Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist (1943–2013)
Gianfranco Baldazzi (28 July 1943 – 25 June 2013) was an Italian lyricist, record producer, author and journalist.
Life and career
Born in Bologna, Baldazzi started his career as a stage actor.[1] Active from the second half of the 1960s, he wrote songs for Mina, Lucio Dalla, Gianni Morandi, Ornella Vanoni, Peppino di Capri, Ron among others.[1] He was also a producer, and between 1991 and 1994 he was artistic director of the label Pressing.[1] As an author, Baldazzi wrote several books about Italian music history, some biographies[1] and a historical novel set in the Middle Ages, "Il Silenzio della Cattedrale" (The Silence of the Cathedral). He also collaborated with several magazines and newspapers, and with the TV-channel RAI International.[1]
Publications
- La canzone italiana del Novecento (Newton Compton, 1988), a history of Italian Song from Enrico Caruso to Eros Ramazzotti
- I nostri cantautori (Thema, prima edizione 1990), a history of Art Song in Italy from Odoardo Spadaro to the present day
- Dalla (Muzio, prima edizione 1990), a biography of singer-songwriter Lucio Dalla, told by a friend from his same hometown
- Le parole che cantavamo (50&PIÙ, Le Perle della Memoria, 2004)
- Lucio Dalla. L'uomo degli specchi (Minerva Edizioni, 2013) with photos by Roberto Serra
Songs written by Gianfranco Baldazzi
References
- ^ a b c d e "Addio a Gianfranco Baldazzi grande paroliere della canzone italiana". La Repubblica. 25 June 2013.
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