Week 6 - Feb 13: Engaged singer-songwriters and art song: 'cantautori' and 'canzone d'autore'
Readings:
- Fabbri, Franco. “The system of canzone in Italy today.” In Simon Frith, ed. World Music, Politics and Social Change. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1989, 122–142. Read in particular pp. 134-142.
- Mitchell, Tony. “Paolo Conte: Italian ‘Arthouse Exotic.’” Popular Music 2007, 26/3, pp. 489-496.