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Meanings of neapolitan song in English

Russian
неаполитанская песня
Portuguese
canção napolitana
Spanish
canciones napolitanas
Catalan
cançó napolitana

Genre of music related to the musical tradition of Naples.

        Related terms
        неаполитанская песня
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        Examples for "canzone napoletana"
        Examples for "canzone napoletana"
        1
        It was not only Venetian music he'd known; he had heard a great deal of Neapolitan music performed in the north.
        Cry to heaven
        Usage of neapolitan song in English
        1
        I took my harp and played a piece, but not my Neapolitan song.
        Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
        2
        Frankie is singing an old Neapolitan song.
        Miller's crossing
        3
        The method of calculation closely resembles Polichinelle's arithmetic in Lablache's Neapolitan song, "fifteen and five make twenty-two."
        Lost Illusions
        4
        Loud voices sang lusty English choruses and French chansonnettes, and Neapolitan songs tried to assert themselves whenever the uproar ceased for a moment.
        Stories by English Authors: Africa (Selected by Scribners)
        5
        One day, as he was walking in Vienna, Paganini saw poor little Italian boy scraping some Neapolitan songs before the windows of a large house.
        Great Violinists and Pianists
        6
        "Will you sing your Neapolitan song?"
        Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
        7
        They walked up and down the terrace, and Ivor sang a Neapolitan song: "Stretti, stretti"-close ,close-withsomethingabout the little Spanish girl to follow.
        Crome Yellow
        8
        "Sing him your Neapolitan song."
        Scoop
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