Oreste Sindici was an Italian

Italy

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-born Colombia

Colombia

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n musician

Musician

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 and composer

Composer

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. He was the composer of the music of the Colombian national anthem in 1887.

He was born in Ceccano

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 (Province of Frosinone

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) and then he studied in the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia

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 at Rome

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.

He arrived to Bogotá

Bogotá

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 in 1865 as a singer with an opera

Opera

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 company. He lived and worked as a musician in Colombia until his death. In 1887 he was asked to compose the music of a poem wrote by Rafael Núñez

Rafael Núñez (politician)

Rafael Wenceslao Núñez Moledo was a Colombian author, lawyer, journalist and politician, who was elected President of Colombia in 1880 and in 1884. Rafael Núñez was born in Cartagena de Indias, on September 28, 1825. He died in Cartagena on September 18, 1894.-Early life:Little is known about the...

. The song was released on November 11, 1887 in the commemoration of the Independence of Cartagena de Indias. In 1920 this song officially became the Colombian national anthem.

Oreste Sindici died in Bogotá on January 12, 1904 due to severe arteriosclerosis. In 1937 the Colombian government honored his memory.