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Bandiera Rossa

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Also known as Avanti Popolo

prominent Italian labour movement song

Key facts

Lyrics
Carlo Tuzzi , 1889

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Wikidata facts

Instance of
song
Main subject
red flag
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first line
Avanti o popolo, alla riscossa
Commons category
Bandiera rossa
language of work or name
Italian
different from
The Red Flag
form of creative work
song
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Encyclopedic overview

Bandiera Rossa (Italian, 'Red Flag'), often also called Avanti Popolo after its opening words (also to avoid any confusion with Le tre bandiere, another socialist song), is one of the most famous songs of the Italian labour movement. It glorifies the red flag, symbol of the socialist and communist movements. The text was written by Carlo Tuzzi in 1908; the melody is taken from two Lombard folk songs.

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