ITALIAN CULTURE

To write about politics on italian Songs is as to write about Modern history of italy justfrom unification of the nation “Italy”.  In the mind of all the world there are still the images of the film “SiSSI“, where the Imperator, together her ‘Sissi” received by Scala di Milano, in 1855, with a ‘coro‘ o protest versus the Austria’s Empire politics in Milan, and its big tragedy about the ‘5 days of Milan‘, where austrian’s army shots to the manifestants and made 100 mureders. It was 1848, but after many years milan’s citizens won’t believes; the ‘protest’ was been stoic. the Italian’s noblity made go to the teathre his servants with insctuructions to be more absoudes possibles. At the end of ‘opera’, that coudl be remember the patriotism of italian they been ‘bombarded’ by fleurs greens, whites and reds, as the color of ‘new italian flag’. Te song was ‘marcia trionfale del’Aida’, from opera ‘aida’, of Giuseppe Verdi, that was been on of ‘fondatours fathers of italy, a big patriot, as you can read here. .  The history of ‘italian political song‘, is a consequence of many years of invasions from all european’s peoples…

hi to all the world. I’m very happy to annunce to all the world that finished to write about the “Storic italian song-writers” De Gregori, Dalla, De Andrè and Venditti were been the most important italian song-writers of ’70’s, ’80’s and ’90’s. Only after ’90’s. pthers artist becamoes famouse as song-writers in Italy, because these 4 are too famouse to leave free place for new artists…. De Gregori, in these ast days pubblished a new album: Read the rest of this entry »

PAGANINI, Niccolò borns in Genoa, in 1782, his studies violin and guitar mandolin. He has only 12 years old when starts to plays concerts writes form himself, to pay his musicians studies, his family wasn’t rich. He has 18 when he is knows in all North Italy, but His fame as a violinist was only matched by his reputation as a gambler and womanizer. It’s only in 1821 Niccolò Paganini plays in Vienna, and, after, becames famous in all Europe.
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In the image in the image below, the famous violin ‘Cannone’, preferred by Paganini, now in Genoa, Italy

NOMADI (Nomads) is a rock group founded in ‘63 from a singer, Augusto Daolio, the keyboarder, Beppe Carletti and battery, Manfredini. It is still in tour… it’s one of most loved italian group. In ’60’s were an icon-group of freedom and of ‘culture revolution’, as the others in all ‘west world’. Theirs songs calls about long airs, freedom, California, dreams and love, in ‘69 a particular song ‘Dio è morto’ ‘God died’ changes their career. Here the complete review of that song and Nomadi Group’s career( 10 videos)

SAN REMO Music Festival this year stars 23 february, for 5 soireès you can go to the theatre for 625 euros, the Fests is a competitions between songs. the best one will be reward with.. nothing! But, of course if You thing that 10, 15 and final night will be 20 million of Italians to see that manifestaation you can understand that if who’ll win, after that sell many many discos. last 10-15 years th dico more sell is ‘compilation’ of the al songs plays in the Festival. ll best singers start to sing in Sanremo fest. Celentano, Mina, Battisti, Laura Pausini, Eros Ramazzotti , Vasco Rossi. and the others. That years as the others will wait tht manifettion, with his singers, the show men , show women an the gossip… Sanremo si near genoa, in the border with France and Montecarlo and is on of most important social, populr national manifestation.