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Inno dei Balilla Item Info

Inno dei Balilla - item

Object ID:
demo_0823
Creator:
Columbia
Type of Sound:
Music
Lyrics Composer:
Vittorio Emanuele Bravetta
Music Composer:
Giuseppe Blanc
Instruments:
Tenor; Choir; Orchestra
Type of Music:
Hymn
Record Language:
Italian
Date:
1933 ?
Identifier:
DQ 114
Linked Recording:
demo_0824
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). The record on which this is recorded belongs to a collection of small-sized records. It is intended for children.
Online Resources:
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Performers:
Giovanni Assante
Lyrics by:
Vittorio Emanuele Bravetta
Music by:
Giuseppe Blanc
Instruments:
Tenor Choir Orchestra
Genre:
Hymn
Sound Type:
Music
Recording Language:
Italian
Related Record:
demo_0824
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Inno dei Balilla", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
Reference Link:
http://localhost:4000/items/demo_0823.html
Rights
Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
Standardized Rights:
Dischi Columbia, December 1933-July 1934