INNO D'ITALIA The score of "The legend of the Piave" piece composed in 1918 by the master Ermete Giovanni Gaeta (known with the pseudonym of EA Mario) is one of the most famous Italian patriotic songs. It served as the Italian national anthem from 1943 to 1946; alternating with the Royal March (which was then judged inappropriate given that the royals had favored the establishment of fascism) before the Mameli anthem was definitively adopted. Italy; Naples 1918