Italy in Music: From Opera to Rock

4.0 credits

This course explores Italy through its music, examining how art, politics, culture, and society are interwoven. We will study Verdi’s operas and his contribution to the unification of Italy, discover Neapolitan song traditions, and analyze war songs. Additionally, we will examine Fascism, music, and propaganda; musicarelli (musical films); the Sanremo Music Festival (the song contest that inspired Eurovision) during the economic boom; Ennio Morricone’s film scores (with a focus on Spaghetti Westerns); and contemporary Italian rap and rock.