ITEM
Inno a Roma Item Info
Inno a Roma - item
- Object ID:
- demo_0194
- Creator:
- La Voce del Padrone
- Type of Sound:
- Music
- Lyrics Composer:
- Fausto Salvatori
- Music Composer:
- Giacomo Puccini
- Instruments:
- Choir; Orchestra
- Type of Music:
- Hymn
- Record Language:
- Italian
- Date:
- 1936
- Identifier:
- HN 1060
- Linked Recording:
- demo_0193
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Description:
- Composed in 1918 by Giacomo Puccini, "Inno a Roma" became a vehicle for celebrating the Italian capital during the "ventennio". As the former capital of the Roman Empire, of which it preserves many vestiges, Rome was the object of a myth and a cult of "Romanity" ("romanità"), because of its embodiment of the history, symbols and values of the ancient empire (military power, heroism, imperialism, grandeur, glory), elements on which the Fascist regime based its own symbolic apparatus and national imaginary. From the early 1920s, the city was remodeled to showcase the Roman ruins, at the cost of destroying part of its later architectural heritage. Linking the Colosseum to Piazza Venezia, from which Benito Mussolini worked and delivered some of the most important speeches of the Fascist period, the "Via dell'Impero" (today's "Via dei Fori Imperiali"), laid out between 1924 and 1932 to better showcase the many sites that line it, is an eloquent testimony to this highly symbolic urban policy. In Fascist discography, "Inno a Roma" is most often accompanied by a propaganda recording.
- Online Resources:
- https://canzoneitaliana.it/en/canzone/inno-a-roma-en/
- Performers:
- Coro di Piccole Italiane della Scuola di Viale Mugello Orchestra Dino Olivieri
- Lyrics by:
- Fausto Salvatori
- Music by:
- Giacomo Puccini
- Instruments:
- Choir Orchestra
- Genre:
- Hymn
- Sound Type:
- Music
- Recording Language:
- Italian
- Related Record:
- demo_0193
Source
- Preferred Citation:
- "Inno a Roma", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
- Reference Link:
- http://localhost:4000/items/demo_0194.html
Rights
- Rights:
- metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
- Standardized Rights:
- La Voce del Padrone, Catalogo generale, January 1, 1937