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Object ID:
demo_1797
Creator:
La Voce del Padrone
Type of Sound:
Music
Lyrics Composer:
Lucchi
Music Composer:
Raoul Casadei
Instruments:
Tenor; Orchestra
Type of Music:
Song
Record Language:
Italian
Date:
1935 ?
Identifier:
GW 1169
Linked Recording:
demo_1796
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/DDS0203055
Performers:
Giovanni Fantini Orchestra Casadei
Lyrics by:
Lucchi
Music by:
Raoul Casadei
Instruments:
Tenor Orchestra
Genre:
Song
Sound Type:
Music
Recording Language:
Italian
Related Record:
demo_1796
Source
Preferred Citation:
"Scende la sera", REDIRE Database, Bonn Center for Digital Humanities (BCDH)
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http://localhost:4000/items/demo_1797.html
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Rights:
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