Italian Birds Of Passage: The Diaspora Of Neapolitan Musicians In New York (Italian And Italian American Studies)

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. 9781349458356 134945835X 263 History NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=aaCkDAEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Simona Frasca
• • Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• • Publication Date: Sep 16, 2014
• • Number of Pages: 263 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Paperback
• • ISBN-10: 134945835X
• • ISBN-13: 9781349458356