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Piero Ciampi

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Piero Ciampi (Italian, born in Livorno) was an Italian singer-songwriter and chansonnier known for direct, melancholic lyrics and a bohemian life. He collaborated notably with Gianni Marchetti and Gianfranco Reverberi. He died in 1980 (throat cancer).

From reviews: arrived in Paris in 1957; nicknamed "L'italianò"; associated with Louis-Ferdinand Céline and Georges Brassens in accounts; collaborators included Gianni Marchetti and Gianfranco Reverberi; themes include wine, women, Livorno, wandering, and self-destruction. Died of throat cancer in 1980.

DeBaser reviews present Piero Ciampi as a bohemian Italian chansonnier from Livorno whose songs are raw, direct and steeped in loss. Reviewers emphasize his wanderings (notably Paris), recurring themes of wine, women and family ghosts, and seminal collaborations with Gianni Marchetti and Gianfranco Reverberi. His voice and lyrics are praised for emotional honesty despite career setbacks and illness.

For:Fans of Italian singer-songwriters, listeners of melancholic chanson, students of 20th-century Italian music

 "I wrote these twelve songs for a woman I loved and lost. These twelve memories are the Bastille of my heart. For my woman, I did things far greater than these songs, but those things are now lost. Now only twelve songs remain"

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 "A man, a poet, who could only inspire hate or love"

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 "Children, I would take you to dinner on the stars, but you are not here, but you are not here..."

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