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Key facts
- Language
- Neapolitan
- Composers
- Eduardo di Capua , Alfredo Mazzucchi
- Lyricist
- Giovanni Capurro
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Genre
- canzone napoletana
- Country of origin
- Italy
- Lyrics by
- Giovanni Capurro
- Image
- O sole mio 1st edition cover.jpg
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- publication date
- 1898-00-00
- language of work or name
- Neapolitan
- copyright status
- public domain
- title
- ’O Sole Mio
- form of creative work
- song
- Commons category
- 'O sole mio
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Encyclopedic overview
"'O sole mio" ( Neapolitan pronunciation: [o ˈsoːlə ˈmiːə]) is a Neapolitan song written in 1898. Its Neapolitan-language lyrics were written by Giovanni Capurro and the music was composed by Eduardo di Capua (1865–1917) and Alfredo Mazzucchi (1878–1972). The title translates literally as "my sun" or "my sunshine". The lyrics have been translated to other languages.
Authorship and copyright
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “'O Sole Mio” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.