Sanremo Festival 1951
| Sanremo Festival 1951 | |
|---|---|
| output | 1 |
| date | 29.-31. January |
| place | Casinò Municipale in Sanremo |
| Charisma | Rete Rossa |
| Moderation | Nunzio Filogamo |
| Attendees | 3 (with 20 songs) |
| winner | Nilla Pizzi - Grace dei fiori |
| Sanremo 1952 ► | |
The first edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place in the municipal casino in Sanremo from January 29th to 31st in 1951 and was moderated by Nunzio Filogamo .
Background and process
In order to promote tourism in Sanremo after 1945 , a commission chaired by Amilcare Rambaldi proposed the organization of a music festival. The decisive initiative came a few years later from the director of public radio, Giulio Razzi . The festival was intended as a song competition to which all music publishers could submit contributions. From 240 submissions, 20 songs were selected, which were performed by three performers from the ranks of the state broadcaster RAI in the course of the festival in front of the audience in the municipal casino : Nilla Pizzi , Achille Togliani and the Duo Fasano , consisting of the sisters Dina and Delfina Fasano . Two orchestras led by Cinico Angelini accompanied the singers.
The participating songs were divided into two groups. The first group was performed on Monday and the second on Tuesday, ten songs each evening. Five songs on both evenings qualified for the final on Wednesday. So in the end ten finalists had to decide who would win the first Sanremo Festival. The ranking list was determined by the audience in the hall. The radio station Rete Rossa broadcast all appearances live, but did not announce the winner's title. The winner, Nilla Pizzi, only received a bouquet of flowers and an extraordinary fee of 30,000 lire .
Candidates
| placement | Interpreter | song | Authors |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Nilla Pizzi | Grace dei fiori | Gian Carlo Testoni, Mario Panzeri, Saverio Seracini |
| 2 | Nilla Pizzi and Achille Togliani | La luna si veste d'argento | Vittorio Mascheroni, Biri |
| 3 | Achille Togliani | Serenata a nessuno | Walter Colì |
| finalist | Achille Togliani and Duo Fasano | Al mercato di Pizzighettone | Nino Ravasini, Aldo Locatelli |
| finalist | Duo Fasano | La cicogna distratta | Carrel, Aldo Valleroni, Da Rovere |
| finalist | Nilla Pizzi and Duo Fasano | La margherita | Ester B. Valdes |
| finalist | Nilla Pizzi and Achille Togliani | L'eco fra gli abeti | Enzo Bonagura, Carlo Alberto Rossi |
| finalist | Achille Togliani and Duo Fasano | Flame durmì | Virgilio Panzuti, Danpa |
| finalist | Achille Togliani | Sedici anni | Livio Gambetti, Mario Mariotti, Astro Mari |
| finalist | Duo Fasano | Sotto il mandorlo | Gian Carlo Testoni, Mario Panzeri, Carlo Donida |
| Nilla Pizzi | È l'alba | Gian Carlo Testoni, Armando Trovajoli | |
| Nilla Pizzi | Ho pianto una volta sola | Dino Olivieri, Pinchi | |
| Achille Togliani | May più | Renato Fuselli, Filippo Rolando | |
| Achille Togliani | Mani che si cercano | Gino Redi, Giovanna Colombi | |
| Nilla Pizzi | Mia cara Napoli | Mario Ruccione, Salvatore Mazzocco | |
| Nilla Pizzi | Notte di Sanremo | Enzo Luigi Poletto | |
| Nilla Pizzi | Oro di Napoli | Angelo Brigada, Umberto Bertini | |
| Achille Togliani and Duo Fasano | Be fatta per me | Giovanni Fassino, Guido Quattrini | |
| Duo Fasano | Sorrentinella | Saverio Seracini, Arrigo Giacomo Camosso | |
| Nilla Pizzi | Tutto è finito | Danilo Errico, Otello Odorici, Sergio Odorici |
successes
The record with the winning title Grazie dei fiori sold 36,000 times after the festival and the song became a classic in Italy. The songs Sorrentinella and Al mercato di Pizzighettone also became particularly popular .
Web links
- Festival di Sanremo 1951 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
- Sanremo 1951 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)