Music And Facism Flashcards
What was the main music country to be effected by fascism?
Italy
Where was the birthplace of opera?
Italy
What language do most operas use?
Italian
Give examples of Italian vocabulary to describe music?
Allegro, crescendo, diminuendo, tempi, legato
Who was the most successful opera composer?
Giacomo Puccini, 1858-1924
What took over opera during the facist regime?
Cinema
What is Puccinis most famous song?
Nessun Dorma
What was different about Nessun dorma?
It was aimed to be mass produced on a 78rpm disk
Who dominated Italian operatic tradition from the 19th century?
Giuseppe Verdi
What was different about Italian opera?
Very formal, dominated by conventions
Why did the big business of opera fail after Puccini and Verdi?
Successor not found, no one good enough to fill their shoes
Who influenced Italian fascism the most?
Gabrielle D’Anninzio
What was D’Annunzio?
Poet, novelist, pkaywright, politician, soldier said to be the inventor of fascism
What did D’Annunzio help create?
Rediscovery of old Italian music e.g Monteverdi 1567-1643
What is the only peice of music to have survived from fascist Italy?
Pines of Rome, by Ottorino Respighi
When did Mussolini take power over Italy?
October 1922
What was different to Mussolini’s approach to music?
No stylistic restraints like Stalin or hitler instead promotion of the Italian image abroad
How did Mussolini promote the Italian image?
Threw money at Italian arts organisations, opera houses new festivals in Venice and Florence
What do modernists composers do?
Ally them selves with the Regime
What happened to Pizzetti Debora e Jaele?
not played after composer death, represents D’Annunzian opera, shows lack of continuation of opera
Which fascist composer campaigned against anti semitism?
Luigi Dallapiccola
What phrase demonstrated Mussolini’s stance towards Italian fascism?
Andare Verso Il Popolo, Go towards the people
Why is a new composer not found to opera?
New composers didn’t want to follow the bourgeois model
