Twins Nete (in Italian Le Gemelle Nete) was an Italian musical group founded by the sisters Neta and Kina Costamagna in 1940.
Career Anna (Neta) and Domenica (Kina) Costamagna were born in 1911 in Trinità, province of Cuneo, Italy. They started to work as tailors: Neta with shirts and China with embroidery.
In the 1940s they began, as autodidacts, to study music: Neta with the guitar and China with the mandolin. For more than 40 years they sang italian popular music: sweet and popular pieces of the workers or of the Italian economic miracle.
Kina died in 1990, but Neta continued to sing solo, or with other popular groups. In 2001, for the 90th birthday of China an artistic book about their work was published, with compliments by Renzo Arbore, Aldo Grasso, Michele Serra and many others. Tace la chitarra dell'ultima gemella Neta Neta died in 2002.Addio a Anna Costamagna, la sopravvissuta delle Gemelle Nete
From the summer of 2011, the Municipality of Trinità has organised, every 2–3 years, the Nete Pride,Un successo strepitoso quello di ieri sera a Trinità per il "Gemelle Nete Pride" in collaboration with popular Italian groups.100 anni di gemelle Nete e 150 anni di Unità d'Italia a Trinità
Discography
Some of their most known songs are:
Amor di pastorello Balocchi e profumi Canti nuovi Creola Donna La piccola fioraia Ladra Meglio sarebbe Miniera Nina panca Sogni d'oro Stornelli campagnoli Tic e tic, tac e tac (Gira, rigira biondina) Un bacio a mezzanotte
References
External links Twins Nete in Un bacio a mezzanotte on Youtube Twins Nete in Gira, rigira biondina on Youtube Trinità’s Municipality Site