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Quo vadis, impegno? Trends and ideas in socially and politically engaged music from the 1960s to the present day. Symposium in honor of Luca Lombardi's 80th birthday Since the mid-20th century, the term musica impegnata (or musique engagée) has become firmly established to describe politically engaged music, traditionally associated with anti-fascist and left-wing positions. However, particularly in  ...   


Venice and Fascism. Museums, Exhibitions, and the Art Market For the Fascist regime, Venice was above all a showcase in which to stage Italy's cultural primacy within Europe. Alongside major infrastructural works new cultural initiatives emerged, including the strengthening of the newly-nationalized Venice Biennale. The creation of new museums (and the reorganization of existing ones)  ...   


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QFIAB 105 (2025)

The latest volume 105 of our journal "Quellen und Forschungen aus italienischen Archiven und Bibliotheken" is now published and fully available in Open Access: https://www.degruyter.com/journal/key/qfiab/html#latestIssue.   


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