Week 4 - Jan 30: From Naples to San Remo: the classic 'canzone italiana' and its transformations
Readings:
- Plastino, Goffredo. “Lazzari felici: Neapolitan song and/as nostalgia.” Popular Music, 26/3, 2007, pp. 429-440.
- Agostini, Roberto. “The Italian Canzone and the Sanremo Festival: change and continuity in Italian mainstream pop of the 1960s.” Popular Music, 26/3, 2007, pp. 389-408. Read highlighted parts, and browse the rest only if you’re interested.
Other resources:
Neapolitan song:
Era de maggio (performed by Roberto Murolo): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8bQ9gHHh28
Maruzzella (performed by Gennaro Cosmo Parlato): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkkkYZnEU34&feature=fvst
'O sole mio (performed by Massimo Ranieri): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EQHg9EjQ7JQ
'O sole mio (performed by Sergio Bruni): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8viYKpPH7oA
'O sole mio (performed by Luciano Pavarotti and Bryan Adams): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5a0juQ0aeGI
Lazzari Felici (by Pino Daniele): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuNeydkZAD0
Napule è (by Pino Daniele): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSA4dezoLfE
Italian canzone / Sanremo festival:
Miniera (performed by Claudio Villa): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R_P5p3rZk8k
Vola colomba (performed by Nilla Pizzi): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zg4cCMdwFSU
Volare (by Domenico Modugno): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t4IjJav7xbg
Nessuno mi può giudicare (performed by Caterina Caselli): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yGNTcedkzkE
Il ragazzo della via Gluck (by Adriano Celentano): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JaHUKBlX3ls
L'italiano (by Toto Cutugno): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zRDVQT_MT-o
Felicità (by Al Bano and Romina Power): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObYzR3ijtpU
Luigi Tenco:
E se ci diranno: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2UHUPqBcAM8
Vedrai, vedrai: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MZ2s4KTLUj8
Vasco Rossi:
Vado al massimo: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=seZfklvRmmc
Albachiara: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qx29uSwh8bs
Vita spericolata: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6qR_FVTgXA