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:

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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