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Canzone napoletana

February 10, 2024

Canzone napoletana (pronounced [kanˈtsoːne napoleˈtaːna]; Neapolitan: canzona napulitana [kanˈtsoːnə napuliˈtaːnə]), sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song, is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language, ordinarily for the male voice singing solo, although well represented by female soloists as well, and expressed in familiar genres such as the love song and serenade. Many of the songs are about the nostalgic longing for Naples as it once was.[1] The genre consists of a large body of composed popular music—such songs as "'O sole mio"; "Torna a Surriento"; "Funiculì, Funiculà"; "Santa Lucia" and others.

The Neapolitan song became a formal institution in the 1830s due to an annual song-writing competition for the Festival of Piedigrotta, dedicated to the Madonna of Piedigrotta, a well-known church in the Mergellina area of Naples. The winner of the first festival was a song entitled "Te voglio bene assaie"; it is traditionally attributed to the prominent opera composer Gaetano Donizetti, although an article published in 1984 by Marcello Sorce Keller shows there is no historical evidence in support of the attribution.[2] The festival ran regularly until 1950, when it was abandoned. A subsequent Festival of Neapolitan Song on Italian state radio enjoyed some success in the 1950s but was eventually abandoned as well.

The period since 1950 has produced such songs as "Malafemmena" by Totò, "Maruzzella (song) [it]" by Renato Carosone, "Indifferentemente" by Mario Trevi and "Carmela" by Sergio Bruni. Although separated by some decades from the earlier classics of this genre, they have now become Neapolitan "classics" in their own right.

History edit

Many of the Neapolitan songs are world-famous because they were taken abroad by emigrants from Naples and southern Italy, roughly between 1880 and 1920.[3][4] The music also was popularized abroad by performers such as Enrico Caruso, who took to singing the popular music of his native city as encores at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the early 1900s. Caruso also recorded many of these songs, which subsequently became part of the standard repertoire for operatic tenors, and which were performed and recorded by such notable singers as Beniamino Gigli, Francesco Albanese, Franco Corelli, Mario Del Monaco, Giuseppe Di Stefano, and Tito Schipa. The Three Tenors also performed popular songs from Naples. Plácido Domingo recorded a full CD Italia ti amo of traditional and some more modern Neapolitan and Italian songs. Luciano Pavarotti recorded three albums of Neapolitan and Italian songs: The Best: Disc 2, (2005), Pavarotti Songbook, (1991), and Romantica, (2002). Mario Lanza recorded an acclaimed selection of 12 Neapolitan songs on his 1959 album, Mario! Lanza at His Best. Opera/pop crossover tenor, Sergio Franchi recorded his very popular Billboard Top 25 RCA debut album, Romantic Italian Songs in 1962,[5] and continued to record Neapolitan songs on most of his albums throughout his career.[6] Andrea Bocelli recorded an album in 2009 dedicated to the style, entitled Incanto.

The most important native Neapolitan performers of Neapolitan songs in the last few decades include Roberto Murolo, Bruno Venturini, Mario Trevi, Mario Abbate, Mario Merola, Giulietta Sacco, Franco Ricci, Sergio Bruni, Renato Carosone, and Mario Maglione. Murolo is known not only as a singer and guitarist, but also as a composer, scholar and collector of the music; his collection of twelve LPs, released in the 1960s, is an annotated compendium of Neapolitan song dating back to the twelfth century. Representatives of different veins, but nevertheless leading the continuing tradition of song in Neapolitan, are the jazz-rock singer-songwriter Pino Daniele and the folkloric group Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare.[7]

An important factor in defining what makes a Neapolitan song is the matter of language. All these songs are written and performed in the Neapolitan language. Although the music is sung by many non-Neapolitan singers, it is difficult to sing correctly without knowledge of the Neapolitan dialect, which is crucial in obtaining the correct inflection. The matter of dialect has not prevented a few non-Neapolitans from writing dialect versions of Neapolitan songs. The most famous examples of this are 'A vucchella by Gabriele D'Annunzio and Tu sì 'na cosa grande by Domenico Modugno.

List of songs edit

Noted figures edit

Recording artists edit

Composers edit

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ Del Giudice, Luisa (Spring 1994). "Italian Traditional Song in Toronto: From Autobiography to Advocacy". Journal of Canadian Studies. 29 (1): 74–89. doi:10.3138/jcs.29.1.74.
  2. ^ Sorce Keller, Marcello (1984). "Io te voglio bene assaje: A Famous Neapolitan Song Traditionally Attributed to Gaetano Donizetti". The Music Review. XLV (3–4): 251–264.
  3. ^ Frasca, Simona (2014). Italian birds of passage:the diaspora of Neapolitan musicians in New York. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137322418.
  4. ^ Vitale, John L. (2016). "Exploring Canzone Napoletana and Southern Italian Migration Through Three Lenses". California Italian Studies. 6 (2) – via eScholarship.
  5. ^ http://www.allrovi.com 2011-10-14 at the Wayback Machine Sergio Franchi
  6. ^ http.www.discogs.com Sergio Franchi
  7. ^ it:Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare

Bibliography edit

  • Marcello Sorce Keller, "Continuing Opera with Other Means: Opera, Neapolitan Song, and Popular Music among Italian Immigrants Overseas", Forum Italicum, Vol. XLIX (2015), No. 3, 1–20.

External links edit

  • Sheet music for 30 Neapolitan Songs
  • . Neapolitan song archive (in Italian). Comune di Ponte. Archived from the original on 2012-09-17.
  • . Archive of Neapolitan songs (in Italian). Radio-RAI. Archived from the original on 2012-11-30.

February 10, 2024
canzone, napoletana, pronounced, kanˈtsoːne, napoleˈtaːna, neapolitan, canzona, napulitana, kanˈtsoːnə, napuliˈtaːnə, sometimes, referred, neapolitan, song, generic, term, traditional, form, music, sung, neapolitan, language, ordinarily, male, voice, singing, . Canzone napoletana pronounced kanˈtsoːne napoleˈtaːna Neapolitan canzona napulitana kanˈtsoːne napuliˈtaːne sometimes referred to as Neapolitan song is a generic term for a traditional form of music sung in the Neapolitan language ordinarily for the male voice singing solo although well represented by female soloists as well and expressed in familiar genres such as the love song and serenade Many of the songs are about the nostalgic longing for Naples as it once was 1 The genre consists of a large body of composed popular music such songs as O sole mio Torna a Surriento Funiculi Funicula Santa Lucia and others The Neapolitan song became a formal institution in the 1830s due to an annual song writing competition for the Festival of Piedigrotta dedicated to the Madonna of Piedigrotta a well known church in the Mergellina area of Naples The winner of the first festival was a song entitled Te voglio bene assaie it is traditionally attributed to the prominent opera composer Gaetano Donizetti although an article published in 1984 by Marcello Sorce Keller shows there is no historical evidence in support of the attribution 2 The festival ran regularly until 1950 when it was abandoned A subsequent Festival of Neapolitan Song on Italian state radio enjoyed some success in the 1950s but was eventually abandoned as well The period since 1950 has produced such songs as Malafemmena by Toto Maruzzella song it by Renato Carosone Indifferentemente by Mario Trevi and Carmela by Sergio Bruni Although separated by some decades from the earlier classics of this genre they have now become Neapolitan classics in their own right Contents 1 History 2 List of songs 3 Noted figures 3 1 Recording artists 3 2 Composers 4 See also 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksHistory editMany of the Neapolitan songs are world famous because they were taken abroad by emigrants from Naples and southern Italy roughly between 1880 and 1920 3 4 The music also was popularized abroad by performers such as Enrico Caruso who took to singing the popular music of his native city as encores at the Metropolitan Opera in New York in the early 1900s Caruso also recorded many of these songs which subsequently became part of the standard repertoire for operatic tenors and which were performed and recorded by such notable singers as Beniamino Gigli Francesco Albanese Franco Corelli Mario Del Monaco Giuseppe Di Stefano and Tito Schipa The Three Tenors also performed popular songs from Naples Placido Domingo recorded a full CD Italia ti amo of traditional and some more modern Neapolitan and Italian songs Luciano Pavarotti recorded three albums of Neapolitan and Italian songs The Best Disc 2 2005 Pavarotti Songbook 1991 and Romantica 2002 Mario Lanza recorded an acclaimed selection of 12 Neapolitan songs on his 1959 album Mario Lanza at His Best Opera pop crossover tenor Sergio Franchi recorded his very popular Billboard Top 25 RCA debut album Romantic Italian Songs in 1962 5 and continued to record Neapolitan songs on most of his albums throughout his career 6 Andrea Bocelli recorded an album in 2009 dedicated to the style entitled Incanto The most important native Neapolitan performers of Neapolitan songs in the last few decades include Roberto Murolo Bruno Venturini Mario Trevi Mario Abbate Mario Merola Giulietta Sacco Franco Ricci Sergio Bruni Renato Carosone and Mario Maglione Murolo is known not only as a singer and guitarist but also as a composer scholar and collector of the music his collection of twelve LPs released in the 1960s is an annotated compendium of Neapolitan song dating back to the twelfth century Representatives of different veins but nevertheless leading the continuing tradition of song in Neapolitan are the jazz rock singer songwriter Pino Daniele and the folkloric group Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare 7 An important factor in defining what makes a Neapolitan song is the matter of language All these songs are written and performed in the Neapolitan language Although the music is sung by many non Neapolitan singers it is difficult to sing correctly without knowledge of the Neapolitan dialect which is crucial in obtaining the correct inflection The matter of dialect has not prevented a few non Neapolitans from writing dialect versions of Neapolitan songs The most famous examples of this are A vucchella by Gabriele D Annunzio and Tu si na cosa grande by Domenico Modugno List of songs edit A vucchella Accarezzame Canzone amalfitana Caruso C e la luna mezz o mare Cerasella Comme facette mammeta Core ngrato Cu mme Dicitencello vuje Era de maggio Fenesta vascia Funiculi Funicula Guaglione I te vurria vasa Indifferentemente Lacreme napulitane Lazzarella Luna caprese Luna rossa Malafemmena Mamma mia che vo sape Mare verde Marechiare Marenariello Maria Mari Munasterio e Santa Chiara Na sera e maggio O marenariello O paese d o Sole O sarracino O sole mio O surdato nnammurato Passione Pecche Reginella Rose rosse Santa Lucia Santa Lucia Luntana Tiempe belle Torna a Surriento Tu Vuo Fa L Americano Voce e notteNoted figures editRecording artists edit Mario Abbate Francesco Albanese Renzo Arbore Andrea Bocelli Sergio Bruni Renato Carosone Enrico Caruso Franco Corelli Nino D Angelo Gigi D Alessio Gabriele D Annunzio Pino Daniele Mario Del Monaco Giuseppe Di Stefano Elvira Donnarumma Aurelio Fierro Gigi Finizio Sergio Franchi Natale Galletta Beniamino Gigli Mario Lanza Angela Luce Mario Maglione Mia Martini Joe Masiello Mario Merola Gilda Mignonette Roberto Murolo Tullio Pane Maria Paris Gennaro Pasquariello Luciano Pavarotti Massimo Ranieri Giacomo Rondinella Jimmy Roselli Giulietta Sacco Lina Sastri Tito Schipa Toto Mario Trevi Roberto Alagna Composers edit Pasquale Mario Costa Pino Daniele Ernesto De Curtis Luigi Denza Peppino di Capri Eduardo di Capua Enzo Gragnaniello E A Mario Salvatore Mazzocco Emanuele Nutile Raffaele Sacco Francesco Paolo TostiSee also editit Canzoni della tradizione classica napoletana 1830 1970 Festival di Napoli Festival della Canzone Napoletana TarantellaReferences edit Del Giudice Luisa Spring 1994 Italian Traditional Song in Toronto From Autobiography to Advocacy Journal of Canadian Studies 29 1 74 89 doi 10 3138 jcs 29 1 74 Sorce Keller Marcello 1984 Io te voglio bene assaje A Famous Neapolitan Song Traditionally Attributed to Gaetano Donizetti The Music Review XLV 3 4 251 264 Frasca Simona 2014 Italian birds of passage the diaspora of Neapolitan musicians in New York New York Palgrave Macmillan ISBN 9781137322418 Vitale John L 2016 Exploring Canzone Napoletana and Southern Italian Migration Through Three Lenses California Italian Studies 6 2 via eScholarship http www allrovi com Archived 2011 10 14 at the Wayback Machine Sergio Franchi http www discogs com Sergio Franchi it Nuova Compagnia di Canto PopolareBibliography editMarcello Sorce Keller Continuing Opera with Other Means Opera Neapolitan Song and Popular Music among Italian Immigrants Overseas Forum Italicum Vol XLIX 2015 No 3 1 20 External links editList of texts of several Neapolitan songs Sheet music for 30 Neapolitan Songs I testi e la musica di 549 canzoni di Napoli Neapolitan song archive in Italian Comune di Ponte Archived from the original on 2012 09 17 L Archivio Storico delle Canzone napoletana Archive of Neapolitan songs in Italian Radio RAI Archived from the original on 2012 11 30 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Canzone napoletana amp oldid 1194887871, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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