Studies in Popular Music
Edited by Franco Fabbri and Goffredo Plastino
October 2013 | Routledge
Introduction
An Egg of Columbus: How Can Italian Popular Music Studies Stand on Their Own
FRANCO FABBRI and GOFFREDO PLASTINO
Part I: Themes
1. Italy in Music: A Sweeping (and Somewhat Audacious) Reconstruction of a Problematic Identity
MARCELLO SORCE KELLER
2. Sanremo Effects: The Festival and the Italian Canzone (1950s-1960s)
ROBERTO AGOSTINI3. And the Bitt Went On
FRANCO FABBRI4. Naples Power: Neapolitan Sounds of the 1970s
GOFFREDO PLASTINO5. Music Economies and Markets in Italy
FRANCESCO D’AMATO
Part II: Singer-Songwriters
6. A Portrait of the Author as an Artist: Ideology, Authenticity and Stylization in the Canzone d’Autore
JACOPO TOMATIS7. Canzoni Diverse: A Semiotic Approach to Luigi Tenco’s Songs
LUCA MARCONI8. You Can Call Them, If You Like, Emotions: The (Un)Orthodox Songs of Lucio Battisti
JACOPO CONTI9. Saved Souls: Locating Style in Fabrizio De André’s and Ivano Fossati’s Record Production
ERRICO PAVESE10. Mystical arrogance. Franco Battiato’s Esoteric Pop
ALESSANDRO CARRERA
Part III: Stories
11. An Escape from Escapism: The Short History of Cantacronache
CARLO PESTELLI12. Virtuosity and Populism: The Everlasting Appeal of Mina and Celentano
PAOLO PRATO13. In the Court of a Foreign King: 1970s Italian Progressive Rock in the UK
ALESSANDRO BRATUS14. Radiofreccia: A Rocker from Emilia behind the Film Camera
ELENA BOSCHI15. Killer Melodies: The Musica Neomelodica Debate
VINCENZO PERNA
Coda
16. Lasciatemi Cantare and Other Diseases: Italian Popular Music as Represented Abroad
DARIO MARTINELLI
Afterword
17. Provisionally Popular: A Conversation with Ennio Morricone
FRANCO FABBRI and GOFFREDO PLASTINO