Edoardo De Angelis (singer-songwriter)

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Edoardo De Angelis
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De Angelis in 2019
Born24 December 1945 (1945-12-24) (age 78)
Rome, Italy
NationalityItalian
OccupationSinger-songwriter
Musical career
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Instrument(s)guitar
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Edoardo De Angelis (born 24 December 1945) is an Italian singer-songwriter and record producer.

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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. [1] [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. [2] 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. [1] [2] [3]

De Angelis was the artistic director of the labels D'Autore and Cantare In Italiano. [2] He was also a columnist for the magazine Ciao 2001  [ it ] and a radio host for Radio 1. [2]

Discography

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References

  1. 1 2 3 Giannelli, Enzo (1990). "De Angelis, Edoardo". Gino Castaldo (edited by). Dizionario della canzone italiana. Curcio Editore. pp.494-5.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 Deregibus, Enrico (2006). "De Angelis, Edoardo". Dizionario completo della canzone italiana (in Italian). Giunti. p. 149. ISBN   978-88-09-04602-3.
  3. Zampa, Fabrizio (24 December 2020). "Le speranze nell'Europa e i sogni e i dolori del mondo nel nuovo album in arrivo del cantautore romano Edoardo De Angelis". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 15 February 2022.