ITEM
Saluto al Duce ! Item Info
Saluto al Duce ! - item
- Object ID:
- demo_0172
- Creator:
- La Voce del Padrone
- Type of Sound:
- Music
- Lyrics Composer:
- Vittorio Emanuele Bravetta
- Music Composer:
- Ezio Carabella
- Instruments:
- Tenor; Orchestra; Choir
- Type of Music:
- Hymn
- Record Language:
- Italian
- Date:
- 1937
- Identifier:
- HN 1253
- Linked Recording:
- demo_0171
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Description:
- This recording belongs to a repertoire of hymns and marches representing the Fascist youth institution Opera Nazionale Balilla (ONB), founded in 1926 and replaced by the "Gioventù Italiana del Littorio" in 1937. The ONB's various branches divided up young Italian boys and girls aged 8 to 18, providing them with Fascist cultural, political, physical and military training. Regarded as the future of the regime, especially from a military perspective, the children had to be exemplary in their devotion to Italy and to Benito Mussolini, in order to form a united patriotic and Fascist community. It is probably to achieve this goal that the songs representing the various male and female branches of the ONB are often performed by children's choirs, trained in schools mostly located in Milan, the city from which the Fascist movement developed (see Antonio Gibelli, "Opera Nazionale Balilla", in Victoria De Grazia & Sergio Luzzatto (eds), Dizionario del fascismo. Vol. 2, L-Z, Milano, Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, 2019, p. 267-271). 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:
- https://canzoneitaliana.it/en/canzone/saluto-al-duce-en/
- Performers:
- Mario Cavagnis Orchestra Dino Olivieri
- Lyrics by:
- Vittorio Emanuele Bravetta
- Music by:
- Ezio Carabella
- Instruments:
- Tenor Orchestra Choir
- Genre:
- Hymn
- Sound Type:
- Music
- Recording Language:
- Italian
- Related Record:
- demo_0171
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Saluto al Duce !", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
- Reference Link:
- http://localhost:4000/items/demo_0172.html
Rights
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Standardized Rights:
- La Voce del Padrone, Catalogo generale, November 1, 1937