Fausto Amodei
Encyclopedia
Fausto Amodei is an Italian
folk singer
-songwriter
and musicologist
. He was born in 1935 in Turin
.
. In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French
singer Georges Brassens
. In early 1960s he became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
and in 1966 he was elected member of the Italian parliament
with the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
(PSIUP). The singer Francesco Guccini
cited in some interviews and books, Amodei as one of the composer who principally influenced him.
One of the most famous songs of Amodei is Per i morti di Reggio Emilia (To the deads of Reggio Emilia
), dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest on July 7, 1960. In 1985 the Italian punk-rock band CCCP
titled their third EP
with the first verse of this ballad: Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani
.
Italy
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folk singer
Folk Singer
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-songwriter
Singer-songwriter
Singer-songwriters are musicians who write, compose and sing their own musical material including lyrics and melodies. As opposed to contemporary popular music singers who write their own songs, the term singer-songwriter describes a distinct form of artistry, closely associated with the...
and musicologist
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
. He was born in 1935 in Turin
Turin
Turin is a city and major business and cultural centre in northern Italy, capital of the Piedmont region, located mainly on the left bank of the Po River and surrounded by the Alpine arch. The population of the city proper is 909,193 while the population of the urban area is estimated by Eurostat...
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Biography
Amodei started his musical career founding, in 1958, the music band of CantacronacheCantacronache
Cantacronache is a popular Italian band formed in Turin in 1958 by Fausto Amodei, Michele Straniero, Giorgio De Maria, Emilio Jona, Sergio Liberovici, and Margot....
. In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
singer Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens
Georges Brassens , 22 October 1921 – 29 October 1981), was a French singer-songwriter and poet.Brassens was born in Sète, a town in southern France near Montpellier...
. In early 1960s he became active in the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano, was a music magazine created in 1964 in Milan by a group of musicians linked to the same left ideological political-cultural movement of the late sixties...
and in 1966 he was elected member of the Italian parliament
Parliament of Italy
The Parliament of Italy is the national parliament of Italy. It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members . The Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members is the lower house. The Senate of the Republic is the upper house and has 315 members .Since 2005, a party list electoral law is being...
with the Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity
The Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity , was a political party in Italy from 1964 to 1972.-History:...
(PSIUP). The singer Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini
Francesco Guccini is an Italian singer-songwriter, considered one of the most important Cantautori. During the five decades of his music career he has recorded 16 studio albums and collections, and 6 live albums. He is also a writer, having published autobiographic and noir novels, and a comics...
cited in some interviews and books, Amodei as one of the composer who principally influenced him.
One of the most famous songs of Amodei is Per i morti di Reggio Emilia (To the deads of Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia
Reggio Emilia is an affluent city in northern Italy, in the Emilia-Romagna region. It has about 170,000 inhabitants and is the main comune of the Province of Reggio Emilia....
), dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest on July 7, 1960. In 1985 the Italian punk-rock band CCCP
CCCP Fedeli alla linea
CCCP Fedeli alla Linea were an Italian band formed in 1982 in Berlin by vocalist Giovanni Lindo Ferretti and guitarist Massimo Zamboni. The band's style was self-defined by the members themselves as “Musica Melodica Emiliana—Punk Filosovietico” Their name, CCCP, stems from the cyrillic script for...
titled their third EP
Extended play
An EP is a musical recording which contains more music than a single, but is too short to qualify as a full album or LP. The term EP originally referred only to specific types of vinyl records other than 78 rpm standard play records and LP records, but it is now applied to mid-length Compact...
with the first verse of this ballad: Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani
Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani
Compagni, Cittadini, Fratelli, Partigiani is the third EP released by the Italian Punk/Art rock band CCCP Fedeli alla linea. It was first released on vinyl by Attack Punk Records, and then re-released on CD by Virgin Records along with the Ortodossia II EP...
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Discography
The discography is listed in a chronological order.- 1958 - La gelida manina (78 rpm)
- 1963 - Il barone e la pastora (EP)
- 1963 - Le canzoni di Fausto Amodei 1 (EP)
- 1963 - Le canzoni di Fausto Amodei 2 (EP)
- 1964 - Il tarlo/Il gallo (45 rpm)
- 1964 - Lettera dalla caserma/Una vita di carta (45 rpm)
- 1965 - Canzoni didascaliche (EP)
- 1969 - Sciopero interno/Nei reparti della FIAT (45 rpm)
- 1971 - Cantacronache 3 (album)
- 1972 - Se non li conoscete (album)
- 1974 - L'ultima crociata (album)
- 2005 - Per fortuna c'è il cavaliere (album)
Literature
- Margherita Zorzi: "Fausto Amodei - Canzoni di satira e di Rivolta" - 2008, ISBN 978-88-95514-62-8
External links
- Fausto Amodei on DiscogsDiscogsDiscogs, short for discographies, is a website and database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. The Discogs servers, currently hosted under the domain name discogs.com, are owned by Zink Media, Inc., and are...
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