Salvatore Di Giacomo

Salvatore Di Giacomo ( born March 12, 1860 in Naples, † April 4, 1934 ) was an Italian poet, playwright and essayist. He was one of the leading lyricists of the "Golden Era" of the " canzone napoletana "

The son of a doctor and a musician began at his father's wish also to study medicine, but abandoned his studies in 1886 and was a journalist with the Corriere del Mattino, then the Corriere di Napoli, Pro Patria and the Gazzetta. After 1893 the local historical interest author worked as a librarian of various cultural institutions. Di Giacomo is one of the innovators of the Neapolitan Mundartdichtung.Viel was applauded his relationship with singer Emilia Persico. Politically supported the poet from 1925 to fascism, which earned him several awards and honors

Work

Di Giacomo's plays, about A San Francesco and Assunta Spina reflect the harsh social reality of Naples in 1900, they show the victims of the structural " renovations " on the model of Haussmann's Paris, the exploited and health ruined workers, prostitution, crime etc. Its lyrics for the Festa di Piedigrotta other hand, are lighter fare known were mainly Marechiare (1885 ), music Francesco Paolo Tosti, Era de Maggio (1885 ) spingole to the music of Mario Pasquale Costa, ' e fran sailed (1888), to the music of Enrico de Leva, Lariulà (1888 ), music by Mario Pasquale Costa, Catari (1892 ), music by Mario Pasquale Costa, Carcioffolà (1893 ), music Eduardo Di Capua, and Serenata napulitana (1897 ), set to music by Pasquale Mario Costa ..