Fabrizio De André

Fabrizio De André
De André c. 1977
Background information
Birth name	Fabrizio Cristiano De André
Born	(1940-02-18)18 February 1940 Genoa, Italy
Died	11 January 1999(1999-01-11) (aged 58) Milan, Italy
Genres	Folk, Italian folk, Folk rock, Chanson, world
Occupation(s)	Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)	Vocals, guitar, acoustic guitar, classical guitar
Years active	1958–1999
Labels	Karim, Bluebell, Produttori Associati, Ricordi, Sony BMG
Website	fondazionedeandre.it

Fabrizio Cristiano De André (Italian pronunciation: [faˈbrittsjo de anˈdre]; 18 February,1940– 11 January,1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter, the most prominent cantautore of his time. His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political protest, and French music.

Discography

Albums

• Volume 1 (1967)
• Tutti morimmo a stento (1968)
• Volume 3 (1968)
• La buona novella (1970)
• Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo (1971)
• Storia di un impiegato (1973)
• Canzoni (1974)
• Volume 8 (1975)
• Rimini (1978)
• Fabrizio De André (1981)
• Crêuza de mä (1984)
• Le nuvole (1990)
• Anime salve (1996)

Compilations

• Tutto Fabrizio De André (1966)
• La canzone di Marinella (1968)
• Nuvole barocche (1968)
• Fabrizio De André (also known as the Black Anthology) (1976)
• Fabrizio De André (also known as the Blue Anthology) (1986)
• Il viaggio (1991)
• La canzone di Marinella (1995, reissue)
• Mi innamoravo di tutto (1997)
• Da Genova (1999)
• Peccati di gioventù (2000)
• In direzione ostinata e contraria (2005)
• In direzione ostinata e contraria 2 (2006)

Live albums

• Fabrizio De André in Concerto (1979)
• Fabrizio De André in Concerto vol. 2 (1980)
• 1991 concerti (1991)
• In concerto (1999) (A selection of songs from De André's last-ever filmed concerts, released in their entirety on the same-titled 2004 DVD)
• Ed avevamo gli occhi troppo belli (2001)
• In concerto volume II (2001) (The remaining songs from the 1998 In Concerto final shows)
• Fabrizio De André & PFM in concerto (2007) (Newly mixed and "de-mastered" reissue of the PFM-led live albums from 1979 and 1980)

Singles

• "Nuvole barocche"/"E fu la notte" (1960)
• "La ballata del Michè"/"La ballata dell'eroe" (1961)
• "Il fannullone"/"Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers" (1963)
• "Il testamento"/"La ballata del Michè" (1963)
• "La guerra di Piero"/"La ballata dell'eroe" (1964)
• "Valzer per un amore"/"La canzone di Marinella" (1964)
• "Per i tuoi larghi occhi"/"Fila la lana" (1965)
• "La città vecchia"/"Delitto di paese" (1965)
• "La canzone dell'amore perduto"/"La ballata dell'amore cieco (o della vanità)" (1966)
• "Geordie"/"Amore che vieni, amore che vai" (1966)
• "Preghiera in Gennaio"/"Si chiamava Gesù" (1967)
• "Via del Campo"/"Bocca di rosa" (1967)
• "Caro amore"/"Spiritual" (1967)
• "La canzone di Barbara"/"Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers" (1968)
• "La canzone di Marinella"/"Amore che vieni, amore che vai" (1968)
• "Il gorilla"/"Nell'acqua della chiara fontana" (1969)
• "Leggenda di Natale"/"Inverno" (1969)
• "Il pescatore"/"Marcia nuziale" (1970)
• "La stagione del tuo amore"/"Spiritual" (1970)
• "Nuvole barocche"/"E fu la notte" (1971, reissue)
• "Un matto (Dietro ogni scemo c'è un villaggio)"/"Un giudice" (1971)
• "Suzanne"/"Giovanna d'Arco" (1972)
• "La cattiva strada"/"Amico fragile" (1974)
• "Il pescatore"/"Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers" (1978)
• "Una storia sbagliata"/"Titti" (1980)

Novels

• De André, Fabrizio (1996). Un destino ridicolo. with Alessandro Gennari. ISBN 88-06-17591-2.

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.

External links

• Fabrizio De André at IMDb
• Via del campo tribute website to Fabrizio De André. It hosts the [1] English translations of some of his songs.
• Antiwar Songs by Fabrizio De André translated into many different languages
• Simon Evnine, a philosophy professor at the University of Miami, has translated some of De André's songs in singable rhyme.
• "The other Fabrizio", with videos, songs, Italian/English lyrics and comments on Fabrizio's songs as well as articles on Fabrizio's anarchy.
• Fabrizio De André in English has English translations of all of De André's songs.
• Fabrizio De André in Spanish(Español) has Spanish translations of all of De André's songs.