Giovanna Marini

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Giovanna Marini
Marini in Pistoia, 25 May 2003
Marini in Pistoia, 25 May 2003
Background information
Birth nameGiovanna Salviucci
Born(1937-01-19)19 January 1937
Rome, Italy
Died8 May 2024(2024-05-08) (aged 87)
Rome, Italy
GenresFolk
Occupation(s)Singer-songwriter
Instrument(s)Vocals, guitar
Years active1959–2024
LabelsI dischi del sole, Vedette, Le chant du monde, Nota, Columbia, Sony BMG, Ala Bianca, Igloo
Websitewww.giovannamarini.it

Giovanna Marini (born Giovanna Salviucci; 19 January 1937 – 8 May 2024) was an Italian singer, songwriter, researcher and ethnomusicologist.

Biography[edit]

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 classic guitar with Andrés Segovia and in 1959 she graduated at 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 phyisician. The couple relocated for a few years in Boston, an experience that will later inform 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[1] and other political issues.

From 1991 to 2002 she taught ethnomusicology at the University of Vincennes (Paris-VIII).[2]

Marini died in Rome on 8 May 2024, at the age of 87.[3]

Awards[edit]

Discography[edit]

EP and singles[edit]

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References[edit]

  1. ^ Interview, archiviostorico.corriere.it; accessed 28 April 2015. (in Italian)
  2. ^ Info archive on musicaitalia.free.fr (DOC file); accessed 28 April 2015. (in French)
  3. ^ "Addio a Giovanna Marini". Il Manifesto. 9 May 2024. Retrieved 9 May 2024.
  4. ^ (in Italian) Club Tenco official site, clubtenco.it; accessed 28 April 2015.(in Italian)

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