Verdi's Va' pensiero is Our Own Song: An Anthropological Introduction to the World of Istrian Exiles

• Autores: Chiara Bertoglio
• Localización: Trans : Transcultural Music Review = Revista Transcultural de Música, ISSN-e 1697-0101, Nº. 13, 2009, 1 págs.
• Idioma: inglés
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  • The ethnopolitical history of Istria and Dalmatia, and especially the violence following World War II, produced the ethnic cleansing of the Italian majority of their inhabitants. While many were killed in the sinkholes, some 350,000 had to flee to Italy and to other regions of the world. Within this framework of diaspora, the collective identity of the exiles is constituted by their choral singing of Verdi�s Va�, pensiero (from Nabucco), which represents their deepest feelings and their common memory. The article presents the results of a survey among the Istrian exiles, showing the manifold anthropological values of this phenomenon, as well as episodes of cultural appropriation and creative reinterpretations made by the exiles.