Sad songs???

[Ric46]

Sorry guys but today I was listening to traditional (North Italy) music and I became a little sad.
Why? Well, these traditional tunes are linked to WWI because soldiers sang these tunes. My Grandfather was a WWI soldier (and civil war, WW2, too). He was born in 1899. When I was a child sometimes he told me something about his experience (not the scary one, of course). So here I linked some of these tunes (very famous) in two versions: traditional and with accordion.

(la Valsugana)



(sul cappello)



(quel mazzolin di fiori. Written in 1870 become an "Alpine soldiers" song during WWI

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75C-mLrzROg

 

[Scuromondo]

My Nonni were from the Val di Sole region, so I also have great affection for some of these old songs. Years ago they purchased for me a book of Pietro Diero arrangements of many of these tunes. A few times every year I wax nostalgic playing from that book.

 

[Ric46]

My Nonni were from the Val di Sole region, so I also have great affection for some of these old songs. Years ago they purchased for me a book of Pietro Diero arrangements of many of these tunes. A few times every year I wax nostalgic playing from that book.

I love Val di Sole (dolomiti). Sometimes I spent my holidays (winter or summer) there. There you can see many WWI museums, military fort, and many, many Km of trenches (someone in the rocks at 3400 m of altitude!) These years with the global warming glacier are smaller and there are "new" finds: mess tins, bullets and more. You have to visit Alps (especially Dolomiti)

 

[Scuromondo]

I have been there a couple of times. My cousin owns a nice pensione used mostly during the winter by ski tourists visiting Marlieva.

 

[Ffingers]

Memories.
So many memories.
Perticulamento da Bergamo.