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Karel Gott - Santa Lucia from the Spanish TV show ¡Señoras y señores! - A la Europa del este (28 Sep 1974) “Santa Lucia“ is a traditional Neapolitan song. It was translated by Teodoro Cottrau (1827–1879) into Italian and published by the Cottrau firm, as a barcarola, in Naples in 1849. Cottrau translated it from Neapolitan into Italian during the first stage of the Italian unification, the first Neapolitan song to be given Italian lyrics. Its transcriber, who is very often credited as its composer, was the son of the French-born Italian composer and collector of songs Guillaume Louis Cottrau (1797–1847). Various sources credit A. Longo with the music, 1835. Perhaps the definitive 20th century recording of the song was that of Enrico Caruso, the great Neapolitan opera singer. Mario Lanza recorded this song in this album “Mario Lanza sings Caruso favorites“. In the Czech Republic (or former Czechoslovakia), it was made famous with the words “Krásná je Neapol“ sung by Waldemar Matuška. (Wikipedia)
