Salvatore Cardillo (1874–1947) was an Italian-American composer. He was born in Naples, Italy, and studied in Italy piano and composition before he emigrated to the United States as a university graduate. His activities included
song texts and film music. Cardillo's most major work was the romance ''Core'ngrato'' written in 1911. The text was written in America in Neopolitan dialect by Alessandro Sisca (Riccardo Cordiferro); apparently as the the only Neopolitan song by an Italian-American immigrant.
''Core 'ngrato was sung by Enrico Caruso, Franco Corelli, Luciano Pavarotti, Plácido Domingo, José Carreras, Roberto Alagna and Jonas Kaufmann.
