Naples, between paradise and the underworld: an attempt to travel. Part two: Paradise

Canzone Napoletana

Ask any Italian, where the best singers come from, and he will say: from Naples. Neapolitan song ( Canzone Napoletana ) is an independent and respected genre in Italian music, and almost everything is singing in this city today. Naples have its own special melodious dialect, which lies well with music, and the penetrating manner in which local singers sing, sinks in the heart for a long time.

Even the church holidays of Naples were a competition in singing. Future stars, including Caruso, tried their strength. In the twentieth century, Neapolitan songs in modern arrangements often became hits. Everyone knows “return to Sorrento” and “Santa-Lucia”. Since 1952, with gigantic breaks, but the Neapolitan song festival has been held. This, of course, is not a festival of Italian song in San Remo, but he has his own glorious story.

Caravaggio

In addition to music, in Naples by the end of the 16th century, a variation of the Comedy del Arte was born: Pulchinella, Scaramucca and Colombin - all of them come from here. As well as the own school of painting, the heyday of which came on the XVII-XVIII century. The Great Caravaggio launched her, during his short stay in Naples, who wrote the masterpiece of “Seven Acts of Mercy” for the Church of the Church of the Pio-Montella-Miserordia Church-this canvas is still stored in it. Two more of his paintings are in Naples: “The Beaching of Christ” in the Royal Palace of Capodimont ( Capodimonte ) and “The Martyrdom of St. Ursula” in the Palace of Zevalos-Stlyano.

"Seven Acts of Mercy" Caravaggio. Wikipedia

The artistic manner of Caravaggio caused a splash in Naples and turned the local ideas about art. He, in fact, “founded” his own direction of painting - Neapolitan Caravagism, who soon captured all of Europe. In addition to Caravaggio, the Spaniard Giuseppe de Ribera, Luke Jordano and Salvator Rosa, a former monk, not only remarkably painted, but also playing and playing in the production of comedy del arte, lived and worked in Naples.

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