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Italia ha vinto Item Info

Italia ha vinto - item

Object ID:
demo_0209
Creator:
La Voce del Padrone
Type of Sound:
Music
Music Composer:
Eugenio Mignone
Instruments:
Orchestra
Type of Music:
March
Date:
1936
Identifier:
HN 1061
Linked Recording:
demo_0210
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).  This song is part of the repertoire for the end of the Ethiopian War, which celebrates the Fascist colonial victory and encourages Italians to settle in the new Italian Empire in East Africa.
Online Resources:
https://canzoneitaliana.it/en/canzone/litalia-ha-vinto-4-en/
Performers:
Orchestra Eugenio Mignone
Music by:
Eugenio Mignone
Instruments:
Orchestra
Genre:
March
Sound Type:
Music
Related Record:
demo_0210
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Italia ha vinto", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
Reference Link:
http://localhost:4000/items/demo_0209.html
Rights
Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
Standardized Rights:
La Voce del Padrone, Catalogo generale, January 1, 1937