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Italian composer

Ernesto De Curtis (4 October 1875 – 31 December 1937) was an Italian composer.

Born in Naples, the son of Giuseppe De Curtis and Elisabetta Minnon, he was a great-grandson of composer Saverio Mercadante and the brother of poet Giambattista De Curtis, with whom he wrote the song "Torna a Surriento". He studied piano and received a diploma from the Conservatory of San Pietro a Maiella in Naples.

He died at Naples in 1937.

Works
Senza Nisciuno (Forsaken)
Sung in 1919 by Enrico Caruso (2:47)
A Guerra
Recorded in 1915 by Elvira Donnarumma (singer), Ernesto De Curtis (composer), and Libero Bovio (words), in Neapolitan language (3:22)
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He wrote over a hundred songs, including: