Fabrizio De André
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Birth name | Fabrizio Cristiano De André |
Born | Genoa, Kingdom of Italy | 18 February 1940
Died | 11 January 1999 Milan, Italy | (aged 58)
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Occupation(s) | Singer-songwriter |
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Years active | 1958–1999 |
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Website | fondazionedeandre.it |
Fabrizio Cristiano De André (Italian pronunciation:
Biography
Fabrizio De André was born in Pegli, Genoa, Italy, to an upper-class family. He had a warm, deep voice,[3] and started playing guitar at the age of 14.[4] His father gave him some Georges Brassens records, whose songs influenced the style of his first songs.[5] Brassens also inspired De André to become a libertarian and a pacifist,[6] which was influential in his music and later, more-sophisticated productions.
1960s
When he was a student in February 1961, De André debuted, singing two songs in a theater in Genoa.
In 1962, his first son Cristiano De André was born to his first wife Enrica "Puny" Rignon, who married in the same year.[11]
His first song to find commercial success was La canzone di Marinella ("The song of Marinella") in 1967, thanks to a television performance by
In 1968, De André released Tutti morimmo a stento, a concept album sung in Italian, with orchestral arrangements of Gian Piero Reverberi—a first for De André. The lyrics of the first song Il Cantico dei Drogati ("Junkies' Canticle") were co-written with poet Riccardo Mannerini, one of the most-significant persons in De André's life.[15] De André and Mannerini also co-wrote lyrics for the 1968 album of the band New Trolls, Senza orario Senza bandiera. In 1969, he released the album Volume 3; due to their lyrics, some of his songs were censored by the national Italian television channel but were broadcast by Vatican Radio.[16]
1970s
In 1970 was released the song
In 1975, De André made his concert debut at "La Bussola" in Viareggio.[18] Before that event, De André refused to perform live concerts because he considered himself more a songwriter than a performer.[19] In the same period, he moved Genoa to Sardinia. In 1978, his new concept album Rimini, which he co-wrote with singer-songwriter Massimo Bubola was released; it includes a translation of Bob Dylan's "Romance in Durango" (Avventura a Durango). For the first time, he wrote a song in Gallurese, a local variant of the Sardinian language, Zirichiltaggia ("Lizard Den"), inspired by the Ballu tundu, beginning to show his passion for minority languages and music traditions.
In 1977, his daughter Ludovica Vittoria (nicknamed simply Luvi) was born to his partner Dori Ghezzi.[20] Between December 1978 and January 1979, De André toured with the Italian progressive rock band Premiata Forneria Marconi (PFM), from which two live albums (In Concerto - Arrangiamenti PFM, vol. 1 and 2) were released. Many years ago, in 2020 was found and published as DVD a video taken from that tour, under the title "Fabrizio De André e PFM - Il concerto ritrovato".
On 27 August 1979, De André and Dori Ghezzi were kidnapped in Sardinia.[21] They were released only on December.
1980s
Together with Sergio Bardotti De André translated the song "Famous Blue Raincoat" with the title La Famosa Volpe Azzurra, which was performed by Ornella Vanoni on her album Ricetta di donna (1980).[22]
In 1981, De André and Massimo Bubola released the single
In 1984 was released the album Crêuza de mä, a collaboration with the multi-instrumentalist Mauro Pagani, a former member of PFM. This album is very unusual: its music was inspired by the Mediterranean music played with instruments from many local traditions, resulting in a special kind of world music and entirely sung in Genoese. David Byrne, later talking to Rolling Stone, named the album as one of the most-important releases of the decade.[25] In 1985, De André co-wrote the song Faccia di Cane however unofficially, which was performed by the New Trolls at the Sanremo Music Festival 1985, where it placed third and won the Prize of the Critic.[26]
In 1985, De André promised his dying father to stop his abuse of alcohol[27] but he continued to be a heavy smoker. In 1989, De André married Dori Ghezzi.[28] Their marriage testimony was the actor and long-life friend Beppe Grillo.[29] In the same year, Fabrizio's brother Mauro, a corporate lawyer and who also helped Fabrizio with his career, died.
1990s
In 1990 De André released Le nuvole, a collaboration with Pagani. The album was arranged by Piero Milesi. The first half of the album (side A) is sung in Italian while the second half (side B) is sung in Sardinian, Genoese, and Neapolitan. The album is also credited to Francesco Baccini for some verses of the song Ottocento; Baccini later recorded a duo with De André named Genova Blues. In 1991, De André toured released the double live album 1991 Concerti.
De André also collaborated with the band Tazenda, singing a song in Sardinian (Etta Abba Chelu) and co-writing the song Pitzinnos in sa gherra ("Children in the War"), both of which were included on their 1992 album Limba.[30] He sang in Old Occitan with the band Troubaires de Coumboscuro (Mis Amour) in 1995.[31] In 1994, he performed the song Cielito Lindo in Spanish as an opening theme for an Italian television show of the same name.[32]
In 1996 he released his last album
Also in 1996, De André co-wrote his only novel Un destino ridicolo with writer Alessandro Gennari; in 2008, this novel inspired the film Amore che vieni, amore che vai. In 1997, he recorded a new version of Marinella, this time as a duo with Mina, which is included in the compilation Mi innamoravo di tutto. During the period 1997–1998, De André went on the longest tour of his career, playing in arenas, open spaces, and theaters. Some of the summer dates were opened by poet and songwriter Oliviero Malaspina, with whom he was planning a collaboration for his next studio album.[35] This long tour had to be interrupted because of the first signs of health problems. Then, he was diagnosed with lung cancer.[36]
Fabrizio De André died in Milan on 11 January 1999. Two days later, a public funeral took place in the Basilique of Santa Maria Assunta in Carignano, Genoa, in front of a large audience.[37] De André was buried in the family chapel in the Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno.
Discography
Albums
Compilations
Live albums
Tributes
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Singles
Box-sets
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Videography
Music videos
- La domenica delle salme (1990) – directed by Gabriele Salvatores
- Mégu megún (1990) – directed by Gabriele Salvatores, starring: Claudio Bisio[39]
- Ho visto Nina volare (1997) – directed by Pietro Follini
Concerts
- Fabrizio De André in Concerto (2004)
- Fabrizio De André e PFM - Il concerto ritrovato (2020)
Documentaries
- Effedia: Sulla mia cattiva strada (2008)
- Dentro Faber (2011) (8 DVDs on different subjects each)
- Faber in Sardegna & L'ultimo concerto di Fabrizio De André, directed by Gianfranco Cabiddu, 2015
Tributes
- Omaggio a Fabrizio De André (2006) (tribute concert performed in the Roman Amphitheatre of Cagliari on 10 July 2005)
- PFM canta De André (2008)
Inspired movies
- Amore che vieni, amore che vai (2008) – directed by Daniele Costantini
- Fabrizio De André - Principe libero (2018) – directed by Luca Facchini
Novels
- De André, Fabrizio (1996). ISBN 88-06-17591-2.
Diaries
- De André, Fabrizio (2018). Sotto le ciglia chissà (in Italian). Mondadori. ISBN 9788804675877.
Interviews
- Franchini, Alfredo (2014). Uomini e donne di Fabrizio De André: conversazioni ai margini (in Italian). Fratelli Frilli Editori. ISBN 978-8875631604.
- Sassi, Claudio; Pistarini, Walter; Ceri, Luciano, eds. (2008). De Andre talk: Le interviste e gli articoli della stampa d'epoca (in Italian). Coniglio. ISBN 978-8860631534.
Biographies
- Romana, Cesare G. (1991). Amico fragile (in Italian). Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820012146.
- Viva, Luigi (2000). Non per un dio ma nemmeno per gioco: Vita di Fabrizio De André (in Italian) (1st ed.). Feltrinelli Editore. ISBN 9788807815805.
- De André, Fabrizio (2007). Guido Harari (ed.). Una goccia di splendore. Un'autobiografia per parole e immagini, con testi inediti (in Italian). Milano: Rizzoli. ISBN 978-88-17-01166-2.
Essayes
- Fondazione Fabrizio De André, Bruno Bigoni, Romano Giuffrida, Accordi eretici, La Nave di Teseo, 2021. ISBN 8893950928.
- Pistarini, Walter (2010). Il libro del Mondo - Fabrizio De André: le storie dietro le canzoni (in Italian). Giunti. ISBN 9788809748514.
- Zanetti, Franco; Sassi, Claudio (2019). Fabrizio De André in concerto (in Italian). Giunti. ISBN 9788809881389.
Photobooks
- Harari, Guido (2001). E poi, il futuro... (in Italian). Mondadori. ISBN 9788804497080.
Comics
- Algozzino, Sergio (2008). Ballata per Fabrizio De André (in Italian). Padova: Edizioni Becco Giallo. ISBN 978-8897555100.
- Biani, Mauro (2009). Come una specie di sorriso (in Italian). Viterbo: Stampa Alternativa.
- Milazzo, Ivo; Càlzia, Fabrizio (2010). Uomo Faber - biografia a fumetti di Fabrizio De André. Novara: De Agostini.
Notes and references
- ISBN 978-1-317-13168-7.
- ^ "Intitolazioni" (in Italian).
- ^ Fabbri, Franco (2017). L'ascolto tabù (in Italian). Milano: Il Saggiatore. pp. 216–222.
- ^ Viva, p. 40.
- ^ Viva, p. 49.
- ^ Romana, p. 61.
- ^ Viva, p. 83.
- ^ Viva, p. 225.
- ^ Viva, p. 83.
- ^ Viva, p. 102.
- ^ Viva, p. 93.
- ^ Viva, p. 133.
- ISBN 8804497084.
- ^ Viva, p. 125.
- ^ Viva, p. 139.
- ^ Viva, p. 129.
- ^ Meacci, Giordano; Serafini, Francesca (15 November 2021). "Fabrizio De André (1974-1981)". Treccani (in Italian).
- ^ Viva, p. 164.
- ^ Viva, p. 103.
- ^ Viva, p. 172.
- ^ Viva, p. 179.
- ^ "Collaborazione: Autore" (in Italian).
- ^ Viva, p. 186.
- ^ Viva, p. 187.
- ^ "Interview on mybestlife.com" (in Italian).
- ^ Giannotti, M. (2005). L'enciclopedia di Sanremo: 55 anni di storia del festival dalla A alla Z, Gremese: pag. 148.
- ^ Viva, p. 197.
- ^ Viva, p. 205.
- ^ Viva, p. 229.
- ^ "Tazenda" (in Italian).
- ^ "Troubaires" (in Italian).
- ^ Viva, p. 221.
- ^ Mediating the Human Body: Technology, Communication, and Fashion. (2003), Taylor & Francis.: p. 56.
- ^ Viva, p. 237.
- ^ Bertoncelli, Riccardo, ed. (2012). Belin, sei sicuro? Storia e canzoni - Con gli appunti inediti de I Notturni (in Italian). Giunti.
- ^ Viva, p. 244.
- ^ "Una folla silenziosa per Fabrizio De André". La Repubblica (in Italian). 13 January 1999.
- ^ (in Italian) Discography of Fabrizio De André Archived 25 December 2010 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Affiora un video 'perduto' di Fabrizio De André" (in Italian). 13 September 2005.
Further reading
- Gilbert, Mark; Moneta, Sara Lamberti (2020). "De André, Fabrizio (1940–1999)". Historical Dictionary of Modern Italy. Rowman & Littlefield. pp. 120–. ISBN 978-1-5381-0254-1.
- Haworth, Rachel (2016). From the Chanson Française to the Canzone D'autore in the 1960s and 1970s: Authenticity, Authority, Influence. United Kingdom: Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-1409441731.
- Fondazione Fabrizio De André (2021). Bruno Bigoni; Romano Giuffrida (eds.). Accordi Eretici (in Italian). La nave di Teseo. ISBN 9788893955881.
- Romana, Cesare G. (1991). Amico fragile (in Italian). Sperling & Kupfer. ISBN 8820012146.
- Pistarini, Walter (2010). Il libro del mondo. Le storie dietro le canzoni di Fabrizio De André (in Italian). Florence: Giunti. ISBN 978-88-09-74851-4.
- Zanetti, Franco; Sassi, Claudio (2008). Fabrizio De André in concerto (in Italian). Giunti Editore. ISBN 9788809062115.
External links
- Fabrizio De André at IMDb
- Ciabattoni, Francesco (2 March 2019). ""Fabrizio De André"". The Literary Encyclopedia. Retrieved 8 November 2022.