Towards Political and Musical Renewal
Towards Political and Musical Renewal
The Other Idea of Communism
Giacomo Manzoni is one of Italy's most renowned composers and also a sought-after composition teacher. From 1958 to 1967 he was the music critic of the daily newspaper of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) L'Unità. This chapter recounts the appeal exerted by communism in the immediate aftermath of World War Two, the emergence in Italy of a view that the conquest of new territory in art was entirely consistent with socialist ideas, and the initiatives taken by the PCI to bring culturally marginalised communities into contact with all kinds of music. It concludes with critical comments about the path taken by the PCI following the fall of the Soviet Union, and the consequent demise of the prospects for realising a free and humane communism in Italy.
Keywords: Giacomo Manzoni, communism, PCI, avant-garde, L'Unità, Soviet Union, Zhdanov, socialist realism, Che Guevara, Italy
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