Why should we ever consider invention on a different level than (re-)discovery?

More concretely: if the "Goldberg-Variationen" had grown on trees instead of being written down by Johann Sebastian Bach, would the light they emit lose its value because of this? Or vice versa: if the opera omnia of Nino d'Angelo were one day attributed to Leonardo da Vinci, would it stop provoking defecations because of this?

Yes, I know. These are sterile bar chats. I agree; except for one detail: the role that authorship — invention, originality, genius: all terms that make your skin crawl — plays (even just lexically) in singer-songwriter music.

Now, is it possible to consider "singer-songwriter music" as one in which songs are not invented but rediscovered?

If the answer is no, I'm sorry for you.

If the answer is yes, listen to Caterina Bueno.

Tracklist

01   Dove Tu Te Ne Vai (00:00)

02   Ballo Delle Fondaccine (00:00)

03   La Mea (00:00)

04   Ninna Nanna Al Mio Ciocione (00:00)

05   Lamento Del Carbonaro (00:00)

06   Dondo Dondo (00:00)

07   Mamma Mamma Mi Sento Un Gran Male (00:00)

08   E Cinquecento Catenelle D'Oro (00:00)

09   Cade L'Uliva (00:00)

10   Maggio Di Roselle (00:00)

11   Lamento Del Contadino (00:00)

12   Battan L'Otto (00:00)

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