Ernesto De Curtis (4 October 1875 – 31 December 1937) was an Italian composer.An excerpt from Ettore de Mura, ed. 1969. ''Enciclopedia della canzone Napoletana''
Born 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 ...

, the son of Giuseppe De Curtis and Elisabetta Minnon, he was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante and the brother of poet Giambattista De Curtis, with whom he wrote the song "

Torna a Surriento "Torna a Surriento" () is a Neapolitan song composed in 1894 by Italian musician Ernesto De Curtis to words by his brother, the poet and painter Giambattista De Curtis. The song was copyrighted officially in 1905, and has become one of the mos ...

". He studied

piano The piano is a stringed keyboard instrument in which the strings are struck by wooden hammers that are coated with a softer material (modern hammers are covered with dense wool felt; some early pianos used leather). It is played using a keybo ...

and received a diploma from the Conservatory of San Pietro a Maiella in Naples. He died at Naples in 1937.

Works

He wrote over a hundred songs, including: *"

" - 1902 *"Voce 'e notte" - 1904 *"Canta pe' me" - 1909 *"Non ti scordar di me" (lyrics by Libero Bovio) - 1912 *"Sona chitarra" - 1913 *"Tu ca nun chiagne" - 1915 *"Duorme Carmé'" *"Ti voglio tanto bene" *"Non ti scordar di me" (lyrics by Domenico Furnò) - 1935

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* 1875 births 1937 deaths Musicians from Naples 19th-century Italian composers Italian male composers 19th-century Italian male musicians 20th-century Italian composers 20th-century Italian male musicians {{italy-composer-stub