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Italy: Avanti Popolo! Forward People!

Various Artists
Italy: Avanti Popolo! Forward People!

This collection features protest songs and political ballads from the post-World War II years into the 1970s. The 17 songs were collected by researchers working for Il Canzoniere Italiano (The New Italian Song), the first politically oriented group that gathered songs about the Italian working class and used them as a cultural tool to promote unity among workers. The songs relate the increasing political awareness of the working class of the late 1960s and 1970s, and its continuous demand for basic rights and better working conditions.

Liner notes describe the origins of each track and its history, including lyrics from older folk songs that inspired them.

Track Listing

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Cicciu Busacca
03:15
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102
M. Corrado Zaccari and his brass band from Conselice
01:12
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103
Giovanna Daffini and Vittorio Carpi
04:22
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104
Rice-harvesters from Novellara, Reggio Emilia
02:09
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105
Calabrese immigrants squatting in Capital Square, Rome
02:49
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106
Ines Serventi, rice-harvester from Cremona, Lombardy
01:27
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107
Cappuccini Cooperative of Vercelli Women's Chorus
03:09
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108
Female workers from Crouzet factory in Milan
01:41
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109
Peppino Marotto
03:09
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110
Members of Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
01:35
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201
Rudi Assuntino
02:25
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202
Fausto Amodei
03:40
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203
Ivan Della Mea
03:42
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204
Gualtiero Bertelli
04:07
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205
Alfredo Bandelli
04:23
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206
Luisa Ronchini and Canzoniere Popolare Veneto
02:01
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207
Paolo Pietrangeli
03:23