Giulio Cogni (January 10, 1908 – November 15, 1983) was an Italian writer, racial theorist, music composer and music critic.

Life

Giulio Cogni taught psychology and musical esthetics at the

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. He published articles in the publications, including ''

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'', '' Il Messaggero'', '' La Sicilia'' and ''

Gazzetta del Sud ''Gazzetta del Sud'' is an Italian language national daily newspaper for the south of Italy. The paper is published in Messina. Since 2017, it owns also the Giornale di Sicilia. History and profile ''Gazzetta del Sud'' was founded in 1952 in Me ...

''. Cogni was also an Italian racial theorist and member of the

National Fascist Party The National Fascist Party ( it, Partito Nazionale Fascista, PNF) was a political party in Italy, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of Italian Fascism and as a reorganization of the previous Italian Fasces of Combat. Th ...

of Italy.Aaron Gillette. (2002). ''Racial Theories in Fascist Italy''. London, England, UK; New York, New York, USA: Routledge, p. 60. Cogni published '' Il Razzismo'' (1936) and sent it to ''

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'' Benito Mussolini to review, initially Mussolini was not impressed with the work, however Cogni's ideas later entered into the official Fascist racial policy several years later. Mussolini appointed him to the editorial board of ''

La Difesa della Razza ''La Difesa della Razza'' (Italian language, Italian: ''In Defence of Race'') was a Fascist biweekly magazine which was published in Rome between 1938 and 1943 during the Fascist Italy (1922–1943), Fascist rule in Italy. Its subtitle was ''Scie ...

'', a recist magazine initiated in 1938. However, Cogni was removed from the post when he protested Mussolini and other leading fascist figures claiming that they had been using his views without making a reference to him. In 1941 Giulio Cogni went to

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Nazi Germany Nazi Germany (lit. "National Socialist State"), ' (lit. "Nazi State") for short; also ' (lit. "National Socialist Germany") (officially known as the German Reich from 1933 until 1943, and the Greater German Reich from 1943 to 1945) was ...

, where he met collaborating European writers and joined the ''Europäische Schriftstellervereinigung'' (European Writers' League), which was founded by Joseph Goebbels.Frank-Rutger Hausmann. (2004). ''"Dichte, Dichter, tage nicht!" - Die Europäische Schriftsteller-Vereinigung in Weimar 1941-1948''

Literature by Cogni

* ''Saggio sull’Amore come nuovo principio d’immortalità'', Bocca, Torino (1933) * ''Il Razzismo'' (1936) * ''Lo Spirito Assoluto'', La Nuova Italia, Firenze (1937) * ''I valori della stirpe italiana'', Bocca, Torino (1937) * ''Il Segreto del Genio, Vallecchi'', Firenze (1941) * ''Le forze segrete della musica'', Ticci, Siena (1942) * ''Agape Sacre, Ausonia'', Siena (1948) * ''Agape Eterna, Maia'', Siena (1952) * ''Che cosa è la musica'', Curci, Milano (1956) * ''Marco Polo'' (1959), (

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) * ''Una notte nel bosco'' (1960), (ballet] * ''Wagner e Beethoven, Sansoni'', Firenze (1960) * Livret d'opéra ''Tre sogni per Marina'' par Alberto Soresina * ''Io sono te'', Meschina, Milano (1970) * ''Fra il suo teatro rappresentato: Empedocle'' (1951) * ''I miracoli di Santa Caterina'' (1952) * ''Il fantasma dell’Orto Botanico'' (1961) * ''Bhagavadgita, il canto del beato'' (1980)

References

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