Funiculì, Funiculà

PORT OF MAR DEL PLATA, ARGENTINA Funiculì, Funiculà is a famous song written by Italian journalist Peppino Turco and set to music by Italian composer Luigi Denza in 1880. It was composed to commemorate the opening of the first funicular on Mount Vesuvius. It was sung for the first time in the Quisisana Hotel in Castellammare di Stabia and met with huge success. It was presented by Turco and Denza to the Piedigrotta's day during the same year.Six years after Funiculì, Funiculà was composed, German composer Richard Strauss heard the song while on a tour of Italy. Thinking that it was a traditional Italian folk song, he later incorporated it into his Aus Italien symphony. To his great embarrassment, Strauss realised his mistake when an angry Denza filed a lawsuit against him. Denza won the lawsuit, and Strauss was forced to pay him a royalty fee every time the Aus Italien was performed in public.

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[goofe26]

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GoofE Manny

[roxscor]

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[buenjuanino]

Bravissimo

[nakidsoul]

'They say the world is made of hot pastrami, and so do I, make mine on rye..."

[sugarpienorman]

Eccellente!

[RASHTG]

This old guy is not bad!

[Gstream001]

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[legioVmacedonica]

De los Chiarellas en Chile,

Ave!!.....

Buen video

[pp1950pp]

Exelente versión de esta canción que no sabía el nombre el tio que la toca, lo máximo

saludos del Perú

[MrAnitaGabrielli]

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[frederthan]

yup by far the best version of this song..  beautiful

[jackfortunato]

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