Italy "Aprite le finestre"
Eurovision Song Contest 1956 entry
Country
Artist(s)
Language
Composer(s)
Virgilio Panzuti
Lyricist(s)
Pino Perotti
Conductor
Gian Stellari
Finals performance
Final result
2nd
Final points
-
Entry chronology
"Amami se vuoi" (1956) ►

"Aprite le finestre" ("Open the windows") is an Italian song by Franca Raimondi. It won the sixth edition of the Sanremo Music Festival and subsequently was the first Italian entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1956 (contest rules allowing two entries per country at this contest only).

Background

The song is in the Tuscan stornelli style, with Raimondi singing about the joy of Spring (described as "a festival of love") beginning and her desire to open the windows to let the new season in.[1][2]

At Eurovision

The song was performed seventh on the night, following Luxembourg's Michèle Arnaud with "Ne crois pas" and preceding the Netherlands' Corry Brokken with "Voorgoed voorbij". Points and final placings at this Contest have never been revealed, meaning that the only statement which can be made about the song's final position was that it did not win.[3][4][5][6]

The song was accompanied at the 1956 contest by Tonina Torrielli with "Amami se vuoi" and was succeeded as Italian representative at the 1957 contest by Nunzio Gallo with "Corde della mia chitarra".

Charts

Chart Peak
position
Italy (Hit Parade)[7] 1

Cover versions

Artists who recorded cover versions of the song include Nilla Pizzi, Quartetto Cetra and Achille Togliani.[2]

References

  1. ↑ Eddy Anselmi (2009). "Aprite le finestre". Festival di Sanremo: almanacco illustrato della canzone italiana. Panini Comics, 2009. p. 78. ISBN 978-8863462296.
  2. 1 2 Dario Salvatori (2001). "Aprite le finestre". Dizionario delle canzoni italiane. Elle U. p. 367. ISBN 8888169016.
  3. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1956 (Lugano)". eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com. 15 November 2011. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  4. ↑ "Italy Week: The statistics". eurovisiontimes.wordpress.com. 4 December 2010. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  5. ↑ "Eurovision Song Contest 1956 - Facts & Figures". eurovision.tv. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  6. ↑ Paxton, Steve (14 February 2011). "Perché Sanremo é Sanremo - A Brief History". eurovisionary.com. Retrieved 22 December 2013.
  7. ↑ Salvatori, Dario (1989). Storia dell'Hit Parade. Gremese, 1989. p. 212. ISBN 8876054391.



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