Salvatore Di Giacomo

Salvatore Di Giacomo at a young age

Salvatore Di Giacomo at an advanced age

Salvatore Di Giacomo (born March 13, 1860 in Naples ; † April 4, 1934 there ) was an Italian poet, playwright and essayist. He was one of the leading lyricists of the "golden era" of the "Canzone napoletana"

The son of a doctor and a musician also began to study medicine at his father's request, but gave up studying in 1886 and became a journalist at Corriere del Mattino , then at Corriere di Napoli , Pro Patria and Gazzetta . From 1893 the author, interested in local history, worked as a librarian for various cultural institutions. Di Giacomo is considered one of the innovators of the Neapolitan dialect poetry. His relationship with singer Emilia Persico was widely applauded . From 1925 the poet politically supported fascism , which earned him several honors and honors.

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Di Giacomo's plays, such as A San Francesco and Assunta Spina, reflect the harsh social reality of Naples around 1900, they show the victims of structural "renovations" based on the Haussmann model in Paris, the exploited and health-ruined workers, prostitution, crimes, etc. His lyrics For the Festa di Piedigrotta , on the other hand, lighter fare. Marechiare (1885), music by Francesco Paolo Tosti , Era de Maggio (1885) to the music of Mario Pasquale Costa , and 'E spingole frangese (1888) to the music of Enrico De Leva are particularly well known , Lariulà (1888), music by Mario Pasquale Costa, Catarì (1892), music by Mario Pasquale Costa, Carcioffolà (1893), music by Eduardo Di Capua , and Serenata napulitana (1897) to the music of Mario Pasquale Costa.

literature

• Fritz Stephan Neumann, Karl Vossler , Salvatore Di Giacomo: Salvatore di Giacomo: a Neapolitan folk poet in words, images and music , Vlg C. Winter, 1908
• Angelo Pellegrino:  Di Giacomo, Salvatore. In: Massimiliano Pavan (ed.): Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani (DBI). Volume 40:  DiFausto – Donadoni. Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome 1991.