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=== ''Cantautori'', the Italian tradition ===
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[[File:Sanremo 1969 Lucio Battisti.jpg|thumb|[[Lucio Battisti]], 1969]]

{{lang|it|Cantautori}} (Italian plural; the singular is {{lang|it|cantautore}}) is the Italian expression corresponding to singer-songwriters in English. The word is a [[portmanteau]] of {{lang|it|cantante}} (singer) and {{lang|it|autore}} (writer).

The first internationally renowned {{lang|it|cantautore}} was [[Domenico Modugno]] with his song "[[Nel blu, dipinto di blu (song)|Volare (Nel blu dipinto di blu)]]", a [[List of best-selling singles#15 million copies or more|huge best seller]] in 1958; other early {{lang|it|cantautori}}, who began their careers in the late 50s, are [[Gino Paoli]], [[Luigi Tenco]], [[Umberto Bindi]], [[Giorgio Gaber]], and [[Enzo Jannacci]].

[[Fabrizio De André]], [[Lucio Battisti]], and [[Francesco Guccini]] began their careers in the '60s, while [[Edoardo Bennato]], [[Lucio Dalla]], [[Francesco De Gregori]], [[Franco Battiato]], [[Rino Gaetano]], [[Ivan Graziani]],[[Ivano Fossati]], [[Antonello Venditti]], [[Claudio Baglioni]], [[Pino Daniele]], [[Roberto Vecchioni]], [[Paolo Conte]],[[Angelo Branduardi]], and [[Eugenio Finardi]] all appeared in the '70s.
Their songs are still popular today, often telling stories of marginalized (De André, Guccini, Dalla) and rebellious people (Finardi, De Gregori, Venditti), or having a political background (Venditti, Guccini).

Branduardi was greatly influenced by Medieval and Baroque musical styles, while his lyrics are usually inspired by ancient fables. Battiato started as a [[progressive rock]] and [[Contemporary classical music|cultivated music]] artist in the 1970s, shifting to an original blend of pop, electronic, new wave, and world music in the 1980s.

Those {{lang|it|cantautori}} linked to the city of [[Genoa]] (De André, Paoli, Bindi, Tenco, Baccini, etc.) are also referred as members of the [[Genoese School]].

The Neapolitan {{lang|it|cantautore}} [[Pino Daniele]] often fused genres as diverse as R&B, fusion, blues, pop, jazz, and [[tarantella]] to produce a sound uniquely his own, with lyrics variously in Italian, Neapolitan or English. Similarly [[Paolo Conte]] was often tagged as a {{lang|it|cantautore}}, but was more into the jazz tradition.

In the 1980s [[Vasco Rossi]] was renowned for his blend of blues-tinged rock music mixed with Italian melodies.
He was nicknamed "the only Italian rockstar" ({{lang|it|l'unica rockstar italiana}}) by his fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.vascorossi.net/vrwf.asp?Idnotizia=807 |title=Sito ufficiale e Fan Club |publisher=Vasco Rossi |access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref>

Mixing international sounds and Italian lyrics, in the 2000s [[Bugo]] became the "{{lang|it|fantautore}}", a neologism coined for him.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2006/11/30/arriva-il-lunatico-bugo-fantautore-da-sorprese.html |title=Arriva il lunatico Bugo 'fantautore' da sorprese – la Repubblica.it |language=it |website=Ricerca.repubblica.it |date=30 November 2006 |access-date=23 May 2014}}</ref> Despite not having achieved great fame, he is considered the pioneer of the renewal of Italian songwriting, making a point to break from the politicised content of the 70s.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.leggo.it/news/roma/bugo_domenica_na_cosetta_live_acustico_me_un_ritorno_alle_origini-2381099.html |title = Bugo, domenica a 'Na Cosetta il live acustico: "Per me un ritorno alle origini"|website=Leggo.it| date=14 April 2017 }}</ref>

In the last 25 years the tradition has mainly been continued by [[Samuele Bersani]], [[Caparezza]], and the so-called "2nd Roman school of {{lang|it|cantautori}}" (including [[Max Gazzè]], [[Niccolò Fabi]], [[Daniele Silvestri]], and [[Simone Cristicchi]]).

The word has been borrowed into other languages, including Spanish, Portuguese, and [[Catalan language|Catalan]] ''cantautor'', French ''chantauteur'', [[Maltese language|Maltese]] ''kantawtur'', [[Romanian language|Romanian]] ''cantautor'', and [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]] ''kantavtor''.