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Popular song, civil unrest, dreams. St. Anne's Church, Old Town, Taranto

Via Porto, 5-9, 74123 Taranto, Italy

A 4-minute field recording by Alessandro Altavilla made in Taranto, Italy on 20 December 2013, in the night. Soundscape: construction & industry, protests & demonstrations and street music & buskers.

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Popular song, civil unrest, dreams. St. Anne's Church, Old Town, Taranto
3:55Public Domain Markby Alessandro AltavillaInternet Archive
3:55

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Recordist's notes

Opening of an exhibition space in St. Anne's church, in the old town of Taranto, Southern Italy. The band plays "Brigante se more" by Musicaviva, popular song composed in 1979. This song is about Brigandage in the Two Sicilies after unity of Italy in 1861. Nowdays this song is often used as hymn in demonstration of social uprest against state's politics. The lyrcs are modified by the singer to reflect the current socio-economic situation in Taranto, Southern Italy, particularly strangled by the industrial pole nearby, which causes environmental damage and uncertain and unsafe jobs.

Written by Alessandro Altavilla on radio aporee ::: maps.

About the place

Taranto is a city of about 198,585 people in Apulia, Italy. OttoAnna lists 9 field recordings from here.

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