Ernesto Tagliaferri (1889 in

Naples Naples (; it, Napoli ; nap, Napule ), from grc, Νεάπολις, Neápolis, lit=new city. is the regional capital of Campania and the third-largest city of Italy, after Rome and Milan, with a population of 909,048 within the city's adminis ...

– 1937 in Naples), was an Italian musician and composer of Neapolitan songs. His songs are world famous and have been recorded by many singers.

Biography

Born in

on 18 November 1889, the father was a barber with his "Salon" in Via S. Antonio Abate in Naples. He graduated in violin and composition at the Conservatory S. Pietro a Maiella of Naples. He began his career directing main companies in the Eden and La Fenice theatres in Naples. During the

First World War World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, the United States, and the Ottoman Empire, with fightin ...

starts an orchestra giving concerts for the troops and composing patriotic songs like "Italia mia". In 1926 starts the musical publishing house ''La bottega dei Quattro'' (The Workshop of the Four) with the authors Bovio, Lama and Valente. He settled down in

Torre del Greco Torre del Greco (; nap, Torre d' 'o Grieco; "Greek man's Tower") is a ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Naples in Italy, with a population of c. 85,000 . The locals are sometimes called ''Corallini'' because of the once plentiful cora ...

with his wife Lucia D'Orlando, sister-in-law of tenor Francesco Albanese. He died suddenly the 6 March 1937 aged 48. The poet

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 ...

expressed the funeral oration in the plaza of Torre del Greco.

Famous songs

* Nun me scetà * Italia mia * Napule canta * Napule ca se ne va * Pusilleco * Mandulinata a Napule * Quì fu Napoli * Piscatore e Pusilleco * Quanno ammore vo' filà * 'O cunto 'e Mariarosa * Passione

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Tagliaferri, Ernesto Italian musicians 1889 births 1937 deaths