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Some claim the song is a plea to Zanardelli to keep his promise to help the impoverished city of Sorrento, which was especially in need of a sewage system. The song reflects the beauty of the city's great surroundings and the love and passion of its citizens.
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More recent research indicates that the song may merely have been reworked for the occasion; family papers indicate that the brothers deposited a copy with the
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Tradition holds that the origin of the song dates to 1902, when Guglielmo Tramontano, mayor of
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You may listen to "Torna a Surriento" (with Italian lyrics) as sung by the lyric tenor
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You may hear "Torna a Surriento" (with Italian lyrics) as sung by the lyric tenor
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recorded a version titled "The Story of Sorrento" on December 11, 1947, with
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Elvis Presley released a version re-arranged and with new English lyrics by
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covered the song for his 1962 RCA Victor Red Seal debut album (
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in 1894, eight years before they claimed to have written it.
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as sung by Nino Martini with conductor Alfredo Antonini"
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wrote the English-language lyrics, which are titled "
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[ˈtɔrnassurˈrjendə]
Neapolitan song
Ernesto De Curtis
Giambattista De Curtis
'O sole mio
Funiculì funiculà
Santa Lucia
Nino Martini
Alfredo Antonini
Here on archive.org
Sorrento
Prime Minister
Giuseppe Zanardelli
Imperial Hotel Tramontano
Italian Society of Authors and Editors
Claude Aveling
Ahmad Zahir
Alfie Boe
Anatoliy Solovianenko

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