Sanremo Festival 1952

Sanremo Festival 1952
output	2
date	28-30 January
place	Casinò Municipale in Sanremo
Charisma	Secondo program
Moderation	Nunzio Filogamo
Attendees	5 (with 20 songs)
winner	Nilla Pizzi  - Vola colomba
◄ Sanremo 1951 • Sanremo 1953 ►

The second edition of the Festival della Canzone Italiana di Sanremo took place from January 28th to 30th in the municipal casino in Sanremo in 1952 and was moderated by Nunzio Filogamo .

procedure

The municipal casino, venue of the Sanremo Festival

After the success of the previous year, the event was held almost unchanged in 1952. Moderator Filogamo and music director Cinico Angelini took over their duties again, but the number of orchestral musicians was increased. The number of contributions sent in by the music publishers also increased significantly compared to the previous year, so that the commission had 319 songs to choose from. The singers of the last edition returned, but this year Gino Latilla and Oscar Carboni joined Nilla Pizzi , Achille Togliani and the Duo Fasano . While the interest of the journalists remained low, the public interest had increased significantly, which was also reflected in higher admission prices.

The rules remained the same: on Monday and Tuesday ten songs were performed, from which the audience could choose the five finalists. The final was held on Wednesday, with last year's winner Nilla Pizzi not only defending first place in 1952, but also taking second and third place. Vola colomba , the winning song, told in patriotic tones the fate of the Allied occupied city of Trieste ; At the award ceremony, the singer dedicated the song not only to her family, but also to the people of Trieste.

Candidates

placement	Interpreter	song	Authors
1	Nilla Pizzi	Vola colomba	Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina
2	Nilla Pizzi	Papaveri e papere	Nino Rastelli, Mario Panzeri, Vittorio Mascheroni
3	Nilla Pizzi	Una donna prega	Pinchi, Virgilio Panzuti
4th	Oscar Carboni	Madonna delle rose	Giuseppe Fiorelli, Mario Ruccione
5	Gino Latilla	Un disco dall'Italia	Nicola Salerno , Giovanni D'Anzi
6th	Gino Latilla	L'attesa	Biri, Nino Ravasini
7th	Oscar Carboni	Perché le donne belle	Alessandro Sopranzi, Giovanni Fassino
8th	Achille Togliani	Vecchie mura	Filibello, Pier Emilio Bassi
9	Achille Togliani	Libro di novelle	Libero Citi, Mauro Casini
10	Nilla Pizzi and Achille Togliani	Nel regno dei sogni	Raspetti, Carlo Alberto Rossi
	Duo Fasano	Al ritmo della carrozzella	Enzo Luigi Poletto, Piero Pavesio
	Nilla Pizzi and Duo Fasano	Buonanotte ai bimbi del mondo	Ettore Minoretti, Aldo Zara
	Oscar Carboni	Cantate e sorridete	Gian Carlo Testoni, Fabio Fabor, Carlo Donida
	Achille Togliani	La collanina	Gian Carlo Testoni, Dino Olivieri
	Duo Fasano	Due gattini	Tata Giacobetti, Gorni Kramer , Trinacria
	Gino Latilla	Malinconica tarantella	Gian Carlo Testoni, Enzo Ceragioli
	Nilla Pizzi	Ninna nanna ai sogni perduti	Pier Emilio Bassi, Mario Panzeri, Gian Carlo Testoni
	Gino Latilla	Pura fantasia	Aminta, Armando Fragna
	Nilla Pizzi and Duo Fasano	Il valzer di nonna Speranza	Gian Carlo Testoni, Saverio Seracini
	Duo Fasano	Vecchio tram	Gian Luigi Callegari

successes

Papaveri e papere , which landed in second place, surpassed the winning song Vola colomba in popularity and over the years also resulted in a large number of cover versions , such as by Bing Crosby , Peter Alexander , Yves Montand and Beniamino Gigli .

Web links

• Festival di Sanremo 1952 on Sorrisi.com (Italian)
• Sanremo 1952 on HitParadeItalia (Italian)