Real name: I Canterini Di Sturla - Vecchia Sturla

The Genoese singing team was born on board the ancient ships of the Republic of San Giorgio (from about 1500).
Its constitution is explained by the fact that on a ship it was possible to find a tenor, sometimes two and thus a sailor or two who had baritone voices.
The basis of this improvised chorus was the more common bass voices.
There were no female voices, but it was replaced by some hub or some very young sailor who sang falsetto and who was called contralto.
Here is the Genoese singing team formed: a contralto, a tenor, one or two baritones and seven or eight basses.
Vecchia Sturla is one of those teams, the best known and by far the best.
To understand and taste its character and style, we must not forget that it is made up of authentic workers, unaware of music, who sing by ear, learning their parts by heart and relying solely on their innate musical instinct.
In his songs Vecchia Sturla almost improvise; and the inevitable imperfections of execution, instead of diminishing interest, increase it.
Who listens and he has to have the feeling to hear the people sing who has not studied music, but that music is in his blood.
Who does not know what counterpoint and harmony is, tonic and dominant, fourth or fifth jump, but which simply and naively expresses that deep vein of singing that is proper to the Italian soul.