Photo Albums, Graphics & Audio
(below,
after graphics)
(as
of June 2015)
Photo Album 1
Photo
Album 2 Photo album 3
Photo Album 4
Photo Album 5
Ten mosaics in the
baptistery of San
Giovanni in fonte
Photo Album of
Classical Statuary in the Villa Comunale (18 images)
Graphics
from a series of postcards
Library
of Congress Photochrom images of Naples (1890-1900)
A page of WW2 photos
related to Herman Chanowitz's oral history
interviews about the war.
Maps: Below, each graphic has some short explanatory note with links to related items in other sections of Naples: Life, Death & Miracles.
1. modern map of the area
2. A topographical map of the Gulf of
Naples.
3. A graphic overview of the area
around Piazza Plebiscito
4. Historic Center of
Naples
5. The Tavola Strozzi
6. Roman Campania
7. Map of the Campiflegrei
showing geological features
8. Old Neapolis
9. German map of Naples from 1522
10. The Lafréry map of 1566,
showing massive Spanish reconstruction.
11. From 1780, the first
archaeological reconstruction of ancient Neapolis.
12. A modern graphic of the
Old City and New City.
13. Naples 1815
14. Naples 1828
15. Old Crossroads of S.
Chiara
16. comment on the
Rizzi-Zannoni map of 1790
AUDIO.
Updated Nov 2015.
This
is the newest section of Naples: Life, Death &
Miracles and will be expanded gradually.
Currently (as of Aug 19, 2015), these are the audio
excerpts on this website:
- From Wagner's
overture to The Flying Dutchman at Ravello 2005.
- March of the
Wooden Soldiers at Leon
Jessel.
- Verdi's Sicilian Vespers and Fučík's March
of the Gladiators at Sicilian
Vespers (bottom of page).
- From A. Scarlatti's The Triumph of Honour at Alessandro Scarlatti.
- From La Cecchina, opera by Niccolò Piccinni.
Here perf. by Maria Angelis Peters.
- Alessandro Moreschi: the last Castrato, Caro Ideale, at
Castrati (1).
- I dreamt that I dwelt in
Marble Halls, perf. by Enya.
- Mattinata by R.
Leoncavallo, perf. Andrea Bocelli.
- Rossini's The Barber of Seville, signature aria on this list
of many works based on the Beaumarchais trilogy.
- Excerpt from the William Tell Overture in the entry on Rossini.
- The King's Hymn, anthem of the Kingdom of the
Two Sicilies, at this link.
- Funiculì-Funiculà Neapolitan
Song Texts (#1), perf. by R. Murolo.
- Marechiaro (in Neapolitan Song texts
#2), perf. by R. Murolo.
- 'O sole mio (in Neapolitan Song
texts #5), perf. by R. Murolo.
- Torna a Surriento (in Neapolitan Song texts
#6), perf. by R. Murolo.
- Te voglio bene assaje (in Neapolitan Song texts #8),
perf. R. Murolo.
- Santa Lucia (in Neapolitan
Song texts #9), perf. R. Murolo.
- Lacreme
napuletane Neapolitan
Song, perf. by R. Murolo.
- text from the Neapolitan
version of the Tempest, read by Eduardo De Filippo.
- excerpt from Folk Music
and Song of Italy. A Sampler. Italian Treasury.
The Alan Lomax Collection. 1999.