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The Messa da Requiem for Manzoni is given in Milan on 22 May 1874 as a completed civic memorial

Dated 22 May 1874: The Messa da Requiem for Manzoni is given in Milan on 22 May 1874 as a completed civic memorial. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

Sources: [1][2]

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Shared singers, church, and city officers remain named. It is not an opera night and not a unique piety coefficient.

Context

Manzoni’s death is the occasion, not Verdi’s autograph of I promessi sposi. A public mass for a national novelist is a cohesion path.

Giuseppe Verdi’s documented role is bounded by other offices and collaborators named in the sources below.

Lived 1813–1901. Impresarios, librettists, censors, khedival officers, and Ricordi share the public file. Va pensiero’s later nationalist reception is not stored as his revolutionary act. Complex contribution is required.

Why it matters

It is not a later recording industry.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Giuseppe Verdi

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.4 · verified

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactThe Messa da Requiem for Manzoni is given in Milan on 22 May 1874 as a completed civic memorial
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.5 · Effect from 22 May 1874 · verified

    It is not a later recording industry.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.23 (weight 0.5 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.Britannica — Giuseppe VerdiEncyclopaedia Britannica · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.Teatro alla Scala — house heritage of Verdi premieresTeatro alla Scala · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

Britannica and Milan house histories print 22 May 1874 as the first performance of the Requiem commemorating Alessandro Manzoni.

Britannica and La Scala independently describe the 1874 Requiem.

Established: 22 May 1874 Milan performance. Not established: unique later-nationalism coefficients from the mass.

Giuseppe Verdi did not file a later UNESCO form, a later Loeb colophon, or a later museum label as a personal act. Keep 1874 distinct from the Senate nomination the same year.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorGiuseppe Verdi
  2. contributed toFactThe Messa da Requiem for Manzoni is given in Milan on 22 May 1874 as a completed civic memorial
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). The Messa da Requiem for Manzoni is given in Milan on 22 May 1874 as a completed civic memorial. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-requiem-1874

https://factrail.ai/facts/gv-requiem-1874

Accessed 15 October 2026.

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