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Lazzari felici: Neapolitan song and/as nostalgia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 October 2007

GOFFREDO PLASTINO
GOFFREDO PLASTINO
Affiliation:
International Centre for Music Studies, School of Arts and Cultures, Armstrong Building, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU, UK E-mail: [email protected]
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Abstract

Although the canzone napoletana (Neapolitan song) is the best-known Italian popular music in the world, it is also the most misunderstood. It is mostly associated with operatic or quasi-operatic vocal styles, but all the other Neapolitan popular voices, the performance features and even the history of this musical genre are less well known. This essay in particular considers how the porous Neapolitan voice is a ‘space’ for complex negotiations between different musical styles, and how through this voice (that admits within itself the existence of other vocal styles) Neapolitan composers, musicians and singers articulate different relationships between music, history and nostalgia.

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Articles
Information
Popular Music , Volume 26 , Issue 3 , October 2007 , pp. 429 - 440
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 2007

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