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Similar to Lu novu Tuppi Tuppi, this work is in verse in Sicilian dialect. Unlike the other work, this is comprised of 15 separate short poems on…
Raccolta di brindisi per ogni occasione in dialetto siciliano [Collection of toasts for every occasion in Sicilian dialect] [Facsimile]. New York: Società Libraria Italiana - Italian Book Company, 1916.With a publication date of 1916, this work appears to have preceded the enormously popular 1917 Raccolta di discorsi per ogni occasione; Brindisi ed…
Lu ciucciu. Poema in dialetto calabrese [The Donkey: poem in Calabrese dialect]. New York: Tipografia Sisca & Sons, 1913.The only known book-length publication of Alessandro and Marziale Sisca's father, Francesco Sisca, or of the publisher or printer that bore their…
Lu sonnu di Monsignuri X: poimettu in lingua siciliana [The Sonnets of Monsignor X: Short Poem in Sicilian]. Brooklyn: Tip. Ital. del Rinascimento, 1912.Dedicated to Riccardo Cordiferro. Pucciu (b. Italy, 1876; d. New York, 1927), or Puccio, was a sculptor and carver, with a studio in Brooklyn, as well…
Rapsodia napoletana [Neapolitan Rhapsody]. New York: Cocce Press, 1944.Rapsodia napoletana is an epic story of the history of Naples from its founding as a Greek colony, composed of 105 sonnets written in the Neapolitan…
Napule d'Aiere [Naples of Yesteryear]. New York: Cocce Press, 1944.On who Federico Mennella was, see discussion under Rapsodia Napoletana. This dialect poem is in the same vein as that work.
Le canzoni de l'ora [Songs of the Hour]. New York: Edizioni Sirena, 1945.On who Federico Mennella was, see discussion under Rapsodia Napoletana. This dialect poem is in the same vein as that work.
America! America!: atti e memorie del popolo [America! America! Acts and Memoirs of the People]. Casalvelino Scalo [Salerno]: Ed. Giuseppe Galzerano, 1979 [1981].Antonio Margariti (b. Ferruzzano, Reggio Calabria, Italy, 1891 – d. Willow Grove, Pennsylvania, 1981) published these memoirs in 1979 at age 87. This…
Io canto la vita e la morte! [I Sing of Life and Death!]. New York: Il Carroccio Publishing Co., Inc., 1923.Inscribed by author "To my kinsman - Anthony Barraco with best wishes for a successful future in his chosen career. Sincerely, Rosario Ingargiola,…
Pagine scelte [Selected Works]. Brooklyn Libreria dell'I.W.W., 1930.This work contains Giovannitti’s speech (entitled “Davanti ai Giurati di Salem, Massachusetts” [Before the Jurors of Salem, Mass.]) in 1912 to the…
Nofrio senzale di matrimoni [Nofrio, matrimonial agent][Facsimile]. New York: Casa ed. Biblioteca Siciliana (presso la "Follia"), 1919.De Rosalia was a leader in the Italian American vaudeville scene in New York. He premiered on the New York stage in 1903, shortly after his arrival in…
A festa 'e muntevergene ('Mmiezo Nola): Scene carateristiche di vita Napoletana in un atto [At Holiday: Scenes Characteristic of Neapolitan Life in One Act]. Napoli: Casa ed. Ferd. Bideri, 1923.Like Femmena 'e triato, this work was an import by the Italian Book Company, which imported many works, holding copyright protection for the exclusive…
Femmena 'e triato: scene passionali ed umoristiche di ambiente di palcoscenico [Women and the Theatre: Passionate and Humorous Scenes in the Environs of the Stage]. Napoli: Casa ed. Ferd. Bideri, 1921."Copyright 1921 by Italian Book Co. "SOCIETA LIBRARIA ITALIANA" 145-147 Mulberry St.-New York Concessionaria esclusiva per gli Stati [sic] d'America e…
Scugnizzo: poemetto napoletano [Street urchin: short Neapolitan poem]. New York: Coccè Press, [1924].Inscribed to "Al poeta Armando Massa, con sincera e cordiale amici fa'a, con viva ammrazione, Riccardo Cordiferro, N.Y. 21 Giugno 1924."
Ode alla Calabria [Ode to Calabria].Buenos Aires: Casa ed. "La Voce dei Calabresi," 1933.With a translation (from Calabrese into Italian) by F. Greco, this recounts an evening soiree given in honor of Cordiferro by his friends from Acri…
Ode alla Calabria [Ode to Calabria]. Buenos Aires: Casa ed. "La Voce dei Calabresi," 1933.This work, published by the book arm of the Italian-language Argentinian newspaper, La Voce dei Calabresi, commemorates and reflects a literary soiree…