Rare late acoustic Record of Beniamino Gigli in two canzones w guitar and Chorus

Beniamino Gigli – Funiculi, Funicula / Povero Pulcinella
Beniamino Gigli - Funiculi, Funicula / Povero Pulcinella album cover
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Label: Disco "Grammofono" – D.A.713
Format: 
Shellac, 10", 78 RPM
Country: Italy
Released: 
Genre: Pop, Classical, Folk, World, & Country
Style: Romantic, Vocal
A  Funiculi, Funicula—Canz. Napoletana
Written-By – L. Denza*
B  Povero Pulcinella—Canz. Napoletana
Written-By – Arturo Buzzi-Peccia
Record Company – La Voce Del Padrone
Manufactured By – Società Anonima Nazionale Del "Grammofono"
A: In Napoletano con Orch I Beniamini Gigli—tenore con coro
B: In Italiano con Orch. I Beniamino Gigli—tenore


Rare Late Acoustic issued on superb ITALIAN LAMINATED HMV 10" 78 rpm 

CONDITION: EXCELLENT PRISTINE , plays very quiet 


A superb COPY

"Funiculì, Funiculà" (IPA: [funiku'li funiku'la]) is a Neapolitan song composed in 1880 by Luigi Denza to lyrics by Peppino Turco. It was written to commemorate the opening of the first funicular railway on Mount Vesuvius. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival the same year. The sheet music was published by Ricordi and sold over a million copies within a year. Since its publication, it has been widely adapted and recorded.

"Funiculì, Funiculà" was composed in 1880 in Castellammare di Stabia, the home town of the song's composer, Luigi Denza; the lyrics were contributed by journalist Peppino Turco.[1] It was Turco who prompted Denza to compose it, perhaps as a joke,[1] to commemorate the opening of the first funicular on Mount Vesuvius in that year.[2][a] The song was sung for the first time in the Quisisana Hotel[b] in Castellammare di Stabia. It was presented by Turco and Denza at the Piedigrotta festival during the same year and became immensely popular in Italy and abroad.[5] Published by Casa Ricordi, the sheet music sold over a million copies in a year.[1]

Over the years the song has been performed by many artists including Erna Sack, Anna German, Mario Lanza, Beniamino Gigli, The Mills Brothers, Connie Francis, Haruomi Hosono (with lyrics translated into Japanese), Fischer-Chöre (with lyrics translated into German), The Grateful Dead,[6] Luciano Pavarotti, Andrea Bocelli, Rodney Dangerfield, Alvin and the Chipmunks, The Wiggles, and Il Volo.

In 1960, Robert B. and Richard M. Sherman wrote a new set of English lyrics to the melody of "Funiculì, Funiculà" with the title "Dream Boy".[7][8][9] Annette Funicello included the song on her album of Italian songs titled Italiannette and also released it as a single that became a minor hit.[10]