The Inno Nazionale is the national anthem of the European microstate San Marino. It was written by Federico Consolo, a Sammarinese violinist and composer, and adopted as the national anthem in 1894. What is unique is that this national anthem does not have lyrics, and is therefore called simply Inno Nazionale (Ital. National anthem). A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... The violin is a bowed stringed musical instrument that has four strings tuned a perfect fifth apart, the lowest being the G just below middle C. It is the smallest and highest-tuned member of the violin family of string instruments, which also includes the viola and cello. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... 1894 (MDCCCXCIV) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Italian ( , or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 70 million people primarily in Italy. ...

Link to the mp3-MIDI-version of the Sammarinese national anthem: http://www.mobilemine.net/San_Marino/Anthem_Of_San_Marino-0_1783002.mp3