Santa Lucia (song)
Traditional Neapolitan song
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- " Santa Lucia " is a traditional Neapolitan song.
- Significantly, it is the first Neapolitan song to be translated to Italian lyrics.
- Various sources credit A.
"Santa Lucia" is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) from Neapolitan into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849, during the first stage of the Italian unification. Significantly, it is the first Neapolitan song to be translated to Italian lyrics. Its transcriber, who is often miscredited as its composer, was the son of the French-born Italian composer and collector of songs Guillaume Louis Cottrau (1797–1847). Various sources credit A. Longo with the music, 1835.
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