{"id":8565,"date":"2019-04-02T13:02:44","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T11:02:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/?post_type=inspiracion&p=8565"},"modified":"2019-04-18T09:13:13","modified_gmt":"2019-04-18T07:13:13","slug":"a-visit-of-genoa-in-music","status":"publish","type":"inspiracion","link":"https:\/\/volare.volotea.com\/en\/cities\/genova\/a-visit-of-genoa-in-music\/","title":{"rendered":"A visit of Genoa … in music"},"content":{"rendered":"

We invite you to discover the city of Genoa through its greatest artists and its most famous songs. Are you ready for a musical ride? Put on your headphones and let yourself be guided!<\/strong><\/p>\n

\u00ab\u00a0Nei quartieri dove il sole del buon Dio non d\u00e0 i suoi raggi \/ ha gi\u00e0 troppi impegni per scaldar la gente d\u2019altri paraggi \/ Una bimba canta la canzone antica della donnaccia \/ quel che ancor non sai, tu lo imparerai solo qui fra le mie braccia\u00a0<\/em>\u00bb. Let’s be honest, the Genoa of Fabrizio De Andr\u00e8’s song \u201cCitt\u00e0 vecchia\u201d hasn’t existed for some time. The world has moved on, as has the music scene in the city’s old town.<\/p>\n

Genoa was a hotbed of literary and musical talent in the 1900s, gifting the world of entertainment stars such as Gino Paoli, Fabrizio De Andr\u00e8 (aka Faber), Luigi Tenco, Bruno Lauzi, Umberto Bindi, Sergio Endrigo and many others. It was a world of contrasts. Tens of thousands of people found work against the coal-stained backdrop of this purely industrial city, concentrated around its port. And thousands more crowded into the factories in the city’s west end, where the steelworks and shipyards were based. But, paradoxically, out of this immense heavy industry grew some of the most famous names in Italian music.<\/p>\n

And it was not only those born in the city; numerous musicians were influenced by and grew artistically because of Genoa, from Ivano Fossati to Paolo Conte, Ricchi e Poveri, Matia Bazar, Vittorio De Scalzi’s New Trolls, and Francesco Baccini.<\/p>\n

Crammed in between the colossal industrial works in the west and the golden, jet-set life of the Ligurian Riviera on the east – home to towns such as Santa Margherita and Portofino – Genoa was the birthplace of songs such as \u201cIl cielo in una stanza\u201d, \u201cIo che amo solo te\u201d, and \u201cCiao amore, ciao,\u201d as well as memorable albums including \u201cLa buona novella\u201d and \u201cStoria di un impiegato\u201d. But how can we go back and relive that magical atmosphere, when the city has changed so fundamentally on the surface?<\/p>\n

Here’s our suggestion for a very special city tour. Just landed at Christopher Columbus Airport? It’s time to head into the city centre. Along the way you’ll pass by a typical port scene, but one that’s on an entirely different scale, then within minutes you’ll find yourself in the very heart of Genoa. Ready to get started? Grab your headphones and off we go.<\/p>\n