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
Pino Daniele - Lazzari Felici: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tuNeydkZAD0
Pino Daniele - Napule è: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSA4dezoLfE