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Lyricist (s) Peppino Turco. " 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. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year.
Neapolitan chord. In Classical music theory, a Neapolitan chord (or simply a " Neapolitan ") is a major chord built on the lowered ( flatted) second ( supertonic) scale degree. In Schenkerian analysis, it is known as a Phrygian II, [1] since in minor scales the chord is built on the notes of the corresponding Phrygian mode .
Neapolitan “mala parola”is a baroque painting, exaggerated in the expression, in the perspectives and the colors. Me: The UNESCO, in the Atlas of the World’s Languages in Danger, considers “in danger” and specifically “vulnerable”the South Italian / Napulitano – Calabrese language. Do you believe there is a specific reason why ...
Giovanni Capurro. " 'O sole mio " ( Neapolitan pronunciation: [o ˈsoːlə ˈmiːə]) is a well-known Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its Neapolitan language lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua (1865–1917) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (1878–1972). [2] The title translates literally as "my sun" or ...
The Kingdom of Naples ( Latin: Regnum Neapolitanum; Italian: Regno di Napoli; Neapolitan: Regno 'e Napule ), was a state that ruled the part of the Italian Peninsula south of the Papal States between 1282 and 1816. It was established by the War of the Sicilian Vespers (1282–1302), when the island of Sicily revolted and was conquered by the ...
Neapolitan is a Romance language spoken by about 7.5 million people, principally in Southern Italy, but also in immigrant communities in the United States, Germany, Northern Italy, Argentina, and Australia. The term “Neapolitan” is used broadly to refer to the differing somewhat mutually intelligible varieties, descending from Latin and ...
Tarantino dialect. Tarantino ( / ˌtærənˈtiːnoʊ /; Tarantino: dialètte tarandíne [taranˈdiːnə]; Italian: dialetto tarantino, pronounced [taranˈtiːno] ), spoken in the southeastern Italian region of Apulia, is a transitional language, most of whose speakers live in the Apulian city of Taranto. The dialect is also spoken by a few ...
