Made in Italy: Studies in Popular Music

Contents

• Introduction An Egg of Columbus: How Can Italian Popular Music Studies Stand on Their Own
• Part I : Themes
• 1. Italy in Music: A Sweeping (and Somewhat Audacious) Reconstruction of a Problematic Identity
• 2. Sanremo Effects: The Festival and the Italian Canzone (1950s-1960s)
• 3. And the Bitt Went On
• 4. Naples Power: Neapolitan Sounds of the 1970s
• 5. Music Economies and Markets in Italy
• Part II : Singer-Songwriters
• 6. A Portrait of the Author as an Artist: Ideology, Authenticity and Stylization in the Canzone d'Autore
• 7. Canzoni Diverse : A Semiotic Approach to Luigi Tenco's Songs
• 8. You Can Call Them, If You Like, Emotions: The (Un)Orthodox Songs of Lucio Battisti
• 9. Saved Souls: Locating Style in Fabrizio De Andre's and Ivano Fossati's Record Production
• 10. Mystical Arrogance: Franco Battiato's Esoteric Pop
• Part III : Stories
• 11. An Escape from Escapism: The Short History of Cantacronache
• 12. Virtuosity and Populism: The Everlasting Appeal of Mina and Celentano
• 13. In the Court of a Foreign King: 1970s Italian Progressive Rock in the UK
• 14. Radiofreccia : An Rocker from Emilia behind the Film Camera
• 15. Killer Melodies: The Musica Neomelodica Debate Coda
• 16. Lasciatemi Cantare and Other Diseases: Italian Popular Music, as Represented Abroad Afterword Provisionally Popular: A Conversation with Ennio Morricone