ILMC Foundation records Pietro Maggioli's "Canto di Guerra" for the first time.

As part of the promotion of concentration camp music, recovered thanks to the many years of research by 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐨, the recording, made today at Sorriso Studios in Bari, of "𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐭𝐨 𝐝𝐢 𝐆𝐮𝐞𝐫𝐫𝐚" (War Song) by the composer 𝐏𝐢𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐠𝐠𝐢𝐨𝐥𝐢 is included.

Organist at the Mother Church of Pesaro and a teacher in Rovereto (Trento), after the armistice of September 8, 1943, he was interned by the Nazis as a prisoner of war in the Benjaminow, Sandbostel, and Wietzendorf camps. Maggioli had not joined the Republic of Salò (a collaborationist regime with Nazi Germany), so his fate was the same as that of many Italians whom, starting on September 20, 1943, the Reich exempted from the guarantees established by international conventions regarding prisoners of war, subjecting them to an unconventional legal regime and forced labor for the war machine.

His "Canto di guerra" (published in 1942 by the publishing house A. Forlivesi & C. of Florence), entrusted to the voice of the baritone 𝐀𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐥𝐨 𝐃𝐞 𝐋𝐞𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐢𝐬 and the young pianist 𝐆𝐢𝐮𝐥𝐢𝐨 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐡𝐢, a student of Maestro Michele Pentrella, was recorded today for the first time. The recording was handled by 𝐓𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐲 𝐂𝐚𝐯𝐚𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫𝐢, sound engineer and owner of Sorriso Studios in Bari.

The following photos include a photographic portrait of Pietro Maggioli and the title page of "Canto di Guerra" (A. Forlivesi & C. Publishing House, Florence, 1942), courtesy of the Patrizia Maggioli Archive; a recording session at Sorriso Studios in Bari, with maestro Francesco Lotoro, young pianist Giulio Mareschi, baritone Angelo De Leonardis, and sound engineer Tommy Cavalieri.