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Object ID:
demo_1193
Creator:
Odeon
Type of Sound:
Music
Lyrics Composer:
Carlo Zangarini
Music Composer:
Giuseppe Pettinato
Instruments:
Tenor; Choir; Orchestra
Type of Music:
Hymn
Record Language:
Italian
Date:
1935
Identifier:
12447 GO
Linked Recording:
demo_1194
Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
Source:
Corriere Musicale Rassegna Fonografica, December 25 - January 25, 1936
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).
Online Resources:
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Performers:
Aldo Masseglia Società Corale Verdi
Lyrics by:
Carlo Zangarini
Music by:
Giuseppe Pettinato
Instruments:
Tenor Choir Orchestra
Genre:
Hymn
Sound Type:
Music
Recording Language:
Italian
Related Record:
demo_1194
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Diana d'Italia (Inno dell'Africa Orientale)", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
Reference Link:
http://localhost:4000/items/demo_1193.html
Rights
Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
Standardized Rights:
Dischi Odeon, Catologo generale, March 1, 1939
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