Saturday, January 10, 2015
Canzone
Napoletana
Canzone Napoletana, 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 lover's complaint or the serenade. It 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.
Tammurriata nera
“Tammurriata nera” is
a Neapolitan song written in 1944 by E. A. Mario (music) and Edoardo Nicolardi
(text).
The origin of the
song takes inspiration from an episode really happened to Nicolardi, who saw a
commotion in the maternity ward in the “Loreto Mare” hospital
Wednesday, June 25, 2014
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