Italian Birds of Passage: The Diaspora of Neapolitan Musicians in New York (Italian and Italian American Studies)

by SimonaFrasca (Author)

• New

  Hardcover
  2014

  $117.50

  This book reviews the period from the unification of Italy to the fascist era through significant Neapolitan performers such as Gilda Mignonette and Enrico Caruso. It traces the transformation of a popular tradition written in dialect into a popular tradition, written in Italian, that contributed to the production of American identity.