Fabrizio De André Musical artist

Fabrizio Cristiano De André (18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter.Known for his sympathies towards anarchism, libertarianism and pacifism, his songs often featured marginalized and rebellious people, gypsies, prostitutes and knaves, and attacked the Catholic Church hierarchy . Artistically active for almost 40 years and the author of thirteen studio albums, he is renowned for the quality of his lyrics and often considered a poet. He contributed to the promotion of the languages of Italy, most notably Ligurian and, to a lesser extent, Sardinian, Gallurese and Neapolitan. Following his early death several streets, places, parks, schools and public libraries were named after him.

Personal facts

Fabrizio De André
Birth dateFebruary 18, 1940
Date of deathJanuary 11, 1999
Hometown
Italy
Genoa

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Musical artist

Career started1958
Career ended1999
BackgroundSolo singer
genre
Folk music
Chanson
World music
Folk rock
instrument
Classical guitar
Guitar
Singing
Acoustic guitar
record label
Karim (record label)
Casa Ricordi
Sony BMG

Fabrizio De André on Wikipedia

External resources

  1. http://viadelcampo.com
  2. http://viadelcampo.com/html/translations.html
  3. http://www.antiwarsongs.org/do_search.php?lang=en&idartista=5&stesso=1
  4. http://www.as.miami.edu/personal/sevnine/deandre.htm
  5. http://www.fondazionedeandre.it
  6. http://www.tangoitalia.com/fabrizio_de_andre