Traditional music Italian Folk/traditional Songs (also in dialects) and Dances

Maleth said:
A tribute to my oracle :grin:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl531P9icVU
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Very nice, and very iconic song. :)

My husband also got Sicilian and then Ashkenazi on that oracle, although he's neither, as his ancestors come form Napoli and Calabria. Like I said, not very reliable. (You might try the Eurogenes K13. It has the benefit of having a lot of Italian reference populations.)

Anyway, back to music:

I really love this song: "Latru Amuri"(Calabrian dialect), "Thief of Love". Lots of lovely if sensual pictures, including some of Raoul Bova, who is also Calabrian and Neapolitan. So, that's what the genetics can produce. :) I had a school girl crush on him for two decades until he had a mid-life crisis and left his very nice and previously very loved wife for a younger, more exotic model. :(

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GhBohNkmPoQ

 
davef said:
Maleth is getting in touch with his sicilian background. He should try the square pizza, it's the best! I would put double (triple) cheese on it, extra BBQ sauce, and buffalo chicken on top. Extra cheese is a must, I swear I was a mouse in my previous existance and I pigged out on kraft singles when I was like 5.
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:grin: awesome isnt it. Im on statins now, eating like a teenager and love the cheese too. (my Dr dosent know, and he will never know as my cholesterol results came out fine...yipeee :) )

Angela said:
My husband also got Sicilian and then Ashkenazi on that oracle, although he's neither, as his ancestors come form Napoli and Calabria. Like I said, not very reliable. (You might try the Eurogenes K13. It has the benefit of having a lot of Italian reference populations.)
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You are right Angela:-

#Population (source)Distance1

1 West_Sicilian2.652Italian_
2 Abruzzo5.25
3 Tuscan 5,724
4 East_Sicilian7.045
5 Central_Greek7.826
6 South_Italian8.397
7 Greek_Thessaly8.68
8 Ashkenazi10.19
9 North_Italian11.8910
10 Italian_Jewish12.9311

Very nice traditional song....love the accent too :)
 
Please tell me that you don't eat pizza with barbecued chicken. You're going to put a serious strain on our friendship. :disappointed::grin: As for anything with pineapple, well, words fail me.:mad: These monstrosities are even filtering back to Italy, to please the tourists, I think. I refuse to allow it in my house. If my kids want to eat it, which my son sometimes disappoints me by doing, they can eat it outside. No barbarisms in my home!

Your scores are interesting. I'll PM since it's off topic here. It looks to me as if your English grandfather might be pulling your scores a bit north and west?

I do love those old Calabrian songs, but I'm afraid the accent and dialect words sometimes interfere with my understanding. I was never able to turn to my husband for guidance as he doesn't speak a word of Italian, not even dialect. :( It's absolutely pathetic: it still annoys me that Italian-Americans, unlike the Greek-Americans, didn't set up Italian language schools for their children.

Anyway, to music:

Here's another nice Calabrian song: "Tutti mi vonnu", Everyone wants me. How nice for her to be in that position, yes?:) The songs (and dances) from my "home" areas look and sound like "The Sound of Music" in comparison. I still think this is just as beautiful in its own way, but then I rather thought I was her at that time in my life. :grin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUfWRBGQkz0

Here it is:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5OTt0Qp3Ih4

 
Angela will kill me after she reads this...but at one point I had a craving for pizza with double cheese, buffalo chicken and a crust filled with......CHEETOS! And I rarely paid attention during Italian class. :) Here she comes....
 
Thin crust pizza with not much on it with fresh herbs, for me please. Definitely no pineapples or ketchup. Last month I had "few" slices of such culinary masterpiece from wood fired pizza oven. Deliciosa!
 
LeBrok said:
Thin crust pizza with not much on it with fresh herbs, for me please. Definitely no pineapples or ketchup. Last month I had "few" slices of such culinary masterpiece from wood fired pizza oven. Deliciosa!
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Now that sounds like a man with a good palate! :) Just add a green salad and a nice glass of wine and I'm happy.

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Thick crust for me with lots of garbage! My body demands heavy meals as I'm 140lbs soaking wet and burn off calories like a furnace. I remember when I used to stay at a friends house, I would eat like the Tasmanian devil and his father would always say " they don't feed im'" lol! If I so much as eat 2 small meals my body shuts down and I get real weak..interestingly enough when I begin to eat heavy again my muscles relax so severely I barely am able to move. My magic bullet is the huge plate of spaghetti and meatballs sold at a restaurant nearby which includes four meatballs the size of oranges. I can eat that entire pizza in your pic angela. Oh and I also engage in heavy cardio activities and have a family history of thyroid issues.
I apologize for posting off topic. This forum does have leeway when it comes to posting off topic, thankfully.
 
This is for Petrous. :) O'Saraccino

It's dialect from the south...Napoli

The saracen

His has very curly har,
a brigand's eyes and sunshine in his face.
Every girl melts upon seeing him pass
with the cigarette in his mouth
a hand in his pocket
and he goes on, cocky, all around the city


The saracen, the saracen
is a handsome lad
The saracen, the saracen
makes all the girls sigh
he has a beautiful face and a good heart,
he knows how to make love.
He’s a rascal, he’s a seducer
if you look at him you fall in love.
And a blond poisoned herself
and a brunette killed herself.
Is he poison or a disaster?
What is he doing to women?
The saracen, the saracen
is a handsome lad
he has a beautiful face and a good heart,
all the girls fall in love


But a redhead, the other night
with a kiss and an apology
has stolen your heart and soul;
saracen you're not yourself any longer


The saracen, the saracen
is a handsome lad
The saracen, the saracen
all the girls fall in love

I picture Raoul Bova, not like this...

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or even like he was in La Lupa

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but like he was in La Piovra...after a long, hot summer, on a humid day...
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O Saraccino...as modernized by Gigi d'Alessio...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9-vfZKHOnQ





 
Folk singing and dancing in Lombardia:

(My presepio pieces include a lot of shepherds dressed in that cape and hat and carrying a bagpipe. There was no concern with verisimilitude or historical accuracy. The characters all looked like us.)

The dancing starts around 5:08. Yes, in that weather. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWv-SRebECM

 
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Although written by a Piemontese, this song is sung throughout Italy: Our Little Madonna with the Golden Curls. It is about one of the ubiquitous little statues of the Madonna which dot the countryside. It usually surprises foreigners, but this song, like similar ones, is danced to...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0QS3HC9Sf2Y

This is the English translation:

Our Little Madonna with the golden curls:
A handsome shepherd carved her in a fir trunk,
at the altar of that chapel overlooking the valley,then someone painted her with colors and brushes,
now she is the symbol of every traveler passing by.

Refrain:
Our little Lady with the golden curls,
for whom are you praying?
for the man who sweats in the field
for the woman who has been suffering for so long
In the summer you're there under the sun,
in the winter - in frost and snow,
in the spring’s warmth,
surrounded by flowers are you
With a direct line to Heaven,
You give a smile and comfort to the sick
Please tell your son
We are Christians and we are your children

An autumn morning I passed on the green path,
our Lady with golden curls was not there: it was a mystery.
From the empty niche, that sweet treasure was missing,
a traveler who passes by cannot pray any more.


{Refrain}


Little shepherd, painter in the past,
there is an urgent need for you,
come back to redo for us
our Lady with golden curls.


In direct line with Heaven,
you give comfort to the sick and a smile,
please ask your Son, tell him that
we are Christians… and we are your children! ...

 
I like the song "Angiolina" very much, and not because the girl bears my name. :) This lilting dance tune is about a boy going off to do his military service and the tears Angiolina sheds for him. "Give me a kiss, Angiolina, for tomorrow I depart."

The group is an outgrowth of the older Northern Italian group "Baraban". Two of the original performers are still there, although much older, alas. I like the addition of a nice female soprano voice, however. The new accordion player is nice too. :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IiI1Jx1xFOU
 
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Try this after a couple of glasses of wine. :)

L'uva grisa.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWdSsjY2bNA

This is a saltarello. It's a lot like American square dancing, or line dancing, or maybe the Irish jig. (At the end I've also added some links to American Square dancing in case Europeans aren't familiar with it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QyH59-Ji5E

Below are examples of square dancing and clog dancing. They all, as well as the Italian versions, come from medieval dances.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JHqS1bOOLVc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cs2j8f7H2WY

This is Irish step dancing...a lot of Irish American and even part Irish American kids take classes in this.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hKCHgwzMjhw
 
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Canzoniere Grecanico Salentino performing in NYC. By about 18 minutes in the crowd is warmed up and on their feet. I don't know why it took them that long. Not enough Italians in the crowd, I guess. :) The ballerina is quite good, and I like their incorporation of various instruments including the bagpipes. I've also included one of their official videos. It's quite good and well done, imo.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HDSFyataUR8&t=1117s

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4cG6pbwx_dw
 
I was listening to Neapolitan music last night. I only heard it once I got to America, really, but I love it. This particular song is one of my favorites. I probably posted it already, and probably it was a version that was given the operatic treatment. There's nothing wrong with that, and I like those versions too, but this version came across my feed by the great Roberto Murolo, and it's now my absolute favorite. I imagine this is what it would have sounded like coming from a young man out in the street serenading the young woman of his choice. It's a very sweet, very heartfelt, very moving version, imo.

Here are the lyrics, Neapolitan and English. Italian Americans call it "Oi Mari". I was presumed to be able to sing it at parties. Alas, no. I could have burst into "Quei mazzolin di fiori", though. :)

"Open, o window!( Aràpete fenèsta).
Let Mary appear,(famm' affaccià a Maria)
As I’m in the middle of the street(ca stongo mmiez' 'a via)
Hoping to see her!(speruto d''a vedè).

I don’t have a moment's peace (Nun trovo n'ora 'e pace)
I turn my night into day ('A nott' 'a faccio juorno),
To be always here (sempe pe stà ccà attuorno)
Hoping to talk to her!(speranno 'e ce parlà!)

O Mary, O Mary! (Oi Mari', oi Mari)
How much sleep I lose over you!(Quanta suonno ca perdo pe’ te)
Let me sleep (Famm' addurmi)
Just hugging you ! (abbracciato nu poco cu te)
O Mary, O Mary! (Oi Marì, oi Marì)
How much sleep I lose over you! (Quanta suonno ca perdo pe' te)
Let me sleep (Famm' addurmì),
O Mary, O Mary! (Oi Marì, oi Marì)

In the middle of this little garden ('Mmiez'a stu ciardeniello),
A hollyhock smiles at us …( ce ride 'a malvarosa...)
A bed of rose-petals (Nu lietto 'e fronne 'e rosa)
I made for you … (aggio fatto pe' te...)"

Come here as the night is sweet (Viene che 'a notte è doce)
The sky is like a mantle…( 'o cielo ch'è nu manto...)
You are sleeping and I’m singing (Tu duorme e io te canto)
A lullaby by your side …('a nanna a fianco a te...)

It seems that there is a small opening (Pare ca già s'arape)
Of the window (na senga 'e fenestella)
Mary waves to me (Maria ca na manella
She waves to me!(nu segno a me me fa)

Play, my guitar ! (Sona, chitarra mia)
Mary woke up (Maria s' è scetata)
A beautiful serenade (Na bella serenata)
Let’s sing her !( facimmela sentì).

O Mary, O Mary! (Oi Mari', oi Mari)
How much sleep I lose over you! (Quanta suonno ca perdo pe’ te)
Let me sleep (Famm' addurmi)
Just hugging you ! (abbracciato nu poco cu te)
O Mary, O Mary! (Oi Marì, oi Marì)
How much sleep I lose over you! (Quanta suonno ca perdo pe' te)
Let me sleep (Famm' addurmì),
O Mary, O Mary! (Oi Marì, oi Marì) "


http://en.allexperts.com/q/Italian-Language-1584/Oi-Marie.htm

This sweetness mixed with passion outweighs everything else.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ruWlagKvuK0

 
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