Claudio Lolli (March 28, 1950 – August 17, 2018) was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet, writer and secondary school teacher.
Career
Claudio Lolli first came to public attention by
Francesco Guccini
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to
EMI Italiana
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, who produced his first
LPs from 1972 to 1976. His albums are themed around political issues and ideas. For example, the album ''Un uomo in crisi'' follows the events of
Antonio Gramsci
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's life.
Some of his better known songs are "Ho visto anche degli zingari felici", "Aspettando Godot", "Michel", "Quando la morte avrà", "Quanto amore", and "Borghesia".
He started his career as a writer in the early 1980s and wrote five novels. Lolli started writing his first novel, ''Antipatici antipodi'', in 1972, and it was published in 1997.
Discography
Lolli recorded many albums, including:
Albums
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Aspettando Godot'' (1972)
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Un uomo in crisi. Canzoni di morte. Canzoni di vita'' (March 13, 1973)
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Canzoni di rabbia'' (10/2/1975)
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Ho visto anche degli zingari felici'' (7/4/1976)
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Disoccupate le strade dai sogni'' (1977)
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Extranei'' (April 30, 1980)
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Antipatici antipodi'' (1/3/1983)
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Claudio Lolli
Claudio Lolli (March 28, 1950 – August 17, 2018) was an Italian singer-songwriter, poet, writer and secondary school teacher.
Career
Claudio Lolli first came to public attention by Francesco Guccini to EMI Italiana, who produced his first L ...
'' (6/5/1988)
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Nove pezzi facili'' (1992)
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Intermittenze del cuore'' (1997)
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Viaggio in Italia
''Journey to Italy'', also known as ''Voyage to Italy'', is a 1954 drama film directed by Roberto Rossellini. Ingrid Bergman and George Sanders play Katherine and Alex Joyce, a childless English married couple on a trip to Italy whose marriage i ...
'' (1998)
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Dalla parte del torto'' (2000)
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La terra, la luna e l'abbondanza''
ive(2002)
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Ho visto anche degli zingari felici''
ive(4/2003)
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La via del mare''
ive(October 29, 2005)
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La scoperta dell'America'' (7/4/2006)
45 rpm
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Aspettando Godot/Michel (9/11/1972)
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Un uomo in crisi/La guerra è finita (May 30, 1973)
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Analfabetizzazione/I giornali di marzo (1977)
Anthologies
*''Piazza... strade... sogni'', 1995
*''Collezione'', February 15, 2001
*''Made in Italy'', February 25, 2004
*''Studio collection'', September 23, 2005
*''Claudio Lolli: the best of platinum'', 9/3/2007
Bibliography
*''L'inseguitore Peter H.'' – Il lavoro editoriale, 1984
*''Giochi crudeli'' – Transeuropa, 1990
*''Nei sogni degli altri'' – Marsilio, 1995
*''Antipatici antipodi'' – 1972–1997, City lights Italia, 1997
*''Rumore rosa'' – Stampa Alternativa, 2004,
References
External links
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Semi-official site of Claudio Lolli
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1950 births
2018 deaths
Italian male singer-songwriters
Italian singer-songwriters
Writers from Bologna
Italian poets
Italian male poets
Musicians from Bologna
Italian schoolteachers