Edoardo De Angelis (singer-songwriter) explained
| Edoardo De Angelis |
| Birth Place: | Rome, Italy |
| Nationality: | Italian |
| Occupation: | Singer-songwriter |
| Module: | | Embed: | yes | | Instrument: | guitar |
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Edoardo De Angelis (born 24 December 1945) is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer.
Life and career
Born in Rome, De Angelis graduated from the Liceo classico Torquato Tasso and studied modern letters at the Sapienza University of Rome.[1] Since the late 1960s he started performing at Folkstudio, where he befriended Francesco De Gregori, of whom he produced the first two albums.[2] In 1974 De Angelis was among the founding members of the vocal group Schola Cantorum, with whom he also collaborated as a songwriter, but after 4 albums he left the group to reprise his solo activity. He is best known for the song is "Lella", a ballad he composed and first recorded with his childhood friend Stelio Gicca Palli as "Edoardo e Stelio" and which later became a hit in a cover version of Edoardo Vianello and Wilma Goich.[3]
De Angelis was the artistic director of the labels D'Autore and Cantare In Italiano. He was also a columnist for the magazine and a radio host for Radio 1.
Discography
- 1972 - Il paese dove nascono i limoni (Valiant, ZSLV 55047)
- 1977 - Il tuo cuore è casa mia (RCA Italiana, PL 31243)
- 1978 - Piccola storia di libertà (Polydor, 2448 069)
- 1979 - Edoardo De Angelis (Polydor, 2448 087)
- 1981 - Anche meglio di Garibaldi (Durium)
- 1982 - Cantare in italiano (Durium/Chewing music, CML 4001)
- 1984 - Mia madre parla a raffica (Spaghetti Records, SPRQ 401)
- 1986 - Cammina cammina (Virgin, dv 500)
- 1992 - Gara di sogni (Fonit Cetra, TPLX 311)
- 1994 - De Angelis (BMG, 74321146222)
- 1996 - Parole nel cuore (BMG, 743221337382)
- 1997 - Antologia d'autore (Tring)
- 2002 - Il coraggio delle parole (D'Autore, DA1004)
- 2004 - Antologia d'autore (D'Autore)
- 2005 - Le allodole di Shakespeare (D'Autore)
- 2008 - Historias (il manifesto, CD 188)
- 2010 - Te la ricordi Lella (Editrice Zona, libro + CD)
- 2011 - Sale di Sicilia (Rai Trade, RTP 0252)
- 2016 - Il cantautore necessario (Helikonia, HK 1609)
- 2018 - Nuove Canzoni (Musica del Sud/Il cantautore necessario)
Notes and References
- Giannelli, Enzo (1990). "De Angelis, Edoardo". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. pp.494-5.
- Book: Deregibus, Enrico . Dizionario completo della canzone italiana . 2006 . Giunti . 978-88-09-04602-3 . 149 . it . De Angelis, Edoardo.
- News: Zampa . Fabrizio . Le speranze nell'Europa e i sogni e i dolori del mondo nel nuovo album in arrivo del cantautore romano Edoardo De Angelis . 15 February 2022 . Il Messaggero. 24 December 2020 . it.
