by Stanislao Pugliese

As Hofstra University prepares a six-day conference on Frank Sinatra, it has given me an opportunity to re-think Sinatra's relationship with Italy and Italian-American culture. While often depicted as a staunch defender of his rich ethic heritage, I would argue that Sinatra had an ambiguous relationship with Italy and Italian-American culture.

Surely growing up in Hoboken as the son of immigrants in the early twentieth century, Sinatra was exposed to the tradition of Italian bel canto and lirica. New technology made the work of Enrico Caruso and others almost ubiquitous in Italian American communities. 

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Fonte: La Voce di New York