Row over teacher giving students Fascist march music

A furore has erupted in a town in the
southern province of Avellino after a music teacher gave a group
of middle-school students the sheet music for a Fascist march
ahead of Thursday's Liberation Day national holiday, when Italy
celebrates the end of Fascism and the Nazi occupation in World
War II.

   
The teacher gave the students of the 'Aurelio Covotti' school
in Ariano Irpino the score of 'Faccetta Nera' (Little Black
Face) a song about the Second Italo-Ethiopian War.

   
The principal told daily newspaper Il Mattino that it was
perhaps a provocation and the teacher, who was given a written
reprimand, was not a right-wing extremist.

   
The teacher himself told the newspaper that the row was a
misunderstanding and he had simply found the score on the
Internet after some of the pupils asked about the song.

   
He said he had done the same thing with other songs, including
'Bella Ciao', a song dedicated to the Italian Partisans who
fought the Nazis.

   
Photo: an archive image of a classroom.

   

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