Bandiera rossa

The song Bandiera rossa, often referred to by his song Avanti Popolo beginning, one of the most famous international workers' songs and pays homage to the Red Flag, the symbol of the socialist and later communist movement. The text was written in 1908 by Carlo Tuzzi, the melody comes from two Lombard folk songs.

In addition to the Italian original version, there are numerous variants that relate to individual socialist or communist parties. The last two lines Evviva il comunismo e la libertà were not set until after the seizure of Mussolini to the original older song; at the same time the original song beginning Compagni avanti alla riscossa in Avanti o popolo, alla riscossa was changed. In particular, the word comunismo at the end of the chorus is now often replaced by socialismo.

The song has been translated into many languages ​​and is known in Germany since the 1920s. German versions of the text, there are, among others, Walter Dehmel (advance, you work people, you can not soft / the red flag, this is your sign! ) And Peter Hacks ( Get up, you workers, Stand up, comrades, / The red flag blowing winning decisively. ), musical versions of Hannes Wader, Konstantin Wecker, Command Antes, Angelic Upstarts and Normahl. In Germany, the song is also often sung in Italian version.

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