Fabrizio De André
Fabrizio Cristiano De André (born February 18, 1940 in Genoa , † January 11, 1999 in Milan ) was an Italian cantautore (songwriter).
During his career, which lasted from 1958 to 1998, De André, called Faber by his friends , became one of the most popular singers in Italy thanks to the high literary quality of his texts and the masterly interpretation. Some of his texts are now part of school lessons. He mostly told stories of the marginalized and disenfranchised.
Career
De André came from an entrepreneurial family, after graduating from Liceo classico Cristoforo Colombo , he attended some courses in literature and medicine at the University of Genoa before finally deciding to study law. However, he broke off his studies shortly before graduation in order to devote himself entirely to music.
His passion for music was awakened by the intense friendship with Luigi Tenco , Gino Paoli , Umberto Bindi and Paolo Villaggio , with whom he later wrote some songs. He studied first violin, then guitar and devoted his attention to French chansonniers, especially Georges Brassens (whom he had never met personally), whose songs he also translated into Italian. In Italy in 1967, however, he became known nationwide with one of his own texts: La canzone di Marinella . He accompanied his singing on the guitar and was partially influenced by Bob Dylan and Leonard Cohen . He sang love songs, but also dealt with social problems in his texts and, as a pacifist, war, as in his most famous ballad La guerra di Piero .
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For his album Tutti morimmo a stento (1969) he was inspired by poems by the French poet François Villon . With this album, De André is considered the first Italian musician to attempt a concept album . De Andrés album La Buona Novella (1970) in turn dealt with the Christian apocrypha . In Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo (1971) he adapted and expanded poems by the American Edgar Lee Masters from his Spoon River Anthology . The album Storia di un impiegato (1973) is his most political and deals with the 1968 movement and terrorism ; the music was composed by Nicola Piovani . For his album Canzoni (1974) he covered songs by Bob Dylan (with Francesco de Gregori ), Leonard Cohen and Georges Brassens .
At the beginning of his career shy of the public, he did his first tour in 1975. In 1978 he played with the then very famous rock group PFM , which rearranged his songs. Two successful live albums from the concerts were released. From the 80s he toured with his own band, which he repeatedly reinforced with well-known musicians. In April 1982 he made his only tour in the German-speaking countries ( Germany , Austria , Switzerland with nine gigs).
De André was repeatedly supported on his albums by other famous composers and songwriters. According to De André, in the course of his career, he attached more importance to the lyrics than to the music, and described his own melodies as unfinished and unfinished. He collaborated with Francesco de Gregori (on Volume 8 1975), with Massimo Bubola (on Rimini 1978 and Album dell'indiano 1981), Mauro Pagani (on Creuza de mä 1984 and Le Nuvole 1990) and with Ivano Fossati (on Anime Salve , 1996).
In 1979 he was kidnapped in Sardinia together with his partner and later wife Dori Ghezzi and only released after four months and payment of a very high ransom. He later processed his experiences in captivity in an LP without a title, which became known as "L'indiano" because the cover featured an image of an Indian. In these songs he drew parallels between the indigenous peoples of America and the situation of the Sardinians, who in the course of history also had to repeatedly defend themselves against various occupiers.
In 1984 Fabrizio De André released “ Crêuza de mä ”, a masterful album with songs in the Genoese dialect of his hometown. Musically, he brought together traditions from all over the Mediterranean.
At the Premio Ciampi of the city of Livorno , an annual national competition of the Italian 'Cantautore' (songwriters), he received an award for his life's work in 1997.
Fabrizio De André had two children: the son Cristiano from his first marriage and the daughter Luisa Vittoria (Luvi). Both accompanied him on his last tour in 1998 as members of his band .
In the summer of 1998, the heavy smoker de André was diagnosed with a tumor and had to cancel the tour. He died of lung cancer on January 11, 1999 . De André is buried in the monumental cemetery Staglieno .
To this day he is considered one of the best Italian singers and composers and is particularly revered in his hometown of Genoa. An exhibition about his life took place in Genoa from December 2008 to 2009 in the Palazzo Ducale . All of his 13 studio albums were placed in the Italian TOP 10 of the album charts, three of them at the top. The compilation In direzione ostinata e contraria , published after his death, also landed at number 1.
In November 2012, a collection of 16 CDs with live performances from 1975 to 1998 was published in Italy under the name “Fabrizio de André, I Concerti”. The collection was supplemented with a 192-page illustrated book with numerous previously unpublished photos.
With the film adaptation of the song “Il Pescatore” in Ravenna by the screenwriter Stefano Salvati in 2016, over 40 years after the song was published, Fabrizio de André posthumously received a video clip for one of his works. Ravenna was chosen because de André had a friend in Ravenna who was a fisherman and who might have been the inspiration for the song.
In 2018, the RAI- produced miniseries Fabrizio De André - Principe libero with Luca Marinelli in the role of Fabrizio De André.
Discography
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Songs (selection) (with details of the composer)
- Amore che vieni, amore che vai (music / text: F. De André) 1966
- La canzone di Marinella (music / text: F. De André) 1963
- La guerra di Piero (text: F. De André, music: F. De André / V. Centanaro) 1963
- Andrea (music / text: F. De André / M. Bubola) 1978
- Bocca di rosa (music / text: F. De André) 1967
- Via del Campo (text: F. De André, music: F. De André / E. Jannacci) 1967
- Amico fragile (music / text: F. De André) 1975
- La ballata del Miché (music / text: F. De André / C. Petracchi) 1961
- Rimini (music / text: F. De André / M. Bubola) 1978
- Coda di lupo (music / text: F. De André / M. Bubola) 1978
- La domenica delle salme (music / text: F. De André / M. Pagani) 1990
- Il pescatore (text: F. De André, music: F. De André / F. Zauli / G. Reverberi) 1970
- Anime salve (music / text: F. De André / I. Fossati) 1996
- Don Raffaè (text: F. De André / M. Bubola, music: F. De André / M. Pagani) 1990
- Crêuza de mä (text: F. De André, music: M. Pagani) 1984
- Il testamento di Tito (text: F. De André, music: F. De André / C. Castellari) 1970
- Fiume Sand Creek (Music / Text: F. De André / M. Bubola) 1981
- Canzone per l'estate (music / text: F. De André / F. De Gregori) 1975
- Il suonatore Jones (text: F. De André / G. Bentivoglio, music: F. De André / N. Piovani) 1971
Albums
STUDIO (with Italian chart placement)
- 1967 - Volume I (# 2)
- 1968 - Tutti morimmo a stento (# 4)
- 1968 - Volume III (# 1)
- 1969 - Gulliver (film music / soundtrack to the Italian television series, music by de André)
- 1970 - La buona novella (# 2)
- 1971 - Non al denaro, non all'amore né al cielo (# 1)
- 1973 - Storia di un impiegato (# 2)
- 1974 - Canzoni (# 4)
- 1975 - Volume VIII (# 5)
- 1978 - Rimini (# 5)
- 1981 - Fabrizio de André (Album dell'indiano) (# 2)
- 1984 - Crêuza de mä (# 7)
- 1990 - Le nuvole (# 2)
- 1996 - Anime salve (# 1)
COMPILATION
- 1966 - Tutto Fabrizio De André
- 1968 - La canzone di Marinella
- 1969 - Nuvole barocche
- 1972 - Fabrizio De André
- 1972 - Fabrizio De André (1 & 2)
- 1975 - Fabrizio De André (Antologia nera)
- 1982 - Fabrizio De André Super Star
- 1982 - Fabrizio De André (Profili)
- 1986 - Fabrizio De André (Antologia blu)
- 1987 - Confanetto
- 1991 - Il viaggio
- 1995 - La canzone di Marinella
- 1995 - Fabrizio de André (confanetto rosso)
- 1997 - Wed innamoravo di tutto
LIVE
- 1979 - In concerto - Arrangiamenti: PFM - vol. 1 (Live)
- 1980 - In concerto - Arrangiamenti: PFM - vol. 2 (Live)
- 1982 - Live - Philipshalle Düsseldorf (Live - Bootleg)
- 1991 - 1991 concerti (2 album - Live)
- 1998 - De André In concerto (Live)
- 2001 - De André in concerto - vol. II (Live)
- 2012 - Fabrizio de André. I Concerti collection with 16 CDs, live concerts 1975–1998
- 2013 - Fabrizio de André. Crêuza de mä. Il concerto 1984 (2 CDs)
POSTHUMOUSLY
- 1999 - Da Genova (Compilation)
- 1999 - In concerto (Live)
- 1999 - Opere complete (Compilation)
- 2000 - Peccati di Giuventù (compilation)
- 2001 - In concerto vol. 2 (Live)
- 2001 - Mediterraneo (Compilation)
- 2001 - Ed avevamo gli tatting troppo belli (Compilation)
- 2003 - Faber amico fragile (Compilation)
- 2004 - Fabrizio de André - Platinum deluxe (Compilation)
- 2004 - Fabrizio de André - Una musica per i dannati (Compilation)
- 2005 - In direzione ostinata e contraria (Compilation)
- 2011 - Fabrizio de André - Sogno # 1 - London Symphony Orchestra (Compilation)
- 2015 - Fabrizio De André - In studio (Opera Omnia)
- 2017 - Anime Salve Legacy Edition
- 2018 - Tu che m'ascolti insegnami
- 2019 - Peccati di gioventù (# 51)
Web links
- Literature by and about Fabrizio De André in the catalog of the German National Library
- Fabrizio De André in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Fabrizio De André at Discogs (English)
- Fondazione Fabrizio De André , site of a foundation at the University of Siena for the research and publication of the work of Fabrizio De André. (ital.)
- Via del Campo , private project page about Fabrizio de André with lots of background information. (Italian, French, Spanish, Hungarian)
- Faber De André , extensive private project page with numerous data and facts as well as a complete discography (ital.)
- German translations of almost all of Fabrizio de André's songs
- Fabrizio De André - Parole e musica di un poeta , RAI Documentation on the 20th anniversary of death (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Fabrizio De Andrè - La storia Le Musiche Le Parole , RAI tre, 2009
- ↑ 'Via del Campo' by Walter Pistarini
- ↑ Ravenna protagonista del videoclip ufficiale de "Il Pescatore" di De Andrè: online dal 24 November, ravennanotizie.it, 14 November 2017; Fabrizio De André - Il pescatore
- ↑ Proiettato in municipio il videoclip ufficiale "Il Pescatore" di Fabrizio De André , RavennaWebTV, 14 November 2017
- ^ Luvi De André: chi è, cosa fa e com'è oggi la figlia (sconosciuta) di Faber. Classe 1977, nata dall'amore di Fabrizio e Dori Ghezzi, è meno 'in vista' del fratello Cristiano: la ritroviamo so , caffeinamagazine.it, February 15, 2018
- ↑ Chart sources: AT CH IT
- ^ 'Il pescatore' in different languages Canzoni contro la Guerra (Italian, Antiwar Songs) , with German translations.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | De André, Fabrizio |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | De André, Fabrizio Cristiano (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Italian songwriter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 18, 1940 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Genoa |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 11, 1999 |
| Place of death | Milan |