O Sole Mio for French Horn & Pianoforte

O Sole Mio arranged for French Horn and Piano.

Great piece for your next recital, concert or street perforrmance!

This arrangement is available for all Brass, Woodwind, Stringed & Mallet Percussion! 

Alfredo Mazzucchi Lyricist Giovanni Capurro

"'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.

For nearly 75 years after its publication, the music of 'O sole mio had generally been attributed to di Capua alone. According to the traditional account, he had composed it in April 1898 in Odessa, while touring with his father's band. It has turned out, however, that the melody was an elaboration of one of 23 which he had bought from Mazzucchi in the preceding year.

In November 1972, shortly after her father's death, Mazzucchi's daughter lodged a declaration with Italy's Office of Literary, Artistic and Scientific Property, which sought to have her father recognised as a co-composer of 18 of di Capua's songs, including 'O sole mio. In October 2002, Maria Alvau, a judge in Turin, upheld the declaration, ruling that Mazzucchi had indeed been a legitimate co-composer of the 18 songs, because they included melodies he had composed and then sold to di Capua in June 1897, with a written authorisation for the latter to make free use of them. At the time of the decision, therefore, 'O sole mio had not yet entered into the public domain in any country that was a party to the Berne Convention during the relevant period—which it would have done in Italy if di Capua had been the sole composer of the music. In most countries where copyright in a work lasts for 70 years after the death of its last surviving creator, the melody will remain under copyright until 2042.

There is an arrangement available for Eb Tenor Horn o request.