Sanremo Music Festival 1952

Sanremo Music Festival 1952
Dates
Semi-final 128 January 1952
Semi-final 229 January 1952
Final30 January 1952
Host
VenueSanremo Casino
Sanremo, Liguria, Italy
Presenter(s)Nunzio Filogamo
Host broadcasterProgramma nazionale
Vote
Number of entries20
WinnerNilla Pizzi
"Vola colomba"
Sanremo Music Festival → 1953

The Sanremo Music Festival 1952 (Italian: Festival di Sanremo 1952), officially the 2nd Italian Song Festival (2º Festival della canzone italiana), was the second annual Sanremo Music Festival, held at the Sanremo Casino in Sanremo between 28 and 30 January 1952. The show was presented by Nunzio Filogamo.[1][2]

According to the rules of this edition every song was performed by a couple of singers or groups, with the five artists selected performing multiple songs.[1][2] The winner of the festival was "Vola colomba", performed by Nilla Pizzi, who occupied all the podium places in that edition.[1][2]

Participants and results

Group photo of some of the competing singers, Duo Fasano (left and right sides), Achille Togliani, Nilla Pizzi and Gino Latilla
Participants and results[1]
Song, performing artists and writer(s) Rank
"Vola colomba" – Nilla Pizzi
(Bixio Cherubini, Carlo Concina) 		1
"Papaveri e papere" – Nilla Pizzi
(Nino Rastelli, Mario Panzeri, Vittorio Mascheroni) 		2
"Una donna prega" – Nilla Pizzi
(Pinchi, Virgilio Panzuti) 		3
"Madonna delle rose" – Oscar Carboni
(Giuseppe Fiorelli, Mario Ruccione) 		4
"Un disco dall'Italia" – Gino Latilla
(Nicola Salerno, Giovanni D'Anzi) 		5
"L'attesa" – Gino Latilla
(Biri, Nino Ravasini) 		6
"Perché le donne belle" – Oscar Carboni
(Alessandro Sopranzi, Giovanni Fassino) 		7
"Vecchia mura" – Achille Togliani
(Filibello, Pier Emilio Bassi) 		8
"Libro di novelle" – Achille Togliani
(Libero Citi, Mauro Casini) 		9
"Nel regno dei sogni" – Nilla Pizzi and Achille Togliani
(Annibale Papetti, Carlo Alberto Rossi) 		10
"Al ritmo di carrozzella" – Duo Fasano
(Enzo Luigi Poletto, Piero Pavesio) 		Eliminated
"Buonanotte (Ai bimbi del mondo)" – Nilla Pizzi and Duo Fasano
(Ettore Minoretti, Aldo Zara) 		Eliminated
"Cantate e sorridete" – Oscar Carboni
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Fabio Fabor, Carlo Donida) 		Eliminated
"Due gattini" – Duo Fasano
(Tata Giacobetti, Gorni Kramer, Trinacria) 		Eliminated
"Il valzer di Nonna Speranza" – Nilla Pizzi and Duo Fasano
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Saverio Seracini) 		Eliminated
"La collanina" – Achille Togliani
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Dino Olivieri) 		Eliminated
"Malinconica tarantella" – Gino Latilla
(Gian Carlo Testoni, Enzo Ceragioli) 		Eliminated
"Ninna nanna ai sogni perduti" – Nilla Pizzi
(Pier Emilio Bassi, Mario Panzeri, Gian Carlo Testoni) 		Eliminated
"Pura fantasia" – Gino Latilla
(Aminta, Armando Fragna) 		Eliminated
"Vecchio tram" – Duo Fasano
(Gian Luigi Callegari) 		Eliminated

References

  1. ^ a b c d Eddy Anselmi. Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. ISBN 8863462291.
  2. ^ a b c "1953 - "Viale d'autunno"". La Repubblica. Retrieved 3 May 2023.