Giulio Cogni
Giulio Cogni | |
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| Born | January 10, 1908 Siena |
| Died | November 15, 1983(aged 75) |
| Occupation | writer, racial theorist, music composer, music critic |
| Nationality | Italian |
| Period | Italian Fascism |
Giulio Cogni(January 10, 1908 – November 15, 1983) was an Italian writer, racial theorist, music composer and music critic.
Life
[edit]Giulio Cogni taught psychology and musical esthetics at theConservatorio Luigi Cherubini.He published articles in the publications, includingIl Mattino,Il Messaggero,La SiciliaandGazzetta del Sud.
Cogni was also an Italian racial theorist and member of theNational Fascist Partyof Italy.[1]Cogni publishedIl Razzismo(1936) and sent it toDuceBenito Mussolinito review, initially Mussolini was not impressed with the work, however Cogni's ideas later entered into the official Fascist racial policy several years later.[1]Mussolini appointed him to the editorial board ofLa Difesa della Razza,a recist magazine initiated in 1938.[2]However, Cogni was removed from the post when he protested Mussolini and other leading fascist figures claiming that they had been using his views without making a reference to him.[2]
In 1941 Giulio Cogni went toWeimarinNazi Germany,where he metcollaboratingEuropean writers and joined theEuropäische Schriftstellervereinigung(European Writers' League), which was founded byJoseph Goebbels.[3]
Literature by Cogni
[edit]- Saggio sull’Amore come nuovo principio d’immortalità,Bocca, Torino (1933)
- Il Razzismo(1936)
- Lo Spirito Assoluto,La Nuova Italia, Firenze (1937)
- I valori della stirpe italiana,Bocca, Torino (1937)
- Il Segreto del Genio, Vallecchi,Firenze (1941)
- Le forze segrete della musica,Ticci, Siena (1942)
- Agape Sacre, Ausonia,Siena (1948)
- Agape Eterna, Maia,Siena (1952)
- Che cosa è la musica,Curci, Milano (1956)
- Marco Polo(1959), (ballet)
- Una notte nel bosco(1960), (ballet]
- Wagner e Beethoven, Sansoni,Firenze (1960)
- Livret d'opéraTre sogni per MarinaparAlberto Soresina
- Io sono te,Meschina, Milano (1970)
- Fra il suo teatro rappresentato: Empedocle(1951)
- I miracoli di Santa Caterina(1952)
- Il fantasma dell’Orto Botanico(1961)
- Bhagavadgita, il canto del beato(1980)
References
[edit]- ^abAaron Gillette. (2002).Racial Theories in Fascist Italy.London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, p. 60.
- ^abAaron Gillette (Winter 2002). "Guido Landra and the Office of Racial Studies in Fascist Italy".Holocaust and Genocide Studies.16(3): 361.doi:10.1093/hgs/16.3.357.
- ^Frank-Rutger Hausmann. (2004)."Dichte, Dichter, tage nicht!" - Die Europäische Schriftsteller-Vereinigung in Weimar 1941-1948ISBN3-465-03295-0
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