Fausto Amodei (born 18 June 1935, in

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) is an Italian

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-songwriter and

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Biography

Amodei began his musical career in 1958, founding the band

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. In his songs he uses irony and satire, a style inspired by the French singer

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. In the early 1960s he became active in the magazine

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and in 1966 he was elected member of the

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as a member of the

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(PSIUP). The singer

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cited Amodei in interviews and books as one of his principal influences as a composer. One of Amodei's most famous songs is ''Per i morti di Reggio Emilia'' (For the Dead of

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), dedicated to the demonstrators killed by the police during a protest on 7 July 1960. In 1985 the Italian punk-rock band CCCP titled their third EP with the first verse of this ballad: ''

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''.

Discography

The discography is listed in a chronological order. *1958 – '' La gelida manina'' (78 rpm) *1963 – '' Il barone e la pastora'' (EP) *1963 – '' Le canzoni di Fausto Amodei 1'' (EP) *1963 – '' Le canzoni di Fausto Amodei 2'' (EP) *1964 – '' Il tarlo/Il gallo'' (45 rpm) *1964 – '' Lettera dalla caserma/Una vita di carta'' (45 rpm) *1965 – '' Canzoni didascaliche'' (EP) *1969 – '' Sciopero interno/Nei reparti della FIAT'' (45 rpm) *1971 – '' Cantacronache 3'' (album) *1972 – '' Se non-li conoscete'' (album) *1974 – '' L'ultima crociata'' (album) *2005 – '' Per fortuna c'è il cavaliere'' (album)

References

Literature

*Margherita Zorzi: "''Fausto Amodei – Canzoni di satira e di Rivolta''" – 2008,

External links

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