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Object ID:
demo_1738
Creator:
Cristallo
Type of Sound:
Music
Lyrics Composer:
Peppino Mendes
Music Composer:
Eldo Di Lazzaro
Instruments:
Tenor; Orchestra; Choir
Type of Music:
Fox One-step
Record Language:
Italian
Date:
1936
Identifier:
15561
Linked Recording:
demo_1739
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).
Online Resources:
http://id.sbn.it/bid/DDS0205645
Lyrics by:
Peppino Mendes
Music by:
Eldo Di Lazzaro
Instruments:
Tenor Orchestra Choir
Genre:
Fox One-step
Sound Type:
Music
Recording Language:
Italian
Related Record:
demo_1739
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Carovane del Tigrai", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
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http://localhost:4000/items/demo_1738.html
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Rights:
metadata-only record, please check the publication for rights
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