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Performing Naples : a photographic iconography
Abstract
Since the 1880s, Neapolitan Song entered a new phase of popularity that further amplified its impact. Neapolitan songs were eagerly listened to, played and recorded worldwide, by following what many thought was then an irresistible musical ‘fashion’.
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In Performing Naples Goffredo Plastino explores for the first time the visual evidence of this global phenomenon: the photographs depicting itinerant musicians published in Europe as picture postcards. Self-produced by the bands for their promotion, printed by the venues or distributed during large-scale events, the photographs testified to the thriving vitality of a substantial music market. These fragile and rare ephemera embodied a figurative tradition shared between the singers, the players and their audiences, related to a well-established European ideal representation of the Neapolitans dating back to the 18th century. Unknown and startling, the images collected in this unique volume reveal to our gaze a performance culture long gone and all but forgotten, attesting to the essential role of photography in music iconography.
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| Description | *Performing Naples : a photographic iconography / Goffredo Plastino Turnhout : Brepols, ©2025 204 p. : illustrazioni ; 28 cm |
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| Year | 2025 | |
| Titolo dell'opera | Performing Naples | |
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| Lingua | Inglese | |
| BID | VEA1450699 | |
| ISBN | 9782503588421 | |
| Series | Music and visual cultures , 7 |