Name Peppino Turco Role Songwriter | ||
Funiculi funicula svetlana spiridonova musica di luigi denza testo di peppino turco 1880
Giuseppe “Peppino” Turco (7 March 1846 – 14 October 1903) was an Italian songwriter.
Contents
- Funiculi funicula svetlana spiridonova musica di luigi denza testo di peppino turco 1880
- Funicul Funicul Luigi Denza 1846 1922 and Peppino Turco 1846 1907
- Funicul Funicul
- Other songs
- References
Turco was born in Naples. Initially he was a renowned journalist and poet, collaborating with the satirical newspaper Capitan Fracassa in Rome and various Neapolitan periodicals. However it is for his verses put to music that he is best known.
"Funiculì, Funiculà" - Luigi Denza (1846-1922) and Peppino Turco (1846-1907)
Funiculì, Funiculà
Turco lived in Rome for much of his life, but frequented the thermal baths at Castellammare di Stabia every summer. In 1880 it was there that he collaborated with Luigi Denza to write the verses for "Funiculì, Funiculà". The song became a huge international success and sold over one million copies, representing for many the birth of the modern Neapolitan song. He died in his home town of Naples.
Other songs
Turco also wrote the verses to lesser known songs: