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There is not a great deal of native Italian Christmas music. The most popular Italian Christmas carol is "Tu scendi dalle stelle", the modern Italian words to which were written by Pope Pius IX in 1870. The melody is a major-key version of an older, minor-key Neapolitan carol "Quanno Nascette Ninno" of Alphonsus Liguori.
The Italian folk revival was accelerating by 1966, when the Istituto Ernesto de Martino was founded by Gianni Bosio in Milan to document Italian oral culture and traditional music. With the emergence of the Nuova Compagnia di Canto Popolare in 1970, the notion of a musical group organized to promote the music of a particular region (in this ...
Most of these thirty-one (1959-1961) songs were recorded in the Italian language: the exception is the third song, which was recorded in both Italian and English/Italian versions. " Il nostro concerto " and "Amore Mio" were both originally recorded by Franchi in Italian, but English/Italian versions were recorded by him on the Durium (UK) label.
Let’s be honest: Love songs always hit right in the feels. A ballad can transform from a regular song into the soundtrack of your relationship—whether you’re celebrating your 25th ...
"Tell me about love, Mariù"), known in its English-language versions as "Tell Me That You Love Me", is a 1932 Italian song composed by Cesare Andrea Bixio (music) and Ennio Neri (lyrics). Originally part of the comedy film What Scoundrels Men Are! , in which it was performed by Vittorio De Sica , it became a classic of Italian music and ...
Dino: Italian Love Songs is an album by Dean Martin for Capitol Records, released in 1962. The sessions producing this album's songs were recorded between September 6 and September 8 of 1961. Dino: Italian Love Songs was released on February 5, 1962 (see 1962 in music). The backing orchestra was conducted and arranged by Gus Levene. The ...
Naples has played an important and vibrant role over the centuries not just in the music of Italy, but in the general history of western European musical traditions.This influence extends from the early music conservatories in the 16th century through the music of Alessandro Scarlatti during the Baroque period and the comic operas of Pergolesi, Piccinni and, eventually, Rossini and Mozart.
The album consists of traditional Italian and Neapolitan songs (e. g. Santa Lucia) as well as then-current contemporary songs like Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu) or Piove which both had risen to international fame after being Italy's entries to the Eurovision Song Contests of 1958 and 1959.