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Canzone napoletana (Italian: [kanˈtsoːne napoleˈtaːna]; Neapolitan: canzona napulitana [kanˈdzoːnə napuliˈtɑːnə]), 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 ...
In spite of the modern vision of the mandolin as a quaint vehicle for older, traditional popular music such as the Canzone Napoletana, the instrument has a classical history. Students of the mandolin at the Naples Conservatory are required to perform selections from a large repertoire of music composed especially for the instrument by, among ...
The song, a portrait of a romantic approach in a wheat field, went to be a classic of the Canzone Napoletana, and it was later covered by numerous artists, including Nilla Pizzi, Ornella Vanoni, Gigliola Cinquetti, Roberto Murolo, Peppino di Capri, Fausto Cigliano, Fred Bongusto, Perez Prado, Natalino Otto, Peter Van Wood, Iva Zanicchi, Massimo ...
Mina and Adriano Celentano are the best-selling artists in Italy. This is the chart of Italian music artists listed by estimated sales according to the most important Italian newspapers, national television channels and music magazines. As the compilation of official data of sale of records in Italy it began to have departed only since 1995, thanks to the Federazione Industria Musicale ...
It has become one of the most popular Italian songs, a classic of the Canzone Napoletana genre, and has been recorded by many artists. Background Totò ...
The Festival della Canzone Napoletana ("Festival of Neapolitan Song"), commonly known as the Festival di Napoli, is a Neapolitan song contest. The first edition was held in 1952 and the last in 2004. From 1952 to 1970 the show was broadcast on RAI and from 1998 to 2004, in a differently spirited version, by Rete 4.
"Funiculì, Funiculà" (IPA: [funikuˈli (f)funikuˈla]) is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius.
2005 - Renata Tebaldi Arie da opere-III e canzone (Arias from operas-III and song) (Hobby & Work Hobby & Work Publishing – ORT004) 2006 - Plácido Domingo album Italia, ti amo (Italy, I love you) (Deutsche Grammophon – 00289 477 6086), released in Germany and Ukraine