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In the late 1980s, owing to the growth in popularity of so-called World Music - especially the success of the Bulgarian polyphonic choral recordings of the album Le Mystère des Voix Bulgares - Corsican artists such as Voce di Corsica began to record music for the international market. Attempts to appeal to this market had a major effect on ...
He was a supporter of the union of Corsica to Italy and defended irredentist ideals. He actively collaborated with Italian forces in Corsica during the first months of 1943. In the island he worked with Petru Giovacchini (the possible governor of Corsica if the Axis had won the war). Cristofini, as head of the Ajaccio troops, helped the Italian ...
A Filetta (Corsican pronunciation: [a fiˈletta], lit. ' The Fern ') is an all-male singing group that performs traditional music from Corsica.It's made up of Corsican singers who try to popularize the traditional Corsican Polyphony singing style.
Corsica (/ ˈ k ɔːr s ɪ k ə / KOR-sik-ə; Corsican: [ˈkorsiɡa, ˈkɔrsika]; Italian: Corsica; French: Corse ⓘ) [3] is an island in the Mediterranean Sea and one of the 18 regions of France. It is the fourth-largest island in the Mediterranean and lies southeast of the French mainland , west of the Italian Peninsula and immediately north ...
In the history of France, since the Conquest of Corsica, the Corsicans were the national ethnic group most involved in armed forces in proportion to their population. After the French Conquest of Corsica , many Corsicans refusing the French yoke took up arms, harassing the new authorities.
The "Porta dei Genovesi" in Bonifacio, a city where some inhabitants still speak a Genoese dialect. The Corsican revolutionary Pasquale Paoli was called "the precursor of Italian irredentism" by Niccolò Tommaseo because he was the first to promote the Italian language and socio-culture (the main characteristics of Italian irredentism) in his island; Paoli wanted the Italian language to be the ...
Pages in category "Music of Corsica" The following 4 pages are in this category, out of 4 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. ...
Dio vi salvi Regina (santino) Dio vi salvi Regina (Italian for "God save you Queen") is a Corsican folk song.It is considered the de facto "national anthem" of Corsica.It is customarily sung it at the end of concerts of Corsican folk music.