Giovanna Marini
Giovanna Marini (born Giovanna Salviucci; 19 January 1937 – 8 May 2024) was an Italian singer, songwriter, researcher and ethnomusicologist. Marini founded the School of Popular Music of Testaccio, and has been called "the voice of Italian folk song".
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Giovanna Marini

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- Name
- Giovanna Marini
- Birth Name
- Giovanna Salviucci
- Born
- 19 January 1937
- Birthplace
- Rome, Italy
- Died
- 8 May 2024
- Occupation
- Singer-songwriter
- Full name
- Giovanna Salviucci.
- Nationality
- Italy
- Fields
- music composing · singing · etnomusicology · traditional folk song
- Known for
- Le cadeau de l'empereur
- Languages
- Italian
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Giovanna Marini (born Giovanna Salviucci; 19 January 1937 – 8 May 2024) was an Italian singer, songwriter, researcher and ethnomusicologist. Marini founded the School of Popular Music of Testaccio, and has been called "the voice of Italian folk song".
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Giovanna Marini (1937–2024) was an actress, composer and ethnomusicologist, among other activities, of Italian nationality. The actress was born Giovanna Salviucci in Rome and died in Rome. Activity centred on etnomusicology, guitar performance and music composing.
Among the works is Le cadeau de l'empereur. The work spans traditional folk music. Languages used include Italian.
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• Name — Giovanna Marini • Birth Name — Giovanna Salviucci • Born — 19 January 1937 • Birthplace — Rome, Italy • Died — 8 May 2024 • Place of death — Rome, Italy • Instrument — Vocals, guitar • Genre — Folk • Occupation — Singer-songwriter • Years Active — 1959–2024 • Label — I dischi del sole, Vedette, Le chant du monde, Nota, Columbia, Sony BMG, Ala Bianca, Igloo • Website — www.giovannamarini.it
Biography
Biography
Marini was born in Rome in a family of musicians. Her father, Giovanni Salviucci (1907–1937), was a composer who studied with Ottorino Respighi. Her mother, Ida Parpagliolo (1904–1994), was a pianist. Marini studied classical guitar with Andrés Segovia and in 1959 she graduated from the Conservatorio Santa Cecilia in Rome. In the early 1960s, she befriended artists and writers who were passionate about Italian popular traditions, such as Pier Paolo Pasolini, Dario Fo, Italo Calvino and Roberto Leydi. In the mid-1960s, she married Pino Marini, a nuclear physicist. The couple relocated for a few years in Boston, an experience that later informed Giovanna Marini's 1966 album Vi parlo dell'America (Let me tell you about America). An ardent communist, Marini identified in contemporary folk music the perfect vehicle to express her political ideas. Over the course of her career Marini wrote many protest song lyrics (many of them sung by fellow musician Paolo Pietrangeli), embracing the themes of social justice that characterized the Italian '68 period and other political issues. Marini founded the School of Popular Music of Testaccio during the 1970s. She wrote many pieces for cinema and theatre. From 1991 to 2002 she taught ethnomusicology at the University of Vincennes (Paris-VIII). Marini died in Rome on 8 May 2024, at the age of 87. After her death, she was described as "the voice of Italian folk song" and the "Italian Joan Baez".
EP and singles
EP and singles
• 1963: Lu picurare - canzoni popolari abruzzesi (45 rpm) • 1965: La disispirata - canzoni popolari sarde (45 rpm) • 1967: Ciò che voi non-dite/La linea rossa (EP, with I.Della Mea) • 1977: Ho bisogno di te/Se si sa di volare (EP)
Albums
Albums
• 1965: Le canzoni di Bella ciao • 1966: Vi parlo dell'America • 1967: Chiesa Chiesa • 1968: Lunga vita allo spettacolo. Viva Voltaire e Montesquieu • 1971: Controcanale '70 • 1972: La Nave. La Creatora • 1969: La vivazione • 1974: L'eroe (ballata nuova) • 1975: I treni per Reggio Calabria • 1978: Correvano coi carri • 1979: La grande madre impazzita 1 • 1979: La grande madre impazzita 2 • 1980: Cantate de tous les jours • 1982: Cantate de tous les jours vol. 2 • 1983: Quatuor vocal • 1984: Le cadeau de l'empereur • 1985: Pour Pier Paolo • 1986: Requiem.Cantata delle cinque stanze • 1996: Oresteia Aischylos (Igloo) • 1998: Musiche di scena • 1999: Si bemolle • 2002: Il fischio del vapore (with Francesco De Gregori) • 2003: Buongiorno e buonasera • 2004: Passioni • 2005: Nostra patria è il mondo intero • 2006: Antologia
Identity
Identity
Giovanna Marini is recorded with the occupation singer-songwriter. Classed in the genre traditional folk music. Recorded as singer-songwriter, singer, ethnomusicologist, guitarist and musicologist.
Life and career
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Giovanna Marini died on 8 May 2024.
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Giovanna Marini was born at Rome.
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Giovanna Marini died at Rome.
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Rome.
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Awards
• 1999 – Targa Tenco: best singer (with Francesco De Gregori) for Il fischio del vapore
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These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Archivio Corriere della Sera. archivio.corriere.it.
- 2.Remembering Giovanna Marini: The Voice of Italian Folk Song. www.ilmessaggero.it. 2024-05-08.
- 3.Info archive on musicaitalia.free.fr (DOC file); accessed 28 April 2015.
- 4.Il Manifesto. Addio a Giovanna Marini. 9 May 2024.
- 5.Cohen, Aaron I. International Encyclopedia of Women Composers. Books & Music (USA). 452. 1987. 0-9617485-0-8.
- 6.in lang it Club Tenco official site, clubtenco.it; accessed 28 April 2015. in lang it
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Giovanna Marini was recorded at birth as Giovanna Salviucci. The authorities additionally record the headings Giovanna Salviucci Marini, Salviucci Marini and Vitavisia. Her recorded language was Italian. Marini worked in music composing, singing, etnomusicology, traditional folk song and guitar performance.
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