Cantautore

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As Cantautore (plural cantautori ; feminine form: cantautrice , Pl. Cantautrici ) are in contemporary Italian called Singer, the self-composed songs present. The term is a word intersection of cantante "singer" and autore "author, composer" and was around 1960 by members of the record company Ricordi as Italian equivalent of the English (or Anglo-American) " singer-songwriter " devised. The French " chansonnier " are also comparableand the German “ songwriter ”, although these terms are by no means interchangeable, but rather refer to specific musical traditions. The texts of the Cantautori are mostly very poetic, even if they often deal with everyday topics, and it is precisely in this characteristic that their originality lies. The melodies of their songs are often influenced by the bel canto and its melody (a homage to the musical tradition of the canzone can be found in Lucio Dallas' song Caruso ). Your musical accompaniment is based on patterns from modern rock and pop music , including jazz and folk .

schools

Sometimes the Cantautori is spoken of in different schools. This means the geographical assignment to a direction, such as the school of Genoa ( Fabrizio de André , Gino Paoli , etc.). Overall, however, this classification is hardly meaningful, as the styles are very different and the Cantautori are not tied to one place.

Sanremo

Sanremo is the venue of the canzone italiana festival and media spectacle of the same name, which has been taking place annually since 1951 at the end of February / beginning of March, and which lasts over several evenings and is broadcast live by the RAI television station . It serves as a stage for new talents, and well-known cantautori also perform. However, this festival is generally not that of the Cantautori.

chronology

The musical and commercial rise of the Cantautori began in the second half of the 1960s. The decisive factor is the turning away from the Italo hit , also from the pure imitation of rock 'n' roll (through the so-called urlatori = literally translated ' screamers ') and the beat and the beginning of a poetic-musical examination of topics from everyday life and the The living environment of the contemporary generation. The beginnings of later known Cantautori such as

  • Fabrizio de André , who masterfully implements the form of the ballad and allegory (for example Il pescatore , 1970),
  • Lucio Dalla , who combines the rhythmic singing patterns of blues and jazz with the melodies of the canzone and, in his songs like L'anno che verrà or Attenti al lupo, ironically and accurately captures (contemporary) moods,
  • Francesco Guccini , the "Italian Bob Dylan", who in his songs works socially and self-critically on contemporary trends (for example, Critique of the Industrial World in Il vecchio e il bambino , 1972),
  • Lucio Battisti , whose first LP was released in 1969, with which he initiated a long series of chart successes in Italy (Battisti wrote the music, co-author Mogol the lyrics), thanks to the unvarnished and direct treatment of interpersonal issues.
Paolo Conte at a concert in the Berlin Philharmonic

The 1970s then led to the breakthrough; Battisti in particular, the Cantautori became the contemporary national musical identity and reality in Italy. From this point on, your music and themes branch out into a wide variety of styles. Mention should be made of Francesco de Gregori (folk, critical texts), Antonello Venditti (also critical texts), Rino Gaetano (satire, irony and social criticism ), Angelo Branduardi (folk rock, dealing with forms of folk tradition such as fairy tales and counting rhymes), Riccardo Cocciante , Edoardo Bennato , Ivano Fossati (who has also emerged as a songwriter for singers like Mia Martini or her sister Loredana Bertè). Claudio Baglioni follows a melodic direction , who stylistically can be seen as the forerunner of the later internationally successful Eros Ramazzotti .

The early 1980s were briefly dominated by straight rock, represented by Gianna Nannini and Vasco Rossi . During this period, however, the styles broadened further, such as the connection between American fusion music and Napoletan song in Pino Daniele , new wave in Enrico Ruggeri , the reference to jazz and Latin American rhythms in Paolo Conte , soul in Zucchero and the synthesizers -Music with Franco Battiato .

With a new generation of cantautori such as Jovanotti , Carmen Consoli , Elisa , Marco Masini , Mario Venuti or Alex Britti, the 1990s and the last few years bring on the one hand more directness ( Bella Stronza , Marco Masini 1995) and on the other hand an unmistakable self-irony, a new meaning for humor ( 7000 Caffè , Alex Britti 2003).

Discography (selection)

  • Franco Battiato: Platinum Collection (2005)
  • Lucio Battisti: Emozioni (1970)
  • Edoardo Bennato: La torre di Babele (1976), Burattino senza fili (1977), È arrivato un bastimento (1983), Abbi dubbi (1989)
  • Alex Britti: Alex Britti (2003)
  • Carmen Consoli: Stato di necessità (2000)
  • Lucio Dalla: Caro Amico Ti Scrivo ... Best of (2002), Best of (1985), 4 March 1943 (1976)
  • Pino Daniele: Platinum Collection (2005)
  • Fabrizio de André: In Concerto (Arrangiamenti PFM) (1979), Creuza de mä (1984)
  • Francesco Guccini: Radici (1972), Fra la via Emilia e il west (1984)
  • Gianna Nannini: Bomboloni - The Greatest Hits Collection (1996)
  • Vasco Rossi: Greatest Hits (2002)
  • Antonello Venditti: Sotto il segno dei pesci (1978)

literature

  • Frank Baasner (Ed.): Poesia Cantata. 2 volumes. Niemeyer, Tübingen 1997-2002;
  • Angela Barwig: Francesco Guccini and the development of the Italian author's song (= Romance studies. Vol. 18). LIT, Berlin et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-8258-1759-6 (also: Erlangen-Nürnberg, Universität, Dissertation, 2006).
  • Thomas Bremer, Titus Heydenreich (Ed.): Focus: Cantautori: Song poets in Italy (= Zibaldone . No. 40). Stauffenburg, Tübingen 2005, ISBN 3-86057-979-7 (incl. CD with songs by Mimmo Locasciulli).
  • Giandomenico Curi : Io vorrei essere là. Cantautori in Italia (= Nuova universale Studium. Vol. 83). Edizioni Studium, Roma 1997, ISBN 88-382-3776-X .

Web links

  • cantautore - encyclopedia article in the online version of the Enciclopedia Italiana (Treccani) (Italian)