Italian Folk Music, Vol.5: Naples and Campania

Collected and edited by Alan Lomax, this album presents southern Italian folk music of Campania and the region's capital, Naples. The area reflects Italy's rich cultural history; invaders and more peaceful visitors have all left their mark. For example, one of the traditional Italian tarantellas on the album features instruments such as castanets (Greek), clackers and scrapers (Moorish), accordion (German), and guitar (Spanish). Other recordings that will make an impression on listeners are the operatic cries of street vendors, verses of porters and muleteers, village choruses, and a shepherd on his bagpipes. Liner notes include background information on the region, the songs, and song lyrics and their English translations.
RELATED LESSON PLAN
"From Tarantella to Tyrol: A Tour of Italian Folk Music"
Track Listing
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Tarantella from Capri: Amore ca ce Struje | A group of men and women accompanied by a municipal band and a chorus | 3:40 | |
102
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Street Vendor of Water: L'tengh' all'aqui | Street vendors in Naples | 1:20 | |
103
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Oilì, Oilà | Non-professional Neapolitan union group | 3:09 | |
104
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Jew's Harp from Positano | A porter in the village of Positano | 1:27 | |
105
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Porters Song: Scarola Riccia, Sung by a Mulateer | A group of porters in the village of Positano | 3:43 | |
106
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A Volta Paese | A Positano porter with friends | 1:36 | |
107
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La Pizzica (Tarantella) | North-African orchestra from Pagani | 2:00 | |
108
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Ballinello (Tarantella) | accordion player in San Arsenio, Salerno | 1:37 | |
109
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La Bella Caterina | Workers' chorus | 2:19 | |
110
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Nonna Nonna (Lullaby) | Chiarina Pepe | 1:27 | |
201
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E Lo Ve' Lo Ve' Lo Ve' | A chorus of men in Caggiano | 3:10 | |
202
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Tu Scendi dalle Stelle (Pastoral) | Oboe and bagpipe players in Caggiano | 6:03 | |
203
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Lo Sargende | Montemariano di Avellino village chorus | 1:59 | |
204
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Tarantella (Accordion, Tambourine & Castanets) | Salcatore Gambale and Giovanni Marino | 2:06 | |
205
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Song of the Pilgrims to Monte Vergine | Mixed singers | 2:11 | |
206
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Mulateer's Song | Raffaele Idla | 1:47 | |
207
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Wedding Serenade | Men singing in Montecalvo | 1:31 | |
208
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Tu Rondinella (Love Song) | Three seventeen year old girls | 2:08 | |
209
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Tarantella (Accordion & Clapping) | Recorded in Lettino, Caserta | 1:25 | |
210
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Zesa Viola | Artisans performing a play | 7:35 |