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Cittaducale (RI), 2011. La Banda del Corpo forestale dello Stato suona nel corso della cerimonia per il 106° anniversario di fondazione
della Scuola di Cittaducale. Nell’occasione, i musicisti indossano l’uniforme storica che si rifà alla tradizione uniformologica del Corpo,
recuperando alcuni elementi come il verde delle cordelline e il caratteristico cappello alpino “a bombetta” di feltro di colore nero.

testi particolari quali la basilica di Collemaggio a l’Aqui- liclinico Umberto I di Roma, sono, tra gli altri, “Stelu-
la (prima del terremoto del 2009), l’Auditorium di Santa tis alpinis”, “Foresta”, “Signore delle cime”, “Nel silenzio
Cecilia, la Scuola di Cittaducale e in occasione degli au- dei sentieri”, nonché la Preghiera del Forestale.
guri di natale ai bambini del reparto oncologico del Po- Ten. Col. Nicolò Giordano

The Band of the Forestry corps, from

the royal Forestry corps until today

he State Forestry Corps does not boast a the occasion of the 180th anniversary of its founda-
long-lived band and music tradition. tion, the marching band wore for the first time the
T After the First World War, in 1926, the Royal ceremonial uniform, inspired by the uniform worn
Forestry Corps was transformed into the National at the beginning of the 20th century: a blue jacket,
Forestry Militia. Shortly afterwards, in order to im- grey trousers with a green stripe, and a black Alpine
prove the training activities, the first marching band, bowler hat.
recruited on a voluntary basis, started to play at the The Choir of the Forestry deserves a proper men-
Forestry School of Cittaducale (Rieti). tion. It was established in 1979; since 2000 it has ex-
After World War II, starting from 1948, the re-es- perienced a new impetus with the inclusion of wom-
tablished State Forestry Corps had to work hard en as well. The choir has a repertoire that includes
to remedy the damage caused by the war on Italian pieces from the Alpine tradition, mainly from Trenti-
forests, so it was only in 1962 no and from the Italian choral
that the Corps had its march- tradition, partly reworked for
ing band, present ever since mixed voices.
at major events such as the The most famous ones are,
Mountain Day, the Republic among others, Stelutis alpin-
Day, and the anniversary of is, Forest, Lord of the peaks, In
the foundation of the Corps the silence of the paths and the
(15 October). In 2002, on Prayer of the Forestry Corps.