Renato Dulbecco - The resistance (9/61)
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The Italian biologist Renato Dulbecco (1914-2012) had early success isolating a mutant of the polio virus which was used to create a life-saving vaccine. Later in his career, he initiated the Human Genome Project and was jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975 for furthering our understanding of cancer caused by viruses. [Listener: Paola De Paoli Marchetti]
TRANSCRIPT: And thus another period of my life began, because naturally I wanted to continue to work in Turin and so I worked in Turin, I travelled from Sommariva Perno to Turin, but the transport conditions were non-existent, so I sometimes had to go by bicycle- I can imagine.
[PDPM] How many kilometres did you have to travel by bicycle, many?
I don't know, quite a few. I went by bicycle on many occasions, other times I tried to get there in other ways- there was a train to Carmagnola that went to Turin, but to get to Carmagnola I had to take the bus, which left at 5 in the morning from Sommariva Perno, so you can imagine. And then the train was all loaded with livestock, there was no- but in fact- and so I was able to do a little work there in Turin. And there in Turin, speaking with colleagues who knew my position-
[PDPM] But you were, in this sense- it was official that you had left- you were able to stay in Turin or were you in hiding?
No, I wasn't in hiding-
[PDPM] Oh, I see, that is important
So I was in this little village. Basically, it was difficult. I went alone because I wanted to work- no, I wasn't in hiding. And then even worse because when I was in Turin, my friend was there, a colleague at the Department of Pathological Anatomy who was called Mottura, Giacomo Mottura, we were very good friends and then he knew my particular position and we spoke about what I could do, the future and he gave me things to read about political parties, etc. it was necessary to be active and so I became a member of a small party that was called the Christian Workers' Movement, which was obviously left- wing. In essence it was a splinter group of the Communist Party. And with this I therefore got involved in anti- German activity, anti-fascist activity in Turin and I became a member of the Turin Liberation Committee. So was this risky too? Yes, yes, you bet! I remember, for example, two or three times this happened to me: I was at the hospital, naturally in a white coat and, speaking with some friends, some colleagues and there was a man there at the Department of Pathological Anatomy who was organising, keeping everything in order, and he came and said to me-Ah, Dr. Dulbecco, there are two men who would like to talk to you. Then he signalled with his eyes. And I said-Okay, okay and went to where there was a large group of physicians and mingled with them and stayed there all day until they left. So, we were saying, very simply you were doing well, because- I know, I know, certainly. I also remember that- this committee that was there, at a certain point we were thinking how it would end up here, because there were partisans all around and the Germans saw that in the end they would not have made it. So they were thinking if only they will shoot, there will be a battle in the city and then we decided to organise a system of first-aid which was based on volunteers, who were organised by other colleagues. I don't know how they found it. Then they were telling me where they were gathered and every so often I would explain some first-aid techniques. In fact, they were all women and it was very moving, because again this was very risky, because if by chance they had found out, they would have been able to take us all. Everything turned out well, luckily- And then naturally the good thing was that the Germans left, without firing a single shot and the only thing that we noticed during the night, because we were there at the hospital, in case it was necessary was the comings and going of armoured vehicles, etc. the noise, not shooting, was only the noise of ironware, you see, this showed that they were leaving. Then in the end, on 25 April, I remember going out, there was new air, the Germans were no longer there, there were no more fascists, the partisans had entered, it was a wonderful feeling. Excuse me, remembering this, where were you on the previous 25th of July? It's not before the 25th-
[PDPM] On the 25th of July?
When did Mussolini fall for the first time?
[PDPM] No this- I was in that area on the 25th of April!
Right, that happened later, I still was there, there was nothing- What I remember was very beautiful. Sommariva Perno was a partisan centre, and I was their physician, you see, and dentist as well. [...]
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Prinsi Raimund - Lo stallaggio del leon d'oro - #05 Ungino bell'ungino....
Formatasi nel 1978, in questi anni di attività il gruppo Prinsi Raimund ha fatto conoscere le ballate e le danze tradizionali del Piemonte attraverso numerosi tenuti in Italia, dove è anche intervenuto in rassegne di musica popolare ( Cantè i euv 79 e 80 a Bra, Fiesta di Chementi 79 e 80 a S. Daniele del Friuli, Settimana Celtica 79 a Milano, Folk concertus 79 a Firenze, I suoni della memoria 81 in Sardegna, Rassegna di musica popolare cisalpina 81 a Reggio Emilia) e all’estero, con la partecipazione ad importanti Folk Festivals (Victor Jara Festival 78 a Turbigen, Lenzburg Folk Festival 79 e 80 in Svizzera, Winterfolkfestival 81 in Olanda ecc..). Il gruppo ha anche preparato la colonna sonora dello sceneggiato Il Candido di Voltaire con regia di Gozzi per la RAI.
Formed in 1978, during these years of activity the group Prinse Raimund has made known ballads and traditional dances of Piedmont held by many in Italy, where he also acted in popular music ( Cantè euv the 79 and 80 Bra, Fiesta of Chementi 79 and 80 in S. Daniele del Friuli, Celtic Week 79 in Milan, Folk concertus 79 in Florence, The sounds of the memory 81 in Sardinia, Review of popular music Cisalpine 81 in Reggio Emilia) and abroad, with the participation of major Folk Festivals (Festival Victor Jara 78 to Turbigen, Lenzburg Folk Festival 79 and 80 in Switzerland, Winterfolkfestival 81 in Holland, etc. ..). The group also prepared the soundtrack of the drama The Candidate by Voltaire, directed by Gozzi for RAI.
This 1979 album was reissued by Nota in 2002. Prinsi Raimundwas then pioneering the Piedmontese/Occitan folk revival, recuperating tools like hurdy-gurdy, musa and piffero
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Silvio Orlandi: vocals, hurdy-gurdy, dulcimer
Maurizion Rinaldi: vocals, melodeon, mandola, guitar
Gianni Vaccarino: violin, recorders, melodeon
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Marco Astarita: drums
Marco Bonino: bass
Ciro Buttari: tablas, percussion
Guido Scategni: clarinet
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01 Barun Litrun
02 A la meiro/Curenta/Balet
03 Meienziet
04 Bureo vieio/Bureo de San Martin/Balet
05 Ungino bell'ungino/Banle des pois/Branle des lavandieres
06 El pui e la pules
07 Cecilia
08 Curenta di Robilante/Curenta di Vernante
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1979 • LP STL679 • CD NOTA 321
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