ITEM
Inno del Decennale Item Info
Inno del Decennale - item
- Object ID:
- demo_0084
- Creator:
- La Voce del Padrone
- Type of Sound:
- Music
- Lyrics Composer:
- Gavino Gabriel
- Music Composer:
- Umberto Giordano
- Type of Music:
- Hymn
- Record Language:
- Italian
- Date:
- 1933
- Identifier:
- R 11035
- Linked Recording:
- demo_0083
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Description:
- Inno del Decennale" celebrates the 10th anniversary of the rise to power of Benito Mussolini and the National Fascist Party. Written by Sardinian musicologist and director of the Discoteca di Stato Gavino Gabriel, and composed by Umberto Giordano, it brings together all the clichés of the Fascist imaginary (Romanità, heroism, martyrdom, empire) and glorifies "Italian civilization". Referring to Benito Mussolini, this recording is part of a cult of the Fascist leader's personality and disseminates the myth surrounding him (Mussolinismo). The charismatic leader of Italian Fascism and the regime he embodied, Mussolini, nicknamed "Duce" (he who guides), was portrayed as a heroic man, father of the nation, superior in his capacity for work and far-sightedness. His imagination describes him as the "New Man", whose creation from the Italian people is the main objective of the work of regeneration that characterizes Fascist ideology. The manifestation of Italians' love for the Duce is a recurrent theme of propaganda, with the head of government virtually occupying the place of God in the political religion (mass rituals, Fascist faith) that is Fascism in power (see Alessandro Campi, "Mussolinismo", in Victoria De Grazia & Sergio Luzzatto (eds), Dizionario del fascismo. Vol. 2, L-Z, Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2019, p. 200-204).
- Online Resources:
- -
- Performers:
- Società Corale Verdi Proff. Orchestra Scala Umberto Giordano
- Lyrics by:
- Gavino Gabriel
- Music by:
- Umberto Giordano
- Genre:
- Hymn
- Sound Type:
- Music
- Recording Language:
- Italian
- Related Record:
- demo_0083
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Inno del Decennale", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
- Reference Link:
- http://localhost:4000/items/demo_0084.html
Rights
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Standardized Rights:
- La Voce del Padrone, Catalogo generale, October 1, 1933