''Alla fiera dell'est'' is an album by the Italian singer-songwriter

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. It was released in 1976 by

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and won the prize of Italian music critics in the same year. In 1978 it was released in a French version with the title "A la foire de l'est" and in an English version, entitled "Highdown Fair", with lyrics by

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. Lyrics of the Italian version were written by Branduardi's wife, Luisa Zappa. The title track is an adaptation of a Hebrew

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". "Il vecchio e la farfalla" is inspired by an oriental proverb mentioned in ''

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''. "La serie dei numeri" ("The Song of Eternal Numbers") is taken from a Breton song, "

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" ("The series"), contained in the anthology

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. The melody of "Sotto il tiglio" ("Under the Linden Tree") is based on a German lied entitled "Unter den Linden", written by

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. Alla fiera dell'est was used as the main song in the Belgian movie

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where the protagonists sing it repeatedly whenever they feel down.

Track listing

#"Alla fiera dell'est" - 5:26 #"La favola degli aironi" - 3:47 #"Il vecchio e la farfalla" - 2:59 #"Canzone per Sarah" - 4:21 #"La serie dei numeri" - 4:33 #"Il dono del cervo" - 3:17 #"Il funerale" - 8:10 #"L'uomo e la nuvola" - 3:49 #"Sotto il tiglio - 2:56 #"Canzone del rimpianto" - 3:01 1976 albums Angelo Branduardi albums Polydor Records albums {{1970s-folk-album-stub