Canzone Napoletana are settings of poetry in Neapolitan, a Romance language, spoken in much of Southern Italy. Neapolitan Song became a formal institution in the 1830’s through the Annual songwriting competition for the festival of the Madonna of Piedigrotta. The Festival ran regularly up until the 1950’s when it was abandoned. In 1875 Francesco Paulo Tosti came to Britain where he was introduced to the higher levels of English society. In 1880, he was appointed singing teacher to the Royal Family. Tosti spent many summers at the Grand Hotel in Folkestone. A vucchella was composed there in 1907.The playful text focuses on a woman’s mouth. “Give me a little kiss from your small mouth, like a little rose, just a bit withered”. Marechiaro is an area of Naples next to the sea. In the song Marechiare the poet says his passion leads him to a window. “Wake up Caroline, the air is sweet, to accompany my voice this evening I’ve brought a guitar.” ‘N...