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This paper presents a corpus study that identifies the number of statistically distinct modes used in sacred and secular genres from 1400–1750. Corpora used for the study include Masses, motets, and secular songs from the Franco-Flemish... more
Already at the publication in 1648 of his Geistliche Chor-Music Heinrich Schütz seems to have had a sense of foreboding concerning the alien Basso continuo part imposed on him for mercantile reasons. And rightly so. The mere existence of... more
In poche righe, si cerca di dare sintetica informazione sulla vita del Santo Martire, patrono della città di Palestrina e della Diocesi Suburbicaria prenestina, sui luoghi che lo hanno visto protagonista all'interno del territorio... more
In occasione della conferenza inaugurale "Verso il IX Centenario della Basilica Cattedrale di Sant'Agapito Martire" presieduta da S.E. Rev.ma il Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, la Diocesi di Palestrina e il Capitolo dei Canonici hanno scelto di... more
Tomás Luis de Victoria’s and Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s motets are surprisingly understudied. On the other hand, recent analytical comparisons have clearly (and intriguingly) demonstrated that Victoria knew Palestrina’s music,... more
In the introduction of the paper, the components of tonality, its emergence in the Renaissance period and also important concepts from the tonal theories of last three centuries will be explained, in order to provide a background for the... more
This dissertation investigates harmonic properties of Italian secular songs with Baroque guitar accompaniment in alfabeto tablature, which was a system of letters and other symbols that represented a chord shape to be strummed using all... more
Il capitano Deane Keller, della Sottocommissione ai Monumenti, Belle Arti e Archivi (MFAA) del Governo Militare Alleato, fu il primo "Monuments Man" a mettere piede ai Castelli Romani il 3 giugno 1944 (Velletri era stata liberata il... more
Sono state prese in esame le xilografie 49 e 50 dell’Hypnerotomachia Poliphili di Francesco Colonna, raffiguranti l’una il parto di Leda e la presentazione al padre delle due uova e l’altra l’oracolo di Apollo. Attraverso lo studio della... more
In June 1944, during the Second World War, the city of Palestrina was bombed. The damage to the Cathedral’s facade was irreversible. In 1957, the architect Furio Fasolo was in charge of its restoration. His first hypothesis for the... more
Nilotic scènes were a popular decorative motif in the Roman world, as may be seen by many examples which have been preserved in Pompeian houses. Their meaning is variously understood, either as scènes of an exotic, colonised world,... more
scheda sul Museo Diocesano di Arte Sacra di Palestrina, in Musart. Itinerario nei musei storico-artistici del Lazio
The practical and theoretical engagement with Palestrina’s music is the basis for the music-theoretical innovations of Francesco Antonio Calegari (1656–1742), founder of the Paduan ›Scuola dei rivolti‹. His transcription and adaption of... more
Cinquecento Rome was the cradle of one of the most influential syntheses of Western music, the one that is usually labeled with the name of Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. In the following centuries, this synthesis – no matter if... more
edited by Galliano Ciliberti, Turnhout, Brepols Publishers, 2021 (Studies on Italian Music History, 15), pp. xviii+492 , ISBN 978-2-503-59544-3 During the Renaissance and throughout the Baroque and Classical periods, musical production... more
Magnificenza, nobilitazione e propaganda politica: il mecenatismo urbano e architettonico dei Barberini tra Roma e Palestrina (1630-1750)
In most cases the compositional process of late-sixteenth-century music can be reconstructed only by analysis of the final musical text. The technique of imitation (in the traditional sense of ‚fuga‘) has recently become a topic of... more
Il Comune e il Museo Diffuso di Castel San Pietro Romano, in collaborazione con la Soprintendenza Archeologia Belle Arti e Paesaggio per l’area metropolitana di Roma, la provincia di Rieti e l’Etruria Meridionale, ha allestito nel centro... more
This paper presents a corpus study that identifies the number of statistically distinct modes used in sacred and secular genres from 1400--1750. Corpora used for the study include Masses, motets, and secular songs from the Franco-Flemish... more
Modern archaeological history of Palestrina, city of ancient origin near Rome, started in the mid 1700s, when the first discoveries of tombs and archaeological materials were carried out in the territory; after a successful brackets... more
Il volume ripercorre la storia che ha caratterizzato il borgo di Castel San Pietro Romano a partire dalle origini fino ai giorni nostri. Una sezione apposita traccia una breve storia dei monumenti principali ed una serie di... more
Il circuito poligonale delle Mura dell’antica Praeneste risulta ancora oggi in fase di studio, soprattutto per quanto riguarda la datazione storica. Studi recenti (Sandra Gatti, Le mura Poligonali di Praeneste, in Atlante Tematico di... more
Sul blog di OFF Rome tour ripercorro la biografia di una convinta suffragista che, fin da subito, capì l'importanza per le donne di essere soggetto attivo della politica italiana. Venne eletta all'Assemblea Costituente tra le prime 21... more