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Italian Birds of Passage

The Diaspora of Neapolitan Musicians in New York
BookPaperback
Ranking406227inGeschichte
CHF72.90

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This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of "American" identity.
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ISBN/GTIN978-1-349-45835-6
Product TypeBook
BindingPaperback
Publishing date16/09/2014
Edition14001 A. 1st ed. 2014
SeriesItalian and Italian American Studies
Pages284 pages
LanguageEnglish
SizeWidth 140 mm, Height 216 mm, Thickness 16 mm
Weight361 g
Article no.26788483
CatalogsBuchzentrum
Data source no.20091359
Product groupGeschichte
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Simona Frasca is a lecturer on early sound reproduction and Italian migration, and a freelance music journalist. She hold a doctorate in History and Analysis of Musical Culture from La Sapienza University, Rome, Italy, and is the author of Norah Jones, Piano Girl (2004).

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