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Meet the Italians Making Music Together During Coronavirus Quarantine

While under national quarantine, neighbors all across Italy played music together to create a sense of much-needed connection.

Released on 03/19/2020

Transcript

[chiming]

[singing in foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

[upbeat music]

[speaking foreign language]

[singing in foreign language]

[Woman] If you hear some music right now, at six o'clock,

they organized everyone in Italy, basically,

to play music from out their window.

So we create a nationwide concert to lift our spirits.

[singing in foreign language]

[melancholy music]

[cheerful music]

[singing in foreign language]

♪ Whoa ♪

♪ Living together, whoa ♪

[speaking foreign language]

[melancholy music]

[people applauding]

[speaking foreign language]

[cheerful music]

[speaking foreign language]

[melancholy music]

[speaking foreign language]

[cheerful music]

[speaking foreign language]

[singing in foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

[Woman] Brava, woo!

Woo, woo, woo, woo.

[upbeat music]

[speaking foreign language]

[melancholy music]

[speaking foreign language]

[cheerful music]

[speaking foreign language]

[melancholy music]

[cheerful music]

[speaking foreign language]

[singing in foreign language]

[people applauding]

[speaking foreign language]

[woman applauding]

[singing in foreign language]

[speaking foreign language]

[people applauding]

[Woman With Harp] Grazie.

Ciao, ciao.

[singing in foreign language]

[people cheering]

[Woman] Woo.

♪ That hung around me through the week ♪

♪ Seem to vanish like a gambler's lucky streak ♪

♪ When we're out together dancing cheek to cheek ♪