Author: Giovanni Cappuro
Creative background:
Di Capua1May 865 12 was born in a musician's family in Naples, Italy. My father, Gircobbe, is a famous local violinist and composer. Under the direct influence and edification of his father, Kapuya loved music since childhood, and entered the local S. Pietto Conservatory of Music at a young age to study music and practice composition. In the collection of songs published in Naples 1885, he collected three songs he wrote when he was young. He was only 20 years old at that time. 1898, Jikebei took his 33-year-old son Kapuya to Odessa, Ukraine for a violin solo tour. One morning, when the bright sunshine shone into Kapuya's room through the hotel window, he was suddenly fascinated by the golden sunshine. For a Neapolitan who loves his hometown and is famous for his homesickness, this ray of sunshine suddenly brought him back to his homesick hometown. He seemed to see his hometown, the Bay of Naples, shining with incomparable bright sunshine and clear blue water, as well as warm and beautiful golden beaches. Of course, today's people can't really understand the moment of meditation in his heart. Perhaps at that moment, in the famous water-soluble blue cave in his hometown of Capri, there was a wonderful sunshine refracted by seawater. Perhaps at that moment, his thoughts wandered on the ruins of Pompeii dug out of volcanic ashes, and the morning sun shone obliquely. Maybe at that moment, his mind flashed the sun rising in Ran Ran, Ran Ran, at Dehloff Castle in Santa Luzia. Maybe at that moment, he circled around the scorching sun on a big orange tree in Surento ... Maybe he didn't think anything, and the phrases inspired by it kept rolling in his mind like springs. He was so excited that he wrote this piece of music handed down from ancient times in one breath. Afterwards, he asked his friend, the famous Neapolitan poet Cappuro, to put three lyrics describing love into this song, which is what we heard today. Then, Kapuya sold the song to the publisher Bidry for 25 lira for publication, which was not enough for him to have a decent lunch at that time, showing that the manuscript fee was low at that time. And "My Sun" was published in Napo, and it spread all over Italy and all over the world. Let publishers make a lot of money for this than Delhi, and make a lot of money beautifully. People say that Italians love [My Sun] and regard it as the pride of Italians. The reason is not only because [My Sun] is a romantic and free-spirited love song, but also because people's unforgettable love and yearning for their motherland and hometown and their persistent attachment to their former hometown are deeply rooted in this song. In this way, it can become a world famous song sung by millions of people. A star-rated hotel in Naples specially marked the praise of Neapolitans for [My Sun] in a prominent position in the hotel: "... Neapolitans will not be stubborn, because [My Sun] was created inside and outside Naples. On the contrary, every local tour guide hummed "My Sun" to the foreign tourists and dedicated "My Sun" to the tourists as the first scene of that slope. The newspaper in Naples once commented, "My sun in Kapuya and Cappuro is the symbol of the city of Naples, and it is a dream to treat the rich and the poor equally. In addition, Pavarotti said in his film Back to Naples: "My Sun is a song used by craftsmen to entertain themselves and sing. For many years, farmers, fishermen and craftsmen have worked hard for a long time. They only spend their days singing songs like My Sun, but no one hears their songs. " This also indirectly confirms how deeply this song is rooted in the hearts of the people of Naples. When My Sun came out, it immediately became the favorite of world-class singers. Caruso recorded "My Sun" on 19 16 in February. Subsequently, Qi Li, Sipa, Bi Jiulin, Stefano, Lanza, three contemporary tenors and Bocelli all chose this song as one of their reserved tracks to spread. Especially Lanza, when he sang the second paragraph of this song, he used tone sandhi, which is the same as Pavarotti's repeated use of high-pitched soft voice when he sang this song later, which fascinated the audience for a long time and lasted for a long time in the media. In the widespread spread of My Sun, there may be two legendary stories that contributed to the spread of this song, and they made strange moves: one was at the Belgian Olympic Games in August of 1920, because the musicians could not find the score paper of the Italian national anthem at that time in a hurry, they used My Sun instead of playing in a hurry. It is said that when the music was together, unexpectedly, the audience sang this song loudly along with the music, which caused the scene to be hot and became the headline news of the newspaper. Therefore, it is not unreasonable that later people often associate [My Sun] with Italy. Secondly, if you come to the United States and casually talk about the song O 'Solemio, almost everyone knows that there is such a song title. But if you let the other person hum a few words, I'm afraid few people can hum this tune. If you hum "My Sun" to his face, some middle-aged and elderly people will tell you immediately that it is the work of Elvis Presley (1935- 1977), the pioneer of rock music. Now or Now, originally released by Elvis Presley, was adapted from My Sun and became a famous rock song of 1960 in July. Here, he still uses the melody of My Sun, which is full of new, bold and sensational contents through ingenious variations and paragraph arrangement, making it popular for a whole generation in the United States. Up to now, many people only know "now", but they are strangers to "my sun". So some critics call My Sun a song of rebirth. Some critics even think that the second regeneration is more important than the first one. The rapid popularity of My Sun in the world did not bring any material benefits to the two authors. The original poet Cappuro (Giovanni Capurro1859-1920) is a famous poet in Naples. He yearns for poor rural life and lives a self-cultivation and self-struggle farm life, hoping to find inspiration from it. So he was poor all his life, but he wrote many poems and published many poems. When he died, the local newspaper described him like this: "In terms of poetry, he was as rich as an enemy, but in real life, he was as poor as a church mouse. "Similarly, Kapuya's life will not be brilliant because of [my sun]. Because of the low payment, he can't live by composing music. Besides being a music teacher for many years, he also worked as a part-time piano player, playing in bars, cafes and theaters. His generosity to his friends and keen interest in gambling embarrassed him in his later years and even forced him to sell his piano. 19171kloc-0/On October 3rd, Kapuya died in the hospital of Elena Dhaos Tower in Naples. Except my grandson, his works are still popular today: Maria! Mary, I really want to kiss you! " , "Rose Serenade", "Return in May" and so on.