Neapolitan song

It includes the vocal work of the Golden Age from the end of the 19th century to the middle of the 20th century, the background related to the different forms of Neapolitan singing, as well as the following production that adopts traditional models.

The traditional Neapolitan song is an emotional heritage with different vocal shades. Since the end of the nineteenth century it has shown lights, shadows, stories and costumes of a city born from the suffering wail of the siren Partenope.

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The origins of the Neapolitan song

The myth of the Neapolitan song also spread thanks to the circulation of illustrated leaflets, which included the lyrics of the songs. Flyers first, and Copielle later, were distributed for a fee or free to the entire population to give exposure to the music publishers of the nineteenth century.