Artist: Luigi Denza
Author: Luigi Denza/Peppino Turco
Year: 1880
In Neapolitan dialect. Introduced in hotel Quisisana in Castellammare di Stabia at the inauguration of the incline railway to the top of the Vesuvius (Funiculare del Vesuvio). This extra musical support helped convince tourists to risk the ride, since many preferred the safer back of a donkey or even walking. Meanwhile the city of Ercolano (Herculaneum) considers to re-install the original funiculare, but meanwhile "non è stato ancora possibile trovare un axccordo".
Covers:
Richard Strauss [melody in Neapolitanisches Volksleben, the allegro from his orchestral suite Aus Italien; he wrongly assumed it was a traditional]
Ferruccio Giannini [oldest recording]
Dumont Minstrels [on Berliner]
Brave Combo [with Cathy Fink and Marcy Marxer]
Bennie Jolink & Jan Wilm Tolkamp [as Jagen In 't Bos]
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Arnold Rypens
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