{{Infobox song | name = Signore delle cime | cover = Veduta gruppo dello Schiara dal monte Serva.jpg | alt = | caption = View of Schiara Group from Mount Serva | type = | artist = I Crodaioli Choir | album = | EP = | language = Italian | English_title = Lord of the Mountain Tops | written = 1958 | published = 1958 | released = | format = | recorded = | studio = | venue = | genre = | length = | label = | writer = Bepi De Marzi | composer = | lyricist = | producer = | prev_title = | prev_year = | title = | next_title = | next_year = }}
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'''Signore delle cime''' ("Lord of the Mountain Tops") is a popular Italian song of prayer.<ref name=blog>{{cite web |url=https://gaetanolopresti.blog/2009/05/28/signore-delle-cime-il-canto-preghiera-di-bepi-de-marzi/ |title=Cime, il canto-preghiera di Bepi De Marzi |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=it}}</ref> It was written by Bepi De Marzi in 1958,<ref name=blog/> when he was 23 years old: he dedicated the song to his friend Bepi Bertagnoli who died in 1951<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rifugiobertagnoli.it/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=47&Itemid=60 |title=Un po' di storia |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=it}}</ref> while climbing Mount Gramolon in the upper Valle del Chiampo.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.messaggerosantantonio.it/messaggero/pagina_articolo.asp?IDX=997IDRX=98: |title=Signore delle cime quarantacinque anni fa |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=it}}</ref>
== History == The song became very popular and was translated into many languages. The song is performed every year at the festival of the ''Adunata Nazionale degli Alpini'', which since 1920 has usually been celebrated annually in mid-May.
The simplicity of the song and its great emotional impact have ensured its inclusion in the repertoire of many polyphonic choirs, such as ''I Crodaioli'' of Arzignano, founded by de Marzi. The simple melody is accompanied by traditional harmonies and combined with a text that represents feeling, popular piety and Christian devotion.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ana.it/page/un-applauso-al-signore-delle-cime |title=Un applauso al Signore delle cime |access-date=15 October 2020 |language=it}}</ref>
== Text == The song is composed in 2 strophes or verses: * in the first verse, de Marzi and the choir pray God to let Bepi Bertagnoli enter Paradise, and allow him to climb Heaven's mountains; * in the second verse, they also pray the Virgin Mary to cover their friend with her soft white cloak before taking him to Heaven;
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==External links== *{{cite web |url=http://www3.corpoforestale.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/1616 |title=Sito del Corpo Forestale dello Stato |access-date=15 October 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121205014151/http://www3.corpoforestale.it/flex/cm/pages/ServeBLOB.php/L/IT/IDPagina/1616# |archive-date= 5 December 2012 |url-status=dead }}
Category:Italian songs Category:Religious songs Category:Culture in Veneto