ITEM

Passa la Gil ! Item Info

Passa la Gil ! - item

Object ID:
demo_1526
Creator:
Odeon
Type of Sound:
Music
Lyrics Composer:
Aldo Scarpelli
Music Composer:
Angiolo Salocchi
Instruments:
Choir; Orchestra; Conductor
Type of Music:
March
Record Language:
Italian
Date:
1939
Identifier:
GO 19540
Linked Recording:
demo_1525
Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
Source:
Corriere Musicale Rassegna Fonografica, March 15, 1939
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).
Online Resources:
https://canzoneitaliana.it/en/canzone/passa-la-gil-en/
Performers:
Coro di Piccole italiane della R. Scuola T. Confalonieri di Milano Giuseppe Pettinato
Lyrics by:
Aldo Scarpelli
Music by:
Angiolo Salocchi
Instruments:
Choir Orchestra Conductor
Genre:
March
Sound Type:
Music
Recording Language:
Italian
Related Record:
demo_1525
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Passa la Gil !", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
Reference Link:
http://localhost:4000/items/demo_1526.html
Rights
Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights