Italian Group Caused Scandal with Anti-Franco Songs in Spain (1961)

In 1961, the Italian group Cantacronache sparked an international scandal by traveling to Spain to record anti-Franco songs, documenting hidden popular resistance in two albums and a book, which provoked an angry media offensive from the Spanish government that reached Italy and the Vatican.

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How a group of young Italians created an international scandal with their trip to Spain in 1961 to record anti-Franco songs

The Cantacronache group documented the hidden popular resistance to the regime in two albums and a book, unleashing an angry media offensive from the Spanish government that reached Italy and the Vatican

By Íñigo Domínguez

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Italian Group Caused Scandal with Anti-Franco Songs in Spain (1961)

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How a group of young Italians created an international scandal with their trip to Spain in 1961 to record anti-Franco songs

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