Neapolitan folk music
The Neapolitan folk music ( Italian : Canzone napoletana, Neapolitan : Canzona napulitana) was written in the Neapolitan dialect and originated in the Middle Ages . There are more sedate songs, such as love songs, and fast ones, such as the tarantella . The traditionally used instruments are guitar , mandolin and tambourine .
history
The Neapolitan folk music originated from a mixture of classical music and folk music . The breakthrough came in the 19th century. In 1839 the song Te voglio bene assaje was written based on the text by Raffaele Sacco , the composer was Filippo Campanella . The fact that the legend later spread that Gaetano Donizetti was the author illustrates the proximity of this type of song to the Italian opera of the time, which is also evidenced by the continued popularity of pieces such as ' O sole mio in the program of famous tenors. Te voglio bene assaje was presented on September 7, 1839 at the Festa di Piedigrotta .
Other great classics of the canzone napoletana in the 19th century are:
- Santa Lucia (1848), by Teodoro Cottrau and Enrico Cossovich
- Funiculì, Funiculà (1880), by Luigi Denza , text by Peppino Turco
- Marechiare (1885), by Francesco Paolo Tosti , text by Salvatore Di Giacomo
- Era de Maggio (1885), by Mario Pasquale Costa , text by Salvatore Di Giacomo
- Scetate (1887), by Mario Pasquale Costa, text by Ferdinando Russo
- Comme te voglio amà (1887), by Vincenzo Valente
- 'E spingole frangese (1888), by Enrico De Leva , text Salvatore Di Giacomo
- Lariulà (1888), by Mario Pasquale Costa, text by Salvatore Di Giacomo
- Catarì (1892), by Mario Pasquale Costa, text by Salvatore Di Giacomo
- 'A vucchella (1892), by Francesco Paolo Tosti, text by Gabriele D'Annunzio
- Carcioffolà (1893), by Eduardo Di Capua , text by Salvatore Di Giacomo
- Serenata napulitana (1897), by Mario Pasquale Costa, text by Salvatore Di Giacomo
- 'O sole mio (1898), by Eduardo Di Capua, text by Giovanni Capurro
- Maria Marì (1899), by Eduardo Di Capua, text by Vincenzo Russo
Many of these songs were published by Ferdinando Bideri (1851–1930) in the Neapolitan music publisher , who still owns much of the original material from the Canzone napoletana. Bideri has contracted lyricists such as Libero Bovio, EA Mario, Ernesto Murolo, Salvatore Di Giacomo , Ferdinando Russo, Rocco Galdieri, Pasquale Cinquegrana and Edoardo Nicolardi. Among the composers who worked for him are Mario Costa, Eduardo Di Capua , Vincenzo Valente, Salvatore Gambardella, Ernesto De Curtis, Vincenzo De Crescenzo and Francesco Buongiovanni.
This music has also been danced to since the 1950s. Old melodies were given rhythm and have lost their original character. A development of Neapolitan folk music can be seen in young bands such as Almamegretta , where old meets newer music trends such as dub , trip-hop and world music .
Alphabetical list of songs
- A stu telefono
- Bambola
- Canzone Amalfitana
- Carmela
- Cu'mmè
- Cuncetti
- Don Raffaè
- Indifferentiations
- Luna Caprese
- Luna rossa
- Malafemmena
- Maruzzella
- Nel mio cuore ci sei do
- Serenata e na 'Femmena
- Te voglio bene assaje
- Torero
- Tu vuò fà l'americano
- Vieni sul mar
List of singers (alphabetical)
- Renato Carosone
- Enrico Caruso
- Pino Daniele
- Gigi D'Alessio
- Nino D'Angelo
- Cecilia Gasdia
- Consiglia Licciardi
- Mario Merola
- Roberto Murolo
- Maria Nazionale
- Rosa Ponselle
- Tito Schipa
- Totò
- Mario Trevi
List of music authors
- Viviani
- Pasquale Mario Costa
- Luigi Denza
- Eduardo di Capua
- Ernesto De Curtis
- EA Mario
- Emanuele Nutile
- Raffaele Sacco
- Francesco Paolo Tosti
Films in which this music is played
- Carosello napoletano
- Maruzzella
- Accarezzame
- It Started in Naples ( It Started in Naples )
literature
- Vittorio Paliotti: Storia della Canzone Napoletana , Newton & Compton, Rome 2000 (Italian)
- Wolfgang Tschirk: Passione: Novel of the Neapolitan Song , Vienna 2006