"Ciuri, ciuri" (;
Sicilian for "Flowers, Flowers"), sometimes less properly rendered as "Sciuri, sciuri", is a traditional
Sicilian folk song
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. The lyrics were written by an unknown author with the music composed by
Francesco Paolo Frontini
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in 1883.
Reinterpretations
The song has over time been reinterpreted by many artists, such as
Fiorello,
Mina,
Roy Paci
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Music and career
Born in Sicily, Paci started playing the piano as a young child and picked up the trumpet at age 10. By 13, he w ...
, as well as the well-known
Calabria
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Otello Profazio
Otello Profazio (26 December 1934 – 23 July 2023) was an Italian cantastorie, folk singer-songwriter, and author.
Biography
Born Otello Ermanno Profazio in Rende, Province of Cosenza, Profazio debuted in 1953, participating at the radio musi ...
.
In 1964
Gabriella Ferri
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Ferri's career began in a Milan nightclub in 1963. By 1965, she had broken into the Rome singing scene by singing popular Roman songs, thereby becoming ...
and
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recorded a version titled "Sciuri sciuri".
During the second weekend of the 2018 edition of the famous electronic music festival
Tomorrowland
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(July 2018), the Sicilian DJ Angemi made a remix of the traditional song, which was uploaded to the official YouTube channel of the festival. The song, in collaboration with Mariana Bo, was released through
Smash the House on October 12, 2018.
During the final of the
2020 Sanremo Music Festival,
Diletta Leotta
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reinterpreted it in the style of "
Lose Yourself
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" by the American rapper
Eminem
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.
External links
Italian folk songs
Music of Sicily
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