Eduardo di Capua
Very little is known about Eduardo Di Capua (1864-1917) except that he was a composer of Neapolitan songs. His most famous work is O Sole Mio which was written for a lover and sold to a publisher for just a few lira!
Very little is known about Eduardo Di Capua (1864-1917) except that he was a composer of Neapolitan songs.
Naples is a city of romantic cafes and moonlight walks, and Eduardo was captivated by the city of his birth. His music is passionate and filled with emotion and energy. He wrote O Sole Mio for a lover, and sold it to a publisher for just a few lira. Forty years after his death, a version of O Sole Mio titled It's Now or Never was recorded by Elvis Presley and sold over twenty million copies.
Compositions by Eduardo di Capua appear on
Mandolino Italiano
The Melbourne Mandolin Orchestra presents a programme built around Italian melody and the Neapolitan mandolin tradition. Bitelli, a Bellini fantasy, period arias with soprano, a Verdi La Traviata fantasy, Toselli’s Serenade, and well-loved popular songs.
Forgotten Dreams
In 1999 Concordia director Basil Hawkins first heard Hadjidakis’s The Waltz of Forgotten Dreams. Struck by its atmospheric, evocative character, he shaped a programme of kindred nostalgia, including Eileen Pakenham’s Reverie and Fred Witt’s Memories of Bendigo.