Tracklist

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Bela Ciao

3:24

Credits

• Cover, Layout, Recorded By, Mastered By, Mixed By, Instruments – BZK

Notes

"Bella ciao" is an Italian partisan song which originated during the Italian civil war. It is used worldwide as an anti-fascist hymn of freedom and resistance.

"Bella ciao" was sung by the anti-fascist resistance movement active in Italy between 1943 and 1945. The author of the lyrics is unknown; the music and spirit of the song are based on a folk song sung by rice-weeders on the River Po basin in the early part of the 20th century – "Alla mattina appena alzata".

The melody is similar to the 3rd movement Rondo of Beethoven's Sonata Pathetique. A version of this song was recorded for music researchers by Italian folk singer Giovanna Daffini in 1962.

Other similar versions of the antecedents of "Bella ciao" appeared over the years, indicating that "Alla mattina appena alzata" must have been composed in the later half of the 19th century.[4] The earliest written version is dated 1906 and comes from near Vercelli, Piedmont.

This song is sung several times throughout the Spanish TV series Money Heist (La Casa de Papel), that debuted in 2017, as an anthem of the robbers.