Luciano Beretta

Luciano Beretta (born January 1, 1928 in Milan , † January 11, 1994 in Caprino Veronese ) was an Italian songwriter .

Career

He began to gain experience as a dancer at an early age until he started working as a songwriter and consultant for Adriano Celentano's record label Clan Celentano . He was also active as an actor, painter, poet, singer and choreographer. Between 1959 and the 1970s he wrote for Celentano, mostly together with the singer himself and Miki Del Prete , some hits and classics of the Italian song, such as Il ragazzo della Via Gluck , La coppia più bella del mondo , Chi non lavora non fa l'amore or Una carezza in un pugno . Beretta tried to stand out in terms of content from the broad mass of song texts of its time. In addition to Celentano, he worked with Domenico Modugno , Orietta Berti , Mina , Milva , Caterina Caselli , Ornella Vanoni and I Camaleonti , most recently with the singer Elide Suligoj . He has also translated texts by Charles Aznavour , Édith Piaf and Gilbert Bécaud into Italian.

In the Via Garigliano in Milan today commemorated by a plaque at Beretta.

Web links

Luciano Beretta in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Luciano Beretta at Discogs (English)

supporting documents

^ Dino Tedesco: Addio a Luciano Beretta, parole della “Via Gluck” . In: Corriere della Sera . January 12, 1994, p. 27 ( corriere.it ( memento of February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on September 22, 2016]).
↑ Luciano Beretta, biografia. In: Albo d'Oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on September 22, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).
↑ ^a ^b Enrico Deregibus (Ed.): Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana . Giunti Editore, Milan 2006, ISBN 978-88-09-75625-0 , Miki Del Prete, p. 58 f .

personal data
SURNAME	Beretta, Luciano
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Italian songwriter
DATE OF BIRTH	January 1, 1928
PLACE OF BIRTH	Milan
DATE OF DEATH	January 11, 1994
Place of death	Caprino Veronese

[1] Dino Tedesco: Addio a Luciano Beretta, parole della “Via Gluck” . In: Corriere della Sera . January 12, 1994, p. 27 ( corriere.it ( memento of February 17, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) [accessed on September 22, 2016]).

[2] Luciano Beretta, biografia. In: Albo d'Oro. Musica e dischi , accessed on September 22, 2016 (Italian, paid subscription access).

[deregibus-3] Enrico Deregibus (Ed.): Dizionario completo della Canzone Italiana . Giunti Editore, Milan 2006, ISBN 978-88-09-75625-0 , Miki Del Prete, p. 58 f .