Genoese School

[6][7][8] Among the major representatives of the "classical school" of the 1960s are: Umberto Bindi, Fabrizio De André, Bruno Lauzi, Gino Paoli, Giorgio Calabrese and Luigi Tenco.

This movement determined «a deep break with the traditional Italian music»,[7] in primis for a renewed artistic means, more refined and eclectic, and then for a diverse use of the language, more realist.

[7] Cultural influences of the Genoese School are different, from the Italian and Ligurean literary and musical tradition (Camillo Sbarbaro, Cesare Pavese, Giorgio Caproni, Riccardo Mannerini[7]), from the French and English literature of the begin of 20th century (Jean-Paul Sartre, Raymond Queneau),[6] from the anarchic philosophy (in particular Tenco, De André and Paoli[7][12]) and the liberal one (Lauzi[8]), from the French music of Charles Aznavour, Jacques Brel and Georges Brassens[6] from the US-folk of Bob Dylan.

Linked to this cultural environment are also authors as Fernanda Pivano, who translated into Italian the Spoon River Anthology, book on which De André based his album Non al denaro non all'amore né al cielo, and the actor Paolo Villaggio, close friend of De André and coauthor for a couple of song of him (Carlo Martello ritorna dalla battaglia di Poitiers and Il fannullone).

The shop is located in Via del Campo, a typical road in the medieval center of Genoa to whom De André dedicated a song.