ITEM
La Canzone di Maria Uva Item Info
La Canzone di Maria Uva - item
- Object ID:
- demo_0174
- Creator:
- La Voce del Padrone
- Type of Sound:
- Music
- Lyrics Composer:
- Enrico Frati
- Music Composer:
- Dino Olivieri
- Instruments:
- Tenor; Choir; Orchestra
- Type of Music:
- Song
- Record Language:
- Italian
- Date:
- 1937
- Identifier:
- HN 1291
- Linked Recording:
- demo_0173
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Description:
- This recording is part of a vast propaganda repertoire of popular songs designed to accompany the political preparation and conduct of the Second Italo-Ethiopian Conflict, followed by the victory of Fascist troops and the founding of the Italian Empire in East Africa. These songs evoke this colonial war and its finality, using a wide range of modes and themes. In addition to the war and the Fascist martyrs, many of these songs assert the legitimacy of Italian colonization of Ethiopia, and more broadly of East Africa, presenting it in particular as a liberating and civilizing mission carried out among indigenous populations who were allegedly enslaved by the Emperor of Ethiopia, the Negus Haile Selassie. Throughout this repertoire, colonized populations are the subject of racist representations. When they evoke the "African woman", these racist representations also become sexual (see Gianpaolo Chiriacò, "Afrovocality – Ethiopia in 1930 Italian Popular Music", https://afrovocality.com/eirpop/ethiopia-in-1930-italian-popular-music/, accessed on February 12, 2025). Maria Uva, a French national of Italian origin living in Egypt, became famous in Italy and among the soldiers leaving for the Ethiopian war for celebrating and encouraging them on their journey through the Suez Canal. She was nicknamed "la Madonnina dei legionari", embodying a protective, maternal figure.
- Online Resources:
- https://canzoneitaliana.it/en/canzone/la-canzone-di-maria-uva-en/
- Performers:
- Franco Capaldo Orchestra Gino Dover
- Lyrics by:
- Enrico Frati
- Music by:
- Dino Olivieri
- Instruments:
- Tenor Choir Orchestra
- Genre:
- Song
- Sound Type:
- Music
- Recording Language:
- Italian
- Related Record:
- demo_0173
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "La Canzone di Maria Uva ", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
- Reference Link:
- http://localhost:4000/items/demo_0174.html
Rights
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Standardized Rights:
- La Voce del Padrone, Catalogo generale, November 1, 1937