Angelo Branduardi

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Branduardi 2008 in Dachau

Angelo Branduardi (born February 12, 1950 in Cuggiono near Milan ) is an internationally known Italian musician and cantautore . As a Cantautore located near the Genoese School, Branduardi combines early music with traditional folk music and presents itself stylistically as menestrello ( Ménestrel ), inspired by the Celtic and Northern European tradition.

Life

Origin and education

Angelo Branduardi was born in 1950 in Cuggiono, west of Milan . A few months after his birth, the family moved to Genoa , where he obtained his violin diploma from the Conservatorio Niccolò Paganini di Genova . At the age of 15, the family moved to Milan, where he eventually enrolled in the Philosophical Faculty of the University of Milan . During this time Branduardi began to set his own poems and those of his favorite lyricists to music and to sing along with the guitar.

Style and Influences

Branduardi in typical pose

His lyrics, mostly written by or together with his wife Luisa Zappa , are often adaptations and translations of old poems, sagas , fairy tales , as well as texts from Jewish tradition. For example, the song Alla fiera dell'est / Highdown Fair (1976) is an adaptation of the Jewish Passover song Chad gadja . Sotto il tiglio / Under the Lime Tree (1976) in turn leads Under the linden of Minne poet Walther von der Vogelweide on. In his compositions Branduardi often draws on traditional folk songs and works of early music. For example, the melody of Ballo in fa diesis minore is based on the piece Schiarazula Marazula from the collection Il primo libro de 'balli by the Renaissance composer Giorgio Mainerio from the 16th century. The song Donna ti voglio cantare is also based on a composition by Pierre Attaignant from the same musical era. Vocally, Branduardi, like his musical role model Cat Stevens, is particularly successful as a ballad interpreter. He plays many instruments on his albums himself: violin (his first instrument), various flutes and guitars , lute , dulcimer etc.

Career

In 1974 Paul Buckmaster produced his debut album Angelo Branduardi , which, however, went unnoticed. The great success came between 1977 and 1979 with the albums Alla fiera dell'est , La pulce d'acqua and Cogli la prima mela , which also made him internationally known. In Germany, Branduardi was initially an insider tip in the songwriting scene until his song La pulce d'acqua (“The Water Flea ”) became a radio hit in 1979 , also triggered by Branduardi's European tour as part of the La Carovana del Mediterraneo project . His most successful album in Germany is Cogli la prima mela (1/80 D-LP 12). Some of Branduardi's albums were published in English translation (texts: Peter Sinfield and Keith Christmas ) and in French translation (texts: Etienne Roda-Gil ). Five English-language and eight French-language album versions have been released. In 1985 Branduardi could be heard in the benefit project MusicaItalia per l'Etiopia .

After three soundtracks in the 1980s (including " Momo ", 1985 based on Michael Ende , director: Johannes Schaaf ), Branduardi turned to more down-to-earth sounds in the 90s and finally to Irish folk ( Il dito e la luna, 1998). In the Futuro Antico project (“Alte Zukunft”, eight albums so far from 1996 to 2014) he presents himself as an interpreter of mainly Italian Renaissance music. His album L'infinitamente piccolo , released in 2000, is dedicated to Saint Francis and contains 11 songs based on Franciscan sources.

Kick-off event church tour 2014

From January 2014 Branduardi presented as part of his church tour Germany 2014 together with a multi-percussionist and his guitar companion, Maurizio Fabrizio , excerpts from his complete works, especially his early works, as well as songs from the current studio album Il Rovo e la Rosa . The concerts took place in churches in major German cities.

In 2013 Branduardi appeared on the songs for the first time on a summer evening , in 2016 he played there with his band for the 30th anniversary, on the CD he is represented with Alla fiera dell'est and Ballo in fa diesis minore .

Discography

Studio albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT
1974 Angelo Branduardi (1974) - - -
1976 La luna IT24 (1 week)
IT 		- -
RCA, TPL-1 1060
published 1975
1980 new as Gulliver, la luna e altri disegni
1977 Alla fiera dell'est IT2 (36 weeks)
IT 		- -
Polydor, 2448 051
published 1976
La pulce d'acqua IT1 (27 weeks)
IT 		DE-
gold
gold
DE 		-
Polydor, 2448 062
1979 Highdown Fair - DE47 (1 week)
DE 		-
engl. Version of Alla fiera dell'est
Cogli la prima mela IT3 (26 weeks)
IT 		DE12 (24 weeks)
DE 		-
Polydor
1981 Branduardi '81 IT11 (11 weeks)
IT 		- -
Polydor
1983 Cercando l'oro IT12 (9 weeks)
IT 		DE62 (2 weeks)
DE 		-
Musiza
1986 Branduardi canta Yeats IT17 (4 weeks)
IT 		- -
Musiza based
on texts by William Butler Yeats
1986 Momo IT54 (5 weeks)
IT 		- -
Soundtrack by Momo
1993 Si può fare IT10 (8 weeks)
IT 		- -
EMI
1995 Domenica e lunedì - - AT27 (8 weeks)
AT
published in 1993
1998 Il dito e la luna IT17 (18 weeks)
IT 		- -
2000 L'infinitamente piccolo IT11 (23 weeks)
IT 		- -
2003 Altro ed altrove IT7 (16 weeks)
IT 		- -
2007 Futuro antico IV: Venezia e il carnevale IT60 (2 weeks)
IT 		- -
2011 So è se mi pare IT29 (5 weeks)
IT 		- -
2013 Il rovo e la rosa IT38 (2 weeks)
IT 		- -

More albums

  • 1983 - State buoni se potete (Soundtrack)
  • 1988 - Pane e rose
  • 1988 - Secondo Ponzio Pilato (Soundtrack)
  • 1990 - Il ladro
  • 1996 - Futuro Antico I
  • 1999 - Futuro Antico II: Sull'orme dei patriarchi
  • 2002 - Futuro Antico III: Mantova. La musica alla corte dei Gonzaga
  • 2009 - Futuro Antico V: Musica della Serenissima
  • 2010 - Futuro Antico VI: Roma e la festa di San Giovanni
  • 2011 - Futuro Antico VII: Il carnevale Romano
  • 2014 - Futuro antico VIII: Trentino: musica alla corte dei Principi vescovi

Compilations (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT
1992 Confessioni di un malandrino. Il meglio di Angelo Branduardi IT18 (2 weeks)
IT 		- -
Polydor
1999 Studio Collection IT7 (8 weeks)
IT 		- -
2005 The Platinum Collection IT19 (8 weeks)
IT 		- -
2012 Camminando camminando 2 IT84 (1 week)
IT 		- -

Live albums

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT
1996 Camminando camminando IT30 (9 weeks)
IT 		- AT41 (3 weeks)
AT
2009 Senza spina IT41 (8 weeks)
IT 		- -

More live albums

  • 1980 - Concerto
  • 2015 - Camminando camminando in tre

Singles (selection)

year title Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements
(Year, title, rankings, weeks, awards, notes) 		Remarks
IT IT DE DE AT AT
1977 Alla fiera dell'est
Alla fiera dell'est 		IT4 (20 weeks)
IT 		- -
1978 La pulce d'acqua
La pulce d'acqua 		IT6 (25 weeks)
IT 		- -
1979 Cogli la prima mela
Cogli la prima mela 		IT4 (21 weeks)
IT 		- -

Web links

Commons : Angelo Branduardi  - album with pictures, videos and audio files

supporting documents

  1. ↑ Angelo Branduardi. In: Albo d'oro. Musica e dischi , accessed January 28, 2018 (Italian).
  2. ↑ Music from Magic in: The Time of September 30, 1983
  3. ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original dated May 31, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.tourneen.com
  4. ↑ a b c Chart sources (albums):
  5. ↑ M&D chart archive. Musica e dischi , accessed on September 7, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access; IT until 1994).
personal data
SURNAME Branduardi, Angelo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian musician
DATE OF BIRTH February 12, 1950
PLACE OF BIRTH Cuggiono near Milan