How Popular Music Enters University Classrooms in the Humanities? The Case of the Canzone d’Autore in Italy Study Proposal between Umberto Saba and Fabrizio De André Alessia Vecchi
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In the last decade, university courses dedicated to famous pop singers have become an increasingly large phenomenon in the academic field of Humanities. Some of the most prestigious Anglo-Saxon universities have offered or are about to offer courses about Harry Styles, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, along with the recent case of Harvard’s course entitled “English 183ts. Tylor Swift and Her World”. This can give us an idea of the impact that pop music is making in the academic field. However, such attention to contemporary music production does not seem to be devoted to the Italian side of humanistic criticism. Reasons could be several but, not for this, musical culture is entirely cut off from university courses in our country: the Italian phenomenon of canzone d’autore has received a special attention from scholars of different fields. The article aims to propose a case study based on Umberto Saba’s poem “Città Vecchia” and on its influence on the song of the same name by singer Fabrizio De André.
Nel’'ultimo decennio, i corsi universitari dedicati a famosi cantanti pop sono diventati un fenomeno sempre più ampio nel campo accademico delle scienze umane. Alcune delle più prestigiose università anglosassoni hanno offerto o stanno per offrire corsi su Harry Style, Lady Gaga, Beyoncé, fino al recente caso del corso di Harvard intitolato “English 183ts. Tylor Swift and Her World”. Questo può darci un’idea dell’impatto che la musica pop sta avendo in àmbito accademico. Tuttavia, tale attenzione alla produzione musicale contemporanea – sul versante italiano – non sembra suscitare lo stesso interesse. Le ragioni potrebbero essere molteplici ma, non per questo, la cultura musicale è del tutto tagliata fuori dai corsi universitari del nostro Paese: il fenomeno italiano della canzone d’autore è stata, infatti, indagata da studiosi di diversi ambiti. L’articolo intende proporre un caso di studio basato sulla poesia Città Vecchia di Umberto Saba e sull’ influenza che si ipotizza abbia avuto sull’omonimo brano del cantantautore Fabrizio De André.
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