Enrico Cannio (1874 in
Naples
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– 1949 in Naples) was an Italian
music
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ian and
composer
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Etymology and Defi ...
. He initially received a diploma in
piano
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to become an orchestra
conductor; he spent his whole life in Naples, and during his career he worked at three singing schools in the city. He also led three local theater orchestras, at the Eden, the Umberto, and the Trianon. He wrote for the majority of local song publishers, and collaborated with artists such as
Libero Bovio
Libero Bovio (9 June 1883 – 26 May 1942) was a Neapolitan lyricist and dialect poet.
Bovio was one of those responsible for the rejuvenation of Neapolitan
dialect in plays, poetry and song at the beginning of the twentieth
century. He took o ...
,
Ernesto Murolo Ernesto, form of the name Ernest in several Romance languages, may refer to:
* ''Ernesto'' (novel) (1953), an unfinished autobiographical novel by Umberto Saba, published posthumously in 1975
** ''Ernesto'' (film), a 1979 Italian drama loosely ba ...
, and
Aniello Califano
Aniello Califano (19 January 1870 in Sorrento – 20 February 1919 in Sant'Egidio del Monte Albino) was an Italian poet and writer. He was the author of numerous Neapolitan songs, the music to which was composed by various Neapolitan composer ...
. His most popular song, to a text by Califano, was "
'O surdato 'nnammurato ''O surdato 'nnammurato'' (; in English: "The Soldier in Love") is a famous song written in the Neapolitan language. The song is used as the anthem of S.S.C. Napoli.
The words were written by Aniello Califano and the music composed by Enrico Cann ...
", published in 1915. Among his other popular songs, to texts or Libero Bovio, were "A serenata 'e Pulecenella", "Tarantella luciana" and "Carufanella".
Songs
*"Oj ma', dammillo" (1901)
*"Carmela mia!" (1903)
*"'E difiette d'e ffemmene" (1907)
*"A fussetella" (1908)
*"'O scialacquone" (1908)
*"A luntananza d'o suldato" (1909)
*"Tarantella luciana" (1913)
*"Carufanella" (1914)
*"Vola e va..." (1914)
*"
'O Surdato 'Nnamurato" (1915)
*"Povere figliole" (1915)
*"A serenata 'e Pulecenella" (1916)
*"Canta, Mara" (1916)
*"Surdato italiano" (1916)
*"Margaretè" (1917)
*"'O surdato 'e malavita" (1917)
*"Zetella" (1917)
*"Cara sposina" (1918)
*"Passa appriesso" (1918)
*"'O portavoce" (1921)
*"L'appuntamento" (1923)
*"Maistà" (1925)
*"'O squilibrato" (1931)
*"Rusella 'e maggio" (1939).
External links
Enrico Cannio Official Websiteat www.interviu.it
"Carmela mia!" available in the collection of the digital library Polona.pl
Bibliography
*Ettore de Mura - ''Enciclopedia della Canzone Napoletana'', Casa Editrice IL TORCHIO, Napoli 1969
References
:''This article is based on a translation of the
corresponding article in the Italian Wikipedia.''
1874 births
1949 deaths
Italian composers
Italian male composers
Italian songwriters
Male songwriters
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