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Carmina Burana is a cantata composed in 1935 and 1936 by Carl Orff, based on 24 poems from the medieval collection Carmina Burana.Its full Latin title is Carmina Burana: Cantiones profanae cantoribus et choris cantandae comitantibus instrumentis atque imaginibus magicis ("Songs of Beuern: Secular songs for singers and choruses to be sung together with instruments and magical images").
The Workers' Hymn was commissioned by the first exponents of Italian socialism, particularly Costantino Lazzari, future secretary of the Italian Socialist Party. [3] Lazzari, then leader of the Italian Workers' Party, wanted an anthem to inaugurate the standard of the League of Children of Labour (Lega dei Figli del Lavoro), [1] [2] a Milanese association of manual workers that advocated for ...
"Santa Lucia" (Italian: [ˈsanta luˈtʃiːa], Neapolitan: [ˈsandə luˈʃiːə]) is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) from Neapolitan into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849, during the first stage of the Italian unification.
The "Marcia Reale d'Ordinanza" (Italian pronunciation: [ˈmartʃa reˈaːle dordiˈnantsa]; "Royal March of Ordinance"), or "Fanfara Reale" (Italian: [faɱˈfaːra reˈaːle]; "Royal Fanfare"), was the official national anthem of the Kingdom of Italy between 1861 and 1946. [1]
In 2006, Italian singer Laura Pausini covered the song for her album Io canto, dueting with Colombian recording artist Juanes. Pausini and Juanes recorded the song both in Italian and Spanish. [17] [18] The Italian-language version of the song peaked at number 25 on the FIMI Top Digital Downloads in November 2006. [19]
Nino Oxilia (1889–1917), author of the lyrics of the hymn Musician Giuseppe Blanc (1886–1969), in the years before World War I. The author of the text was 19-year-old student Nino Oxilia, a future crepuscular poet, who, along with the writing of the hymn, was known for his celebrated goliardic past: he was, in fact, a prominent member of the A.T.U. (Associazione Torinese Universitaria ...
"Il Canto degli Italiani" (Italian: [il ˈkanto deʎʎ(i) itaˈljaːni]; [1] transl. "The Song of the Italians") is a patriotic song written by Goffredo Mameli and set to music by Michele Novaro in 1847, [2] currently used as the national anthem of Italy.
The song's composition was inspired by a long and much-publicized Battisti's and Mogol's horseback riding trip from Milan to Rome. [1] [2] According to Battisti, it 'expressed the sense of discovery, of wonder, of freedom that Mogol and I found venturing through meadows, hills, and rivers, as if we were seeing nature for the first time.' [1]