Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
canzone colta
English translation:
cultured song/music
Italian term
Italy
canzone colta
"I suoi interessi vanno dal repertorio classico colto del Novecento alla musica sperimentale, per arrivare *al jazz alla canzone colta* e al vasto patrimonio della musica brasiliana."
| 3 | cultured song/music |
TrishCivitella
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| 3 | singer-songwriter |
Fiona Grace Peterson
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| 2 | auteur music/song |
haribert
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Mar 1, 2013 19:08: philgoddard changed "Level" from "Non-PRO" to "PRO"
Mar 1, 2013 21:35: philgoddard changed "Field" from "Marketing" to "Other" , "Field (specific)" from "Marketing / Market Research" to "Music" , "Field (write-in)" from "Entertainment" to "(none)"
PRO (3): texjax DDS PhD, P.L.F. Persio, philgoddard
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Proposed translations
Thorough knowledge of English & Italian
Native in: English 
Works in: Italian to English
cultured song/music
Italy
Just what the doctor ordered
Native in: English (Variant: UK)
Works in: Italian to English
singer-songwriter
I suppose you could also translate it as "folk music", although this may tie you too much to artists like Joni Mitchell or James Taylor. Folk-pop might be another possibility, thinking of artists like James Morrison or Damien Rice.
"Even if the first internationally renowned cantautore was Domenico Modugno with his song "Volare" in 1958, currently the two most famous cantautori in Italy are Fabrizio De André and Francesco Guccini...Their songs are still popular today. In his works he often told stories of marginalized and rebellious people. In Italy they are considered as poets because of the quality of their lyrics.
Among the other best known are Paolo Conte, Gino Paoli, Roberto Vecchioni, Lucio Dalla, Francesco De Gregori, Claudio Lolli, Franco Battiato, Rino Gaetano, Ivan Graziani and Ivano Fossati.
Of the younger generation of artists, Samuele Bersani, Jovanotti, Carmen Consoli, Daniele Silvestri, Cristina Donà, Max Gazzè, Luciano Ligabue, Vinicio Capossela, and Zucchero have often been tagged as modern cantautori."
auteur music/song
I think that in this context also "auteur music or song" may be right
http://www-3.unipv.it/cim/specialistica/07-08/fpm/12 dispens...
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Ute Lemper | Teatro Regio di Torino
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... us on an introspective journey where a great deal of memories emerge, from
the cabarets of Berlin to those of Chicago, passing from jazz to the auteur song.
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I agree with Fiona: there is probably a comma missing...
"colta" may also be in the sense of "refined"... Maybe something like "refined music".?
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Note added at 1 hr (2013-03-01 18:20:46 GMT)
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Luca Cerchiari, Laurent Cugny, Franz Kerschbaumer - 2012 - 484 pagine
On your last two cds of ''refined'' music—andI don't mean to say jazz is less
refined, but the distinction has to be made in terms of common understanding—
released in 2010 (Gaslini Sinfonico and Piano Sonata Décollage e A.), you
reversed ...
Discussion
Perry Meisel - 2009 - 224 pagine
But the crux of Adorno's dismissal of jazz and, by implication, of blues tradition as
a whole, comes in an astonishing passage on the difference between “higher
music” and “popular” in the Introduction to the Sociology of Music. I have quoted ...
http://www-3.unipv.it/cim/specialistica/07-08/fpm/12 dispens...
È opportuno ricordare che quando distinguiamo tra “colto” e “popolare” non intendiamo la cultura come una etichetta di
superiorità intellettiva, concessa a chi ha studiato, a chi sa, ma neppure come una sorta di modalità riflessa e puramente
razionale tipica solo dei ceti privilegiati; bensì come indagine sentimentale ed etica in divenire nella struttura sociale.
Allo stesso modo il canto popolare non è casuale invenzione di beceri sconosciuti e operazione di ingenui o dilettanti, ma
espressione originale, influenza di tensioni e pulsioni primarie.
La connotazione fondamentale della “canzone colta” è la ricerca di moduli e forme: il suo crescere o cedere o sbandare
nella lezione della cronaca e della storia. La connotazione del “canto popolare” è la sua fissità, la sua massima spontaneità,
quel suo essere “alle radici”. Ma è altresì chiaro che anche il canto popolare ha a che fare col “nuovo” e gli si pone contro
e gli va incontro con un’antica saggezza ch