La Mantovana

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La Mantovana is a 16th-century Italian folk melody that became widely influential across Europe and later served as the musical basis for several national and folk anthems.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
La Mantovana canonical 3
Ballo di Mantova 1
Ballo di Mantua 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (42)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Italian song
Renaissance music piece
folk melody
associatedWith Italian Renaissance culture
linked to: Renaissance Italy
circulatedIn Central Europe
Eastern Europe
Western Europe
countryOfOrigin Italy
firstDocumentedIn late 16th century
genre Renaissance music
folk music
hasAlternativeName Ballo di Mantova
linked to: La Mantovana

Ballo di Mantua
linked to: La Mantovana

Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi dal questo cielo
Fuggi, fuggi, fuggi dal questo cielo tiranno
Mantovana
linked to: La Mantovana
hasCharacteristic simple memorable tune
stepwise descending melody
hasCulturalImpact contributed to shared European melodic repertoire
served as melodic model for Hatikvah
hasMusicalForm dance tune
hasMusicalKey minor mode
hasTitle La Mantovana
inception 16th century
influenced Bedrich Smetana – Vltava
European folk melodies
Hatikvah
Polish national anthem
influencedGenre art music
folk song traditions
national anthems
language Italian
namedAfter Mantua
notableFor melodic pattern reused in national anthems
wide influence across Europe
period Renaissance
placeOfOrigin Mantua
usedAsBasisFor Hatikvah
Mazurek Dabrowskiego
Vltava
linked to: Vltava River

various folk anthems
various national anthems

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hatikvah musicAdaptedFrom La Mantovana
The Hope basedOnMelodyOf La Mantovana
La Mantovana hasTitle La Mantovana
La Mantovana hasAlternativeName Ballo di Mantova
linked to: La Mantovana
La Mantovana hasAlternativeName Ballo di Mantua
linked to: La Mantovana
La Mantovana hasAlternativeName Mantovana
linked to: La Mantovana