Minima immoralia. Postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di Franco Battiato (1979-1981)

In the history of Italian popular music a prominent place must be recognized to Franco Battiato. The experience of the Sicilian musician, born in Jonia in 1945 and died in Milo in 2021, is characterized by having overcome dichotomies and consolidated traditional visions, above all the rigid separati...

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Main Author: Fabio MILAZZO
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Language:English
Published: Diacronie 2024-01-01
Series:Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
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Online Access:http://www.studistorici.com/2023/03/29/milazzo_numero_53/
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description In the history of Italian popular music a prominent place must be recognized to Franco Battiato. The experience of the Sicilian musician, born in Jonia in 1945 and died in Milo in 2021, is characterized by having overcome dichotomies and consolidated traditional visions, above all the rigid separation between cultured and widely consumed genres. It was above all between the 1970s and 1980s that Battiato’s research concentrated on the reworking of some themes dear to the “postmodern turning point”. This contribution focuses its attention on this phase of renewal, which reaches its peak with the publication of the album La voce del padrone, the first in Italy to sell over one million copies. Specifically, the article focuses on the elements that characterize it, on the particular use of language and the redefinition of mass taste, musical identities and representations.
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Minima immoralia. Postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di Franco Battiato (1979-1981)
Diacronie. Studi di Storia Contemporanea
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title Minima immoralia. Postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di Franco Battiato (1979-1981)
title_full Minima immoralia. Postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di Franco Battiato (1979-1981)
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title_full_unstemmed Minima immoralia. Postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di Franco Battiato (1979-1981)
title_short Minima immoralia. Postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di Franco Battiato (1979-1981)
title_sort minima immoralia postmoderno e impegno pubblico nella svolta pop di franco battiato 1979 1981
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