Tammurriata Nera: hybrid or not?
26. September 2024
In the famous Neapolitan song "Tammurriata Nera" many influences got merged in a fascinating way and also the performances have many fascinating variations and extensions. The most outstanding are the versions of Peppe Barra. Here is a highly captivating version with him
V I D E O Tammurriata Nera w/ Peppe Barra
But would we then call this a musical hybrid? I don't think so. So, when do we speak of musical hybrids and when not?
In the comment links to more versions for those who got turned on by this music.
3 Kommentare
Michael
I haven’t read anything about this song or artist.
So this is a simple unfiltered impression,
apart drom the fact that the visuals are a filter,
and i don’t like such footage in company of that song,
no matter how close it is to the visuals.
And apart from that, intuitively, I would call it a hybrid
Merging so many sources…
And another apart.
I like this piece of music. It draws me in though i dont unsderstandn any of the words.
Strange memory: The Ex from The Netherlands have sometimes put their post punk energy with old „folk“ songs from far away cultures…
Henning Bolte
Some context: Naples was taken by Allied Forces in wwII on October 1, 1943, after partisan uprisings in the city September 27-30. The human conditions in the city were quite bad in those days. On March 18, 1944, the Vesuvius broke out and the city was evacuated. A vivid documentation of life in the city in the days after the liberation you can find in the impressive book of NORMAN LEWIS – NAPLES ’44. Highly recommended. It gives a vivid impression of a society under extreme circumstances in its horrible as as well hilarious and creative sides.
In the TAMMURIATA NERA we find elements of Oriental and Spanish music. Thisn music is different from what we know of the more known music from Naples. And, Punk is maybe not a new invention.
Concerning THE EX. The group together with musicians as Han Bennink and Paal Nilssen-Love worked a lot with Ethiopean muscicians and circus people (I have written about that on MANAFONISTAS) and especially with famous Ethipian saxophonist GETATCHEW MEKURIA. I have written a longer article about MEKURIA and the important role of Armenien musicians for the development of Ethiopian soul music.
You can read it here (you may need a translation tool)
https://writteninmusic.com/artikel/getatchew-mekuria-leeuw-der-leeuwen/
flowworker
Da kommt eines zum andern.
Danke für die Hintergründe!