Credited on the record as G. Marini.
Ballata del piccolo An
1972 · I Dischi del Sole DS 1012/14 · Rome, Italy
- Artist
- Giovanna Marini
- Credited on the record as
- G. Marini
- Title
- Ballata del piccolo An
- Release
- Compagno Vietnam
- Year
- 1972
- Label
- I Dischi del Sole # DS 1012/14
- Format
- LP · Compilation
- Language
- Italian
- Country
- Rome, Italy
- Songwriter
- Ivan Della Mea
- Genre
- Folk · Contemporary Italian Folk Music
- Primary theme
- Vietnamese Patriotic
Notes
Mono LP issued November 1972, published by Edizioni Musicali Bella Ciao, graphics Gigi Romeo, liner notes Giovanni Pirelli and Ivan Della Mea; the companion songbook "Compagno Vietnam" (Edizioni del Gallo, 1974) prints the lyrics. Track B1. Giovanna Marini's recording of Ivan Della Mea's ballad, two years before Della Mea's own version on "La nave dei folli".
About the artist
Giovanna Marini (Rome, 1937–2024) — singer, composer and ethnomusicologist of the Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano. [Source: Wikipedia (it)]
Themes
Vietnamese Perspective · Vietnamese Children · Child · Guerrilla Warfare · VC · Anti-War · Civilian Casualties