Neapolitan Postcards: The Canzone Napoletana as Transnational Subject (Europea: Ethnomusicologies and Modernities)

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. Echoes Of Naples / Goffredo Plastino -- A Mediterranean Triangle : Naples, Smyrna, Athens / Franco Fabbri -- The Neapolitan Sound Goes Around : Mechanical Music Instruments, Talking Machines, And Neapolitan Song (1850-1925) / Anita Pesce -- The Folk Within : On Some Neapolitan Productions In Early Twentieth-century Italian-american Records / Giuliana Fugazzotto -- New York City Neapolitan Music From The Calandra Institute's Mark Pezzano Collection / Rosangela Briscese And Joseph Sciorra -- You Can Go Home Again And Again : Santa Lucia Luntana, The Film / Giorgio Bertellini -- Diasporic Musings On Veracity And Uncertainties Of Core 'ngrato / Joseph Sciorra -- Napoli In Buenos Aires : From Canzonetta To Tango Canción / Ana Cara -- The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly : Transatlantic Stereotypes 1880s-1950s / Paolo Prato -- Blues In The Bay : The Bluesology Of James Senese And Raiz / Alessandro Buffa And Iain Chambers -- Afterword : Neapolitan Postcards And Metaphorical Materiality : Ontologies Of Intimacy / Philip V. Bohlman. Edited By Goffredo Plastino And Joseph Sciorra. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Foreword: Neapolitan PostcardsMartin StokesChapter 1: Echoes of NaplesGoffredo PlastinoChapter 2: A Mediterranean Triangle: Naples, Smyrna, AthensFranco FabbriChapter 3: The Neapolitan Sound Goes Around: Mechanical Music Instruments, Talking Machines, and Neapolitan Song (1850-1925)Anita PesceChapter 4: The Folk Within: On Some Neapolitan Productions in Early Twentieth-CenturyItalian-American RecordsGiuliana FugazzottoChapter 5: New York City Neapolitan Music from the Calandra Institute's Mark Pezzano CollectionRosangela Briscese and Joseph SciorraChapter 6: You Can Go Home Again, and Again: Santa Lucia Luntana, the FilmGiorgio BertelliniChapter 7: Diasporic Musings on Veracity and Uncertainties of "Core 'ngrato"Joseph SciorraChapter 8: Napoli in Buenos Aires: From Canzonetta to Tango CancionAna CaraChapter 9: The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: Transatlantic Stereotypes 1880s-1950sPaolo PratoChapter 10: Blues in the Bay: The Bluesology of James Senese and RaizAlessandro Buffa and Iain ChambersAfterword:Neapolitan Postcards and Metaphorical Materiality: Ontologies of IntimacyPhilip V. Bohlman The canzone napoletana-Neapolitan song-was one of the first international popular music of the modern era, traveling beyond the city of Naples and the borders of Italy. Its success was due largely to Italian emigrants, who composed, performed, recorded, sold, and consumed the music in the forms of sheet music, piano rolls, 78 rpm recordings, and performances. In Neapolitan Postcards contributors address the unexplored transnational aspects of the Neapolitan song. From its origins in Naples to its arrival-with such classic songs as 'Core 'ngrato' (1911) to 'Senza Mamma' (1925)-in New York City, Neapolitan song gained popularity among a larger American public even as Italian immigrants were victimized as racialized others. Its spread across the world over the course of the twentieth century became evident as singers and musicians like the Andrews Sisters, Charles Aznavour, Count Basie, Elvis Presley, Violeta Rivas, Caetano Veloso, Frank Zappa, and others recorded Neapolitan songs or incorporated it into their compositions This book considers the specific complexities of the international Neopolitan Song scenes through case studies from Argentia, 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.--Provided by publisher Neapolitan,Postcards,:,The,Canzone,Napoletana,as,Transnational,Subject,edited,by,Goffredo,Plastino,and,Joseph,Sciorra,Rowman,&,Littlefield,Publishers,2016.,ProQuest,Ebook,Central,http://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/nyulibrary-ebooks/detail.action?docID=4519217. Created,from,nyulibrary-ebooks,on,2021-01-07,15:01:02. The book is the first scholarly work that considers specifically the complexity of the international Neapolitan song scene through case studies from Greece, Argentina, the Middle East, and the United States, employing analyses of iconographical sources and international films devoted to the canzone napoletana.