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When one mentions Tango
and Neapolitan song, he/she cannot avoid to raise a thought
to emigration and emigrants.
It is important to remember that, among the preferred destinations
of the “great emigration” in the late XIX century,
Argentina was one of the top choices.
Tango appears just in this period, probably
with a contribution from Italians themselves.
However, the Neapolitan music compositions have been including
for ages various of the rhythms and structures which are
the foundations of tango.
It is worth to note that countless Neapolitan songs have
been written with a Habanera beat. One example for all, 'O
sole mio.
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In preparing a programme for the NTF,
we decided to choose twenty songs either dealing with emigration
("Lacreme 'e cundannate", another Habanera; but
also “L'emigrante” by Raffaele Viviani) or
referable to a recognisable Tango pattern (“Agata”,
by Pisano and Cioffi; “Avvertimento” by Viviani);
or even to a proto-tango pattern - the already mentioned
Habanera (“Tutta pe' mmè “, “Na
sera 'e Maggio”).
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several songs which we freely rearranged as tangos, as well
as others coming from the repertoires of Mignonette or Pasquariello;
both these artists were greatly loved by Italian emigrants
and often made exhibitions in the faraway South American
lands. From Mignonette’s repertoire we recovered three
real masterpieces: 'A cartulina 'e Napule, Tammurriata americana
and, especially, Vieneme nsuonno, a real “tango-cancion” which
makes a stronger case for the bonds between our cultures,
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Antonello Paliotti
NapoleTango – Tango
and the Neapolitan song
Music
arrangements by Antonello Paliotti
Musicians:
Edo Notarloberti, violin
Lello Settembre, clarinet
Francesco Fusco, guitar
Leonardo Massa, cello
Singers:
Luciano Catapano
Ciro Capano
Francesca Esposito
Fiorenza Calogero
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