Caterina Bueno
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Caterina Bueno was an Italian singer and folk music historian.
, are credited to bringing a new awareness of Italian folk music.
Bueno was born in San Domenico di Fiesole to her Spanish father, painter Xavier Bueno, and Swiss mother, the writer Julia Chamorel. She taught herself to play the guitar and collected folk records, generally of Tuscany origin. She became active at the l'Istituto Ernesto De Martino and later the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
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She has worked with many artists in her career including Francesco De Gregori
who dedicated his song "Caterina" to her.
Bueno was also featured in the 1999 Italian folk collection CD The Great Ladies of Italian Folk Music (Buda Musique)
Biography
Starting in the 1960s, her research and performances of Italian folk songs, particularly those of TuscanyTuscany
Tuscany is a region in Italy. It has an area of about 23,000 square kilometres and a population of about 3.75 million inhabitants. The regional capital is Florence ....
, are credited to bringing a new awareness of Italian folk music.
Bueno was born in San Domenico di Fiesole to her Spanish father, painter Xavier Bueno, and Swiss mother, the writer Julia Chamorel. She taught herself to play the guitar and collected folk records, generally of Tuscany origin. She became active at the l'Istituto Ernesto De Martino and later the magazine Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano
Nuovo Canzoniere Italiano, was a music magazine created in 1964 in Milan by a group of musicians linked to the same left ideological political-cultural movement of the late sixties...
.
She has worked with many artists in her career including Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori
Francesco De Gregori is an Italian singer-songwriter. He is popularly known as "Il Principe Poeta" , a nickname referring to the elegance of his lyrics.-1970s:...
who dedicated his song "Caterina" to her.
Albums
- 1964 -La brunettina - Canzoni, rispetti e stornelli toscani- (I dischi del sole)
- 1968 - La veglia - (I dischi del sole)
- 1969 - La Toscana di Caterina - (I dischi del sole)
- 1970 - In giro per la Toscana - (Amico)
- 1973 - Eran tre falciatori - (Fonit CetraCetraCetra Records was an Italian company which produced opera recordings from the 1930s onwards. Its roster of artists included Maria Callas, Renata Tebaldi, Lina Pagliughi, Ebe Stignani, Carlo Bergonzi, Galliano Masini, Giovanni Malipiero, Ferruccio Tagliavini, Carlo Tagliabue, Rolando Panerai,...
) - 1974 - Se vi assiste la memoria - (Fonit Cetra)
- 1976 - Il trenino della "Leggera" - (Fonit Cetra)
- 1997 - Canti di maremma e d’anarchia - (Libera Informazione Editrice)
- 1998 - Caterina Bueno in spettacolo canzoni paradossali e storie popolari di dolente attualità (Supreme)
- 2001 - Caterina Bueno dal vivo (Compagnia Nuove Indye (CNI))
- 2005 - Eran tre falciatori – Se vi assiste la memoria – Il trenino della “leggera”] (Warner Music)
- 2007 - Dal vivo / live - Firenze 1975 Caterina Bueno e Coro degli Etruschi (Pegasus)
Singles
- 1976 - Italia bella mostrati gentile/La "Leggera" (from a television performance) - (Fonit Cetra)
Bueno was also featured in the 1999 Italian folk collection CD The Great Ladies of Italian Folk Music (Buda Musique)