{"id":329280,"date":"2026-07-14T18:37:04","date_gmt":"2026-07-14T16:37:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/italien.news\/uncategorized\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/"},"modified":"2026-10-29T21:28:01","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T20:28:01","slug":"funiculi-funicula-denza","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/","title":{"rendered":"\u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb by Luigi Denza: Meaning &amp; Lyrics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_89 ez-toc-wrap-center counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-white ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title ez-toc-toggle\" style=\"cursor:pointer\">Table of contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseprofile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 eztoc-toggle-hide-by-default' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Wie_entstand_%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB\" >How did \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb come to be?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Worum_geht_es_in_%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB\" >What is \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb about?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Der_Text_Strophe_fur_Strophe\" >The Lyrics, Verse by Verse<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Warum_geht_die_Melodie_sofort_ins_Ohr\" >Why does the melody get stuck in your head right away?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB_im_Video\" >\u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb on video<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Hor_das_Lied_einmal_mit_den_Ohren_von_Richard_Strauss\" >Listen to the song through the ears of Richard Strauss<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-7\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Wer_hat_%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB_gecovert\" >Who covered \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-8\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Wo_die_Seilbahn_auf_den_Vesuv_fuhr\" >Where the cable car used to go up Mount Vesuvius<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-9\" href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/musik\/funiculi-funicula-denza\/#Fazit_ein_Werbelied_das_seine_Bahn_uberlebt_hat\" >Conclusion: a jingle that has outlived its time<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\" id=\"wpb-content-root\"><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>\nA new funicular, a journalist with an idea, and a composer in the Gulf of Naples: that\u2019s how the story of \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb began in 1880. Peppino Turco wrote the lyrics, Luigi Denza composed the music, and the Milan-based publisher Casa Ricordi sold a million copies of the sheet music within a year. The title roughly translates to \u201eFunicular up, funicular down\u201c and plays on the Italian word <em>funicular<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The occasion was the funicular railway to Mount Vesuvius, which opened in June 1880. The song was intended to promote the trip to the crater and went on to become a worldwide hit in its own right. Six years later, Richard Strauss considered the melody to be a folk song, and to this day, tenors from Luciano Pavarotti to Andrea Bocelli continue to sing it.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-card\" style=\"border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 30px 32px; background: linear-gradient(150deg, #F3F6FA 0%, #FBFCFE 55%, #FFFFFF 100%); color: #2b3138; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div class=\"inw-kicker\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #16263f; margin: 0 0 12px;\">AT A GLANCE<\/div>\n<h3 class=\"inw-h\">\u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb by Luigi Denza: Facts and Figures<\/h3>\n<hr class=\"inw-hr\" style=\"width: 34px; height: 2px; border: 0; background: #16263F; margin: 0 0 20px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">A poet, a composer, a mountain railway: the key facts about the happiest song from Naples.<\/p>\n<div class=\"inw-tiles\" style=\"display: grid; grid-template-columns: repeat(auto-fit, minmax(140px, 1fr)); gap: 1px; background: #E3E7EC; border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; overflow: hidden; margin: 22px 0 0;\">\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">PUBLISHED<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">1880<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">Piedigrotta, Naples<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">SOLD<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">1 million.<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">Grade Books in the First Year<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">VESUVBAHN<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">June 6<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">Opened in 1880<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tile\" style=\"display: flex; flex-direction: column; align-items: center; gap: 4px; background: #FFFFFF; padding: 20px 16px 18px; text-align: center;\"><span class=\"inw-tile-label\" style=\"font-size: 10.5px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e;\">STRAUSS<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-value\" style=\"font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 27px; font-weight: 400; color: #16263f; font-variant-numeric: tabular-nums;\">1886<\/span> <span class=\"inw-tile-note\" style=\"font-size: 12px; line-height: 1.35; color: #6b747e;\">\u00abFrom Italy\u00bb<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"inw-tablewrap\" style=\"overflow-x: auto;\">\n<table class=\"inw-table inw-table--spec\" style=\"width: 100%; table-layout: fixed; border-collapse: collapse; font-size: 15.5px; line-height: 1.6; margin: 0; min-width: 480px; word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">\n<thead>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"width: 36%;\" scope=\"col\">Feature<\/th>\n<th style=\"width: 64%;\" scope=\"col\">Information<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<\/thead>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Text<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Peppino Turco (Giuseppe Turco), a journalist from Naples<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Music<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Luigi Denza, composer from Castellammare di Stabia<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Occasion<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Opening of the funicular railway to Mount Vesuvius on June 6, 1880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Premiere<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Hotel Quisisana in Castellammare di Stabia, then on to Piedigrotta 1880<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Publisher<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Casa Ricordi, Milan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Language<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Neapolitan<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<th style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\" scope=\"row\">Famous Performers<\/th>\n<td style=\"word-break: normal; overflow-wrap: normal; hyphens: none;\">Beniamino Gigli, Mario Lanza, Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Il Volo<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"inw-source\" style=\"font-size: 10px; line-height: 1.5; letter-spacing: 0.01em; color: #6b747e; border-top: 1px solid #E3E7EC; padding-top: 14px; margin: 26px 0 0;\">As of October 2026 \u00b7 Information based on Wikipedia and the *Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani* (Treccani).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wie_entstand_%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB\"><\/span>How did \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb come to be?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Luigi Denza was born in 1846 in Castellammare di Stabia, a port city on the southern edge of the Gulf of Naples. He studied at the San Pietro a Majella Conservatory in Naples under Saverio Mercadante, the renowned opera composer of the time, and composed primarily romances for voice and piano. His lyricist, Giuseppe Turco\u2014known as Peppino\u2014was born in Naples that same year and worked as a journalist, including for the Roman satirical newspaper *Capitan Fracassa*.<\/p>\n<p>In 1880, the two met in Castellammare, where Turco went every summer to take the waters at the thermal baths. According to the account in the *Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani*, the major Italian biographical encyclopedia, Turco suggested the song almost as a joke: Denza should write something about the new railway on Vesuvius for the Piedigrotta Song Festival. The funicular had been inaugurated on June 6, 1880, and carried visitors from the foot of the volcanic cone to the crater\u2019s rim.<\/p>\n<p>The song was first performed at the Hotel Quisisana in Castellammare; Turco and Denza then presented it at the Piedigrotta, the grand festival in September where Naples celebrated new songs every year. Casa Ricordi published the sheet music as early as 1880 and sold a million copies within a year. Many therefore consider \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb to be the beginning of the modern Neapolitan canzone.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Worum_geht_es_in_%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB\"><\/span>What is \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb about?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>\u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb is a love song disguised as a courtship song. A young man tells his beloved about the ride up Mount Vesuvius and invites her to go up with him. The song ends with a marriage proposal.<\/p>\n<p>The joke lies in the comparison. The volcano is hot, but it doesn\u2019t chase after anyone; the beloved\u2019s cold heart, on the other hand, torments the singer. Up at the crater, he promises, her capriciousness can no longer hurt him. The mountain\u2019s fire symbolizes passion, while the cable car represents the momentum with which love pulls him upward.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Der_Text_Strophe_fur_Strophe\"><\/span>The Lyrics, Verse by Verse<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>You can find the full lyrics on Spotify and Apple Music; this post is about his pictures. It's written in Neapolitan. The person being addressed is named <em>Nannin\u00e8<\/em>, a term of endearment for Nannina, and the refrain goes over and over again <em>\u2019ncoppa<\/em>, that is, up.<\/p>\n<p>In the first verse, the singer recounts that the night before he went up to a place where her ungrateful heart can no longer hurt him. Although a fire burns there, it leaves anyone who runs away in peace. It doesn\u2019t pursue anyone, nor does it consume anyone just by looking at it.<\/p>\n<p>The second stanza becomes an advertisement. From the plain to the mountain, it\u2019s just one step; from the top, you can see France, Procida, and Spain\u2014and he sees only her. Pulled by the rope, the <em>fune<\/em>, you'll be in heaven in the blink of an eye, as fast as the wind.<\/p>\n<p>In the third stanza, everything changes. The head is already up, moving up and down again, circling around the beloved, and the heart sings only one plea: Let\u2019s get married. The ascent has turned into a marriage proposal.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-note\">\n<div class=\"inw-note-label\">GOOD TO KNOW<\/div>\n<p>In 1904, Luigi Denza served on the jury of the Feis Ceoil singing competition in Dublin. Among the participants was the young James Joyce, who would later become the author of *Ulysses*. Denza would have liked to award him the gold medal, but Joyce failed the sight-reading portion and received only the bronze.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Warum_geht_die_Melodie_sofort_ins_Ohr\"><\/span>Why does the melody get stuck in your head right away?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Denza wrote the song in a fast 6\/8 time signature reminiscent of the tarantella, the folk dance of southern Italy. The verses unfold in short, repeated motifs, while the chorus picks up the tempo and repeats the syllables so often that you can sing along after hearing it just once.<\/p>\n<p>The *Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani* describes its impact as follows: With its dance-like energy, the song drew on the style of Gioachino Rossini, the opera composer from Pesaro, and opened up a new form of expression within the Neapolitan tradition. For Denza, who otherwise tended to write rather melancholic salon romances, this was an exception that made him immortal.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB_im_Video\"><\/span>\u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb on video<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>At the very top of this post, you can hear Luciano Pavarotti, the tenor from Modena, in a studio recording released by his official channel. Below that, you\u2019ll see Andrea Bocelli, the tenor from Tuscany, performing live at the 2024 Festival de la Canci\u00f3n de Vi\u00f1a del Mar, the major music festival in Chile.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_video_widget wpb_content_element vc_clearfix   vc_video-aspect-ratio-169 vc_video-align-left\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\" style=\"width: 100%\">\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t<div class=\"wpb_video_wrapper\"><div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe title=\"Andrea Bocelli - Funicul\u00ec Funicul\u00e0 - Vi\u00f1a del Mar Song Festival 2024 - Full HD 1080p\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gogdJI1rWvA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<p>Available for listening on streaming services:<\/p>\n<div class=\"inw-btnrow\"><a class=\"inw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/search\/Funicul%C3%AC%20funicul%C3%A0%20Pavarotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Spotify<\/a> <a class=\"inw-btn\" href=\"https:\/\/music.apple.com\/de\/search?term=Funicul%C3%AC%20funicul%C3%A0%20Pavarotti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Listen on Apple Music<\/a><\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"inw-card inw-card--warm\" style=\"border: 1px solid #ECE6DC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 30px 32px; background: linear-gradient(150deg, #FBF8F3 0%, #FFFEFC 55%, #FFFFFF 100%); color: #2b3138; line-height: 1.7;\">\n<div class=\"inw-kicker\" style=\"display: block; font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.2em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #8a6b41; margin: 0 0 12px;\">EDITOR'S INSIDER TIP<\/div>\n<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Hor_das_Lied_einmal_mit_den_Ohren_von_Richard_Strauss\"><\/span>Listen to the song through the ears of Richard Strauss<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<hr class=\"inw-hr\" style=\"width: 34px; height: 2px; border: 0; background: #8A6B41; margin: 0 0 20px;\" \/>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">Search for Richard Strauss\u2019s symphonic fantasy \u00abFrom Italy\u00bb on Spotify or Apple Music and skip to the fourth movement, \u00abNeapolitan Folk Life.\u00bb After a short while, a melody emerges from the orchestra that you\u2019ll recognize immediately.<\/p>\n<p style=\"margin: 0 0 14px;\">Strauss had heard it on his trip to Italy and thought it was an old folk song. Listen to Pavarotti\u2019s version later in this post. For us, this comparison best illustrates how quickly a popular tune from Naples made its way into the concert halls of Europe.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wer_hat_%C2%ABFuniculi_funicula%C2%BB_gecovert\"><\/span>Who covered \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The list begins with the great opera singers. Beniamino Gigli, the tenor from Recanati, recorded the song, as did Mario Lanza, the American film tenor; Joseph Schmidt, the tenor from Bukovina; and Luciano Pavarotti. Later, they were joined by <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/vivo-per-lei-by-bocelli-and-giorgia\/\">Andrea Bocelli<\/a> and the trio <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/great-love-flight\/\">Il Volo<\/a>, which won the Sanremo Festival with \u00abGrande amore.\u00bb Even the American rock band the Grateful Dead played the tune.<\/p>\n<p>Even serious composers drew on it. In 1886, Richard Strauss incorporated the melody into the final movement of his fantasia \u00abFrom Italy\u00bb because he mistook it for a folk song. Denza filed a complaint and subsequently received royalties. Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, the Russian composer, made the same mistake in 1907 and arranged the song as a \u00abNeapolitan Song\u00bb for orchestra. Arnold Schoenberg, the Viennese founder of twelve-tone music, wrote an arrangement for chamber ensemble in 1921.<\/p>\n<p>In Milan in 1964, Giovanni D\u2019Anzi, the author of \u00abO mia bela Madunina,\u00bb wrote the parody \u00abMetropol\u00ec, metropol\u00e0\u00bb to mark the opening of the subway.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div  class=\"wpb_single_image wpb_content_element vc_align_right wpb_content_element\">\n\t\t\n\t\t<figure class=\"wpb_wrapper vc_figure\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"vc_single_image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"1280\" src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124.jpg\" class=\"vc_single_image-img attachment-full\" alt=\"A view into the crater of Vesuvius with its jagged rock walls\" title=\"Crater of Mount Vesuvius\" srcset=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124-18x12.jpg 18w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124-750x500.jpg 750w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/vesuv-krater-gran-cono-pexels-36718124-1140x760.jpg 1140w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><\/div><figcaption class=\"vc_figure-caption\">The crater wall of the Gran Cono on Mount Vesuvius \u00b7 \u00a9 pexels.com<\/figcaption>\n\t\t<\/figure>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<h2 class=\"inw-h\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Wo_die_Seilbahn_auf_den_Vesuv_fuhr\"><\/span>Where the cable car used to go up Mount Vesuvius<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The railway described in the song was, at the end of the 19th century, the only mountain railway in the world operating on an active volcano. The entrepreneur Ernest Emmanuel Oblieght had it built, and starting in 1888, it was operated by the British travel company Thomas Cook. Its history was as turbulent as the mountain itself: the 1906 eruption buried the stations and cars under ash, and a new railway began operating in 1909. The 1944 eruption severely damaged the system, and in 1953, a chairlift replaced the funicular.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no longer a train to the crater; you\u2019ll have to walk the last few meters. From the parking lot, a trail leads up to the Gran Cono, the summit cone, and from the top you can look down into the crater and out over the entire gulf. For information on how to get there, admission prices, and what you should know about the volcano\u2019s history, check out our article on the <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/campania\/naples\/vesuvius-volcano\/\">Vesuvius<\/a>. Anyone who wants to follow in Denza's footsteps should continue on to Castellammare di Stabia: there, a street and a school bear his name, and a bust of him stands in the Villa Comunale by the sea.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"jeg_postblock_3 jeg_postblock jeg_module_hook jeg_pagination_disable jeg_col_3o3 jnews_module__0_6af1c70812b24  jeg_pb_boxed    with-format-icon\" data-unique=\"jnews_module__0_6af1c70812b24\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"jeg_posts jeg_block_container\">\n                \n                <div class=\"jeg_posts jeg_load_more_flag\">\n                <article class=\"jeg_post jeg_pl_md_2 format-standard\">\n                <div class=\"jeg_thumb\">\n                    \n                    <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/kampanien\/neapel\/vesuv-vulkan\/\" aria-label=\"Read article: Vesuvius - myth and danger: 7 facts about the volcano&#039;s explosive history\"><div class=\"thumbnail-container animate-lazy  size-715\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/themes\/jnews\/assets\/img\/jeg-empty.png\" class=\"attachment-jnews-350x250 size-jnews-350x250 lazyload wp-post-image\" alt=\"Naples with Mount Vesuvius in the background (credits shutterstock.com)\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" data-src=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NeapelVesuv-350x250.webp\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NeapelVesuv-350x250.webp 350w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NeapelVesuv-120x86.webp 120w, https:\/\/italien.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/NeapelVesuv-750x536.webp 750w\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-expand=\"700\" \/><\/div><\/a>\n                <\/div>\n                <div class=\"jeg_postblock_content\">\n                    <h3 class=\"jeg_post_title\">\n                        <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/kampanien\/neapel\/vesuv-vulkan\/\">Vesuvius - myth and danger: 7 facts about the explosive history of the volcano<\/a>\n                    <\/h3>\n                    <div class=\"jeg_post_meta\"><div class=\"jeg_meta_date\"><a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/travel\/kampanien\/neapel\/vesuv-vulkan\/\"><div class=\"jeg-fa-4 jeg-icon-svg jeg-svg-clock-o\"><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewbox=\"0 0 1536 1792\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><g transform=\"translate(0 1536) scale(1 -1)\"><path fill=\"currentColor\" d=\"M896 992v-448q0 -14 -9 -23t-23 -9h-320q-14 0 -23 9t-9 23v64q0 14 9 23t23 9h224v352q0 14 9 23t23 9h64q14 0 23 -9t9 -23zM1312 640q0 148 -73 273t-198 198t-273 73t-273 -73t-198 -198t-73 -273t73 -273t198 -198t273 -73t273 73t198 198t73 273zM1536 640 q0 -209 -103 -385.5t-279.5 -279.5t-385.5 -103t-385.5 103t-279.5 279.5t-103 385.5t103 385.5t279.5 279.5t385.5 103t385.5 -103t279.5 -279.5t103 -385.5z\"\/><\/g><\/svg><\/div> June 10, 2026<\/a><\/div><\/div>\n                    <div class=\"jeg_post_excerpt\">\n                        <p>Vesuvius, a Symbol of Nature's Power: Why This Volcano Is So Fascinating! 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If you want to hear more about Naples, join in <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/o-sole-mio\/\">\u00ab\u2019O sole mio\u00bb<\/a> continue on to the second world-class classic of Neapolitan canzone, or jump to <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/napule-and-pino-daniele\/\">\u00abNapule \u00e8\u00bb<\/a> from Pino Daniele, the blues musician from Naples, to the present day. You can find all the song profiles in our overview of the <a href=\"https:\/\/italien.news\/en\/music\/italian-music\/\">Italian music<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\"><div  class=\"jeg_block_heading jeg_block_heading_6 jeg_alignleft jnews_module__1_6af1c708148b6\">\n                <h3 class=\"jeg_block_title\"><span>FAQ: Frequently Asked Questions About \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb<\/span><\/h3>\n                \n            <\/div><div  class='jnews-faq-wrapper jnews_module__2_6af1c70814a4d style-4'>\n\t\t\t\t    \n        <div class=\"list-wrapper expand\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Was bedeutet \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb auf Deutsch?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">What does \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb mean in German?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\">\n                <p>Roughly translated as \u201eUp on the funicular, down on the funicular.\u201c The syllables play on the word \u201cfunicolare\u201d and mimic the up-and-down motion of the funicular on Mount Vesuvius.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Wie spricht man \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb aus?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">How do you pronounce \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Something like \u201efu-ni-ku-LI, fu-ni-ku-LA.\u201c The stress is on the last syllable in each word, and the \u201cc\u201d before \u201cu\u201d is pronounced like a German \u201ck.\u201d.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Wie oft wurde \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb verkauft?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">How many copies of \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb were sold?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Within a year of their publication in 1880, Casa Ricordi sold one million copies of the sheet music.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Ist \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb ein Volkslied?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Is \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb a folk song?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>No. The song has two well-known composers: Peppino Turco and Luigi Denza. Because it sounds so folksy, Richard Strauss in 1886 and Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov in 1907 nevertheless considered it a folk song.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Ist \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb gemeinfrei?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Is \u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb in the public domain?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>Yes. Peppino Turco died in 1903, and Luigi Denza died in London in 1922. This means the song has been in the public domain since January 1, 1993.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Gibt es die Standseilbahn auf den Vesuv noch?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">Is the funicular to Mount Vesuvius still in operation?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>No. The railway opened on June 6, 1880; it was destroyed by an eruption in 1906, rebuilt in 1909, and replaced by a chairlift in 1953 after sustaining severe damage during the 1944 eruption. Today, you walk the final stretch to the crater.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n        <div class=\"list-wrapper\">\n            <a class=\"list-toogle\" href=\"#\" aria-label=\"Toggle FAQ: Welche Lieder von Luigi Denza sollte man noch kennen?\">\n                <h5 class=\"question\">What other songs by Luigi Denza should people know?<\/h5>\n                <svg class=\"faq-icon\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"14\" height=\"8\" viewbox=\"0 0 14 8\" fill=\"none\">\n                    <path d=\"M13.6152 0.369517C13.3685 0.132903 13.0341 0 12.6855 0C12.3368 0 12.0024 0.132903 11.7557 0.369517L6.98417 4.95184L2.21262 0.369517C1.96321 0.146331 1.63333 0.024827 1.29248 0.0306025C0.951625 0.0363779 0.626413 0.168982 0.385357 0.400478C0.1443 0.631975 0.00621891 0.94429 0.00020504 1.27162C-0.00580883 1.59896 0.120714 1.91576 0.353117 2.15528L6.05442 7.63048C6.30111 7.8671 6.63551 8 6.98417 8C7.33283 8 7.66723 7.8671 7.91392 7.63048L13.6152 2.15528C13.8616 1.91837 14 1.59723 14 1.2624C14 0.927566 13.8616 0.606426 13.6152 0.369517Z\" fill=\"black\" \/>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/a>\n            <div class=\"card-expand\" style=\"display: none;\">\n                <p>In particular, the romances \u00abOcchi di fata\u00bb and \u00abSe,\u00bb which Denza wrote before 1880 and which remained very popular among singers for a long time.<\/p>\n\n            <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n\t\t    <\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"row vc_row wpb_row vc_row-fluid\"><div class=\"jeg-vc-wrapper\"><div class=\"wpb_column jeg_column vc_column_container vc_col-sm-12\"><div class=\"jeg_wrapper wpb_wrapper\">\n\t<div class=\"wpb_text_column wpb_content_element\" >\n\t\t<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<details class=\"inw-sources\" style=\"border: 1px solid #E3E7EC; border-radius: 2px; padding: 20px 24px;\">\n<summary style=\"font-size: 11px; font-weight: 600; letter-spacing: 0.16em; text-transform: uppercase; color: #6b747e; cursor: pointer;\">Sources and Further Information<\/summary>\n<ol style=\"font-size: 12.5px; line-height: 1.7; color: #6b747e; margin: 0; padding-left: 18px;\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funicul%C3%AC,_Funicul%C3%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (en): Funicul\u00ec, Funicul\u00e0<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funicul%C3%AC_funicul%C3%A0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (it): Funicul\u00ec funicul\u00e0<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.treccani.it\/enciclopedia\/luigi-denza_(Dizionario-Biografico)\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Treccani, Dizionario Biografico degli Italiani: Luigi Denza<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Peppino_Turco\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (en): Peppino Turco<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Luigi_Denza\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (en): Luigi Denza<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/it.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Funicolare_vesuviana\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Wikipedia (it): Vesuvian Funicular<\/a> (accessed in October 2026)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/details>\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00abFunicul\u00ec, funicul\u00e0\u00bb von Luigi Denza und Peppino Turco (1880): wie das Lied zur Er\u00f6ffnung der Vesuvbahn entstand, was der Text bedeutet und wer es von Strauss bis Pavarotti 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