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Italian music of fascist period (1923-1943)

In this section are presented Italian songs recorded before 1943. Most are transferred from grammophon disks from private collections and were never released on CD or released in mediocre quality.

The songs presented can help researches to build musical panorama of fascist Italy.

Dates of recordings in some cases are approximate, these especially regards recordings for Societa Italiana di Fonotipia.

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Contents: Songs about World War I (1914-1918) • Light Italian songs of '20, '30 e '40 • Neapolitan songs • Songs of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-36) • Song of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39) • Songs of World War II (1939-1945) • Songs about labour • Other hymns and marches • Operatic arias

Songs about World War I (1914-1918)

Light Italian songs of '20, '30 e '40

Dicitencello vuie (Fusco – Falvo) • Tell ye
La mia canzone al vento (Bixio – Cherubini) • My song to the wind
Serenata medioevale (Cimmino – Silvestri) • Medieval serenade
Terra lontana (Cherubini – Bixio) • Far land
Scrivimi (Frati – Raimondo) • Write me
Luna malinconica (Bracchi – Rodgers) • Blue moon
Violino tzigano (Bixio – Cherubini) • Gipsy violin
Dimenticatemi (R. Zagari – Frati) • Forget me
Chitarra sconsolata (A. R. Borella) • Upset guitar

Neapolitan songs

Core ‘ngrato (Cordiferro – Cardillo) • Unfaithful heart
’A canzone ’e Napule (Bovio – De Curtis) • Song of Napoli
’O sole mio (Capurro – di Capua) • My sun
Santa Lucia luntana (E. A. Mario) • Faraway Santa Lucia

Songs of the Second Italo-Ethiopian War (1935-36)

Ti saluto! (vado in Abissinia!) (Pinki – Oldrati Rossi) • Saluting you! (Going to Abyssinia!)
Carovane del Tigrai (Mendes – Di Lazzaro) • Caravans of Tigrai
Faccetta nera (Micheli – Ruccione) • Black face
Cara mamma (C. Bruno – Di Lazzaro) • Dear mother
La canzone della vittoria (D. Forina – Pellegrino) • Song of victory
In Africa si va (Frati – Raimondo) • We're going to Africa
Italia, in piedi! (De Biasio – Olivieri) • Stand up, Italy!
Sul lago Tana (Di Lazzaro) • On the Tana lake
Ritorna il legionario (Ciavarro – Pellegrino) • Legionary is returning
La canzone dell'Africa (Gargiulo – Falvo) • Song about Africa

Song of the Spanish Civil War (1936-39)

Cara al sol (J. A. Primo de Rivera – Tellería) • Facing the sun
Spagnolita (Micheli – Ruccione) • Spanish woman

Songs of World War II (1939-1945)

Battaglioni "M" (D'Alba – Pellegrino) • Battalions "M"
Buonanotte, mamma! (Frati – W. Bochmann) • Goodnight, mother
Caro papà (T. Manlio – Filippini) • Dear father
O Malta (Frati – Consiglio) • Oh Malta
Mediterraneo (V. E. Bravetta – Blanc) • Mediterranean