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Neapolitan Postcards

The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject
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 2016

Summary

Neapolitan Postcards gathers a diverse group of international scholars to investigate unexplored transnational aspects of the intimate yet globally popular canzone napoletana. Performed and beloved worldwide in almost every language, the style had hits such as “Funiculì funiculà” (1880) and “’O sole mio” (1898) which sold millions of copies. These hits fueled the tradition’s spread across the world over the course of the twentieth century with the eventual popularity of covers by singers and musicians of all music genres and styles, from popular music to opera and jazz.

This book is the first scholarly work that considers the specific complexities of the international Neapolitan Song scenes through case studies from Argentina, England, Greece, and the United States, employing analyses of compositions, iconographical sources, international films, mechanical musical instruments, performances, and recordings devoted to the canzone napoletana.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright Year
2016
ISBN-Print
978-0-8108-8159-4
ISBN-Online
978-0-8108-8160-0
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
242
Product Type
Edited Book

Table of contents

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    1. Contents No access
    2. Figures No access
    3. Tables No access
    4. Neapolitan Postcards: Introduction No access
  1. Chapter 1. Echoes of Naples No access Pages 1 - 28
  2. Chapter 2. A Mediterranean Triangle: Naples, Smyrna, Athens No access Pages 29 - 44
  3. Chapter 3. The Neapolitan Sound Goes Around: Mechanical Music Instruments, Talking Machines, and Neapolitan Song, 1850–1925 No access Pages 45 - 72
  4. Chapter 4. The Folk Within: On Some Neapolitan Productions in Early Twentieth-Century Italian American Records No access Pages 73 - 80
  5. Chapter 5. New York City Neapolitan Music from the Calandra Institute’s Mark Pezzano Collection No access Pages 81 - 96
  6. Chapter 6. You Can Go Home Again and Again: Santa Lucia Luntana, the Film No access Pages 97 - 114
  7. Chapter 7. Diasporic Musings on Veracity and Uncertainties of “Core ’ngrato” No access Pages 115 - 150
  8. Chapter 8. Napoli in Buenos Aires: From Canzonetta to Tango Canción No access Pages 151 - 182
  9. Chapter 9. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Transatlantic Stereotypes, 1880s–1950s No access Pages 183 - 208
  10. Chapter 10. Blues in the Bay: The Bluesology of James Senese and Raiz No access Pages 209 - 222
  11. Afterword: Neapolitan Postcards and Metaphorical Materiality: Ontologies of Intimacy No access Pages 223 - 230
  12. Index No access Pages 231 - 238
  13. About the Contributors No access Pages 239 - 242

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