ref>{{cite web |date=14 February 2011 |title=L'inno della Repubblica Romana |trans-title=The Hymn of the Roman Republic |url=http://www.gruppolaico.it/2011/02/14/linno-della-repubblica-romana/ |access-date=30 November 2014 |website=Gruppo Laico di Ricerca: Associazione Culturale |language=it}}</ref> and [[Giuseppe Garibaldi]] hummed and whistled it during the defense of [[Rome]] and the flight to [[Venice]].{{sfn|Caddeo|1915|p=37}}