School of classical neapolitan song

One of the key aims of our international cultural Association "Arteman", was to give birth to the first school of the classic Neapolitan song in Lombardy, studying and teaching the Neapolitan language, diction and interpretation, together with the vocal technique in order to form good singers interpreters of classic Neapolitan repertoire. This international equity and immortal inspiration source is the classic Neapolitan song, which, with the celebrations of the famous "Piedigrotta Festival" gave birth to many famous Neapolitan melodies. The main authors and poets of the golden age of classic Neapolitan songs are Salvatore Di Giacomo, Ernesto Murolo, Libero Bovio, E. A. Mario, Ferdinando Russo and others. It consists of a musical repertoire that falls between '800 and' 900. Even the poet Gabriele D'Annunzio Pescara tried his hand in the Neapolitan write the famous verses of the song 'A Vucchella (1904). Among the authors and composers, it sees important poets and lyricists, mostly Neapolitans, and personalities of the opera, which made known to the world the most famous of Neapolitan classic songs. Among the non-Neapolitan performers who have sung songs of the classic song include: Luciano Pavarotti, Placido Domingo, Jose Carreras, Beniamino Gigli, Giuseppe Di Stefano, Andrea Bocelli, Claudio Villa, Al Bano, Lucio Dalla, Renato Zero, Domenico Modugno, but also Elvis Presley, Dean Martin, Elton John, Paul McCartney, Celine Dion and many others. The Neapolitan song peaked, reaching all over the world spreading in international musical cultures, especially thanks to the masterful interpretations performed by leading tenors of the time.
Among the most significant compositions of the classical Neapolitan song, belonging to the nineteenth century, include:


• Te voglio bene assaje (1839), Filippo Campanella text by Raffaele Sacco;

• Fenesta ca lucive (1842), Guglielmo Cottrau;

• Santa Lucia (1849), Teodoro Cottrau and Enrico Cossovich;

• Funiculì funiculà (1880), Luigi Denza text by Giuseppe Turco;

• Era de maggio (1885), Mario Costa text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• Marechiare (1886), Francesco Paolo Tosti text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• Scetate (1887), Mario Costa text by Ferdinando Russo;

• Comme te voglio amà (1887), Vincenzo Valente;

• 'E spingole frangese (1888), Enrico De Leva text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• Lariulà (1888), Mario Costa text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• Catarì (1892), Mario Costa text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• 'A vucchella (1892), Francesco Paolo Tosti text by Gabriele D'Annunzio;

• Carcioffolà (1893), Eduardo Di Capua text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• Serenata napulitana (1897), Mario Costa text by Salvatore Di Giacomo;

• 'O sole mio (1898), Eduardo Di Capua text by Giovanni Capurro;

• Maria Marì (1899), Eduardo Di Capua text by Vincenzo Russo;

Building on the success achieved in the nineteenth century, early twentieth century include other important also become famous songs in the world:


• Voce 'e notte (1904), Ernesto De Curtis text by Edoardo Nicolardi;

• Comme facette mammeta (1906), Salvatore Gambardella text by Giuseppe Capaldo;

• Core 'ngrato (1911), Salvatore Cardillo text by Alessandro Sisca;

• 'O surdato 'nnammurato (1915), Enrico Cannio text by Aniello Califano;

• Reginella (1917), Gaetano Larna text by Libero Bovio;

• Lacrime napulitane (1925), Francesco Buongiovanni text by Libero Bovio;

• 'O paese d' 'o sole (1925), Vincenzo D'Annibale text by Libero Bovio;

• Dicitencello vuje (1930), Rodolfo Falvo text by Enzo Fusco;

• Parlami d'amore Mariù (1932), Ennio Neri text by Cesare Andrea Bixio.