Song and Neapolitan language: first master in the Conservatory of Salern

He has signed Conservatory “Giuseppe Martucci” in Salerno on the Italian master first “song and Neapolitan language“. The course, which has the scientific direction of Pasquale Scialò, will be active in the academic year 2015-2016. By July 6, must be submitted applications for admission; The talks, however, will be held on July 16. Only 40 candidates will be admitted to what can be described as the first course of study that enables you to achieve a degree recognized in Italy and abroad. The master includes lectures and laboratory meetings organized in three areas (the historical-analytical general, interpretive and training activities and internships) to learn the history, other than the formal aspect, the vocal and instrumental interpretation of one of the most popular musical expressions world. The course aims to create a professional, from a theoretical and practical, able to work in the study, preservation and dissemination of the classic Neapolitan song. In addition to music and singing, the master is structured in training modules on the Neapolitan language, with courses in grammar, writing, pronunciation and knowledge of literature. The curriculum will, therefore, the future professionals of the “song and the Neapolitan language” to have a comprehensive knowledge of the repertoire that had its heyday between the late ‘800 and half of the’ 900, thanks to the presence of a broad market and the creation of a skillful balance poetic music by, among others, of poets such as Salvatore Di Giacomo, Ferdinando Russo, Libero Bovio, E. A. Mario and musicians like Paolo Tosti, Pasquale Costa, Luigi Denza, Vincenzo Valente. The Scientific Committee is composed of the master: Imma Battista, director of the Music Conservatory “Giuseppe Martucci”; Antonia Lezza, professor of Italian dramatic literature at the University of Salerno; Francesca Sellers, Professor of History of Music to Teaching at the “Conservatory Martucci” in Salerno and board member of the Italian Society of musicology; Ciro Visco, director of the Choir of Santa Cecilia.