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Fabrizio De André was an Italian singer-songwriter and folk musician. His professional career spanned from 1958 to 1998. He was born on February 18, 1940, and died on January 11, 1999. De André is associated with the cantautori genre and Italian songwriting.
His recorded works include *Françoise Villon. Poesie. Testo originale a fronte*, *via del campo*, *Fabrizio De Andrè*, and *Girotondo*. Open Library lists seven works under his name, while Crossref records five and Europeana Sparql records two. He has 325,000 social media followers and 231,199 listeners on Last.fm, where his music has been played 9,401,668 times.
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Key facts
- Born
- Fabrizio Cristiano De André , ( 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
- Singer-songwriter
- Instruments
- Vocals guitar acoustic guitar classical guitar
- Years active
- 1958–1999
- Labels
- Karim Bluebell Produttori Associati Ricordi Sony BMG
- Spouses
- Enrica Rignon ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1962 ; divorced</span>"}]]}'>div. 1975 ) Dori Ghezzi ( married</span>"}]]}'>m. 1989 )
- Website
- fondazionedeandre.it
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Cristiano
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Kingdom of Italy
- Place of birth
- Genoa
- Place of death
- Milan
- Child
- Cristiano De André
- Occupation
- poet
- Educated at
- University of Genoa
- Languages spoken
- Italian
- Movement
- Genoa school
- Instrument
- guitar
- Official website
- www.fabriziodeandre.it
- Image
- DeAndré 1960.jpg
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- place of burial
- Monumental Cemetery of Staglieno
- Commons category
- Fabrizio De André
- date of birth
- 1940-02-18
- date of death
- 1999-01-11
- topic's main category
- Category:Fabrizio De André
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- lung cancer
- birth name
- Fabrizio Cristiano De André
- name in native language
- Fabrizio De André
- archives at
- University of Siena
- start of work period
- 1958-00-00
- copyright representative
- SIAE
- writing language
- Italian
- social media followers
- 325000
- end of work period
- 1998-00-00
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Works in European collections
2 objects attributed to Fabrizio De André, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana
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Encyclopedic overview
Fabrizio Cristiano De André ( Italian: [faˈbrittsjo de anˈdre]; 18 February 1940 – 11 January 1999) was an Italian singer-songwriter and the most-prominent cantautore of his time. He is also known as Faber, a nickname given by the friend Paolo Villaggio, as a reference to his liking towards Faber-Castell's pastels and pencils, aside from the assonance with his own name, and also because he was known as "il cantautore degli emarginati" or "il poeta degli sconfitti". His 40-year career reflects his interests in concept albums, literature, poetry, political protest, and French music. He is considered a prominent member of the Genoese School. He sang in both Italian and in other languages such as Genoese. Because of the success of his music in Italy and its impact on the Italian collective memory, many public places such as roads, squares, and schools in Italy are named after De André.
Biography
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Fabrizio De André” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.