Andrea Della Corte was an Italian musicologist and critic. Born in
Naples
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on 5 April 1883, Della Corte studied law at the University of the native city,
but was self-taught in music.
[Pestelli, ''Grove''] After some short experiences in Neapolitan papers (initially at the ''Don Marzio'', then at ''
Il Mattino
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History and profile
''Il Mattino'' was first published on 16 March 1892 by the journalists Edoardo Scarfoglio and Matilde Serao. The pa ...
''),
he moved to
Turin
Turin ( , Piedmontese language, Piedmontese: ; it, Torino ) is a city and an important business and cultural centre in Northern Italy. It is the capital city of Piedmont and of the Metropolitan City of Turin, and was the first Italian capital ...
, where he was music critic for ''
La Stampa
''La Stampa'' (meaning ''The Press'' in English) is an Italian daily newspaper published in Turin, Italy. It is distributed in Italy and other European nations. It is one of the oldest newspapers in Italy.
History and profile
The paper was fou ...
'' from 1919 to May 1967.
He brought the music journalism in Italy to a level of «professionalism hitherto unknown».
In Turin, Della Corte also taught history of music, both at the
Turin Conservatory (1926–53) and at the
University of Turin
The University of Turin (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Torino'', UNITO) is a public research university in the city of Turin, in the Piedmont region of Italy. It is one of the oldest universities in Europe and continues to play an impo ...
(1939–53).
His main interests were the comic opera of the 18th century,
Gluck
Christoph Willibald (Ritter von) Gluck (; 2 July 1714 – 15 November 1787) was a composer of Italian and French opera in the early classical period (music), classical period. Born in the Upper Palatinate and raised in Bohemia, both part of the ...
and
Verdi
Giuseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi (; 9 or 10 October 1813 – 27 January 1901) was an Italian composer best known for his operas. He was born near Busseto to a provincial family of moderate means, receiving a musical education with the h ...
.
Della Corte wrote many essays and articles, and 35 books,
published both in Italy and abroad, many of them considered of fundamental importance for the modern musicology,
characterised by a severe musical judgment and by the attempt to innovate the world of the Italian musical studies. He was a member of important musical and cultural institutions (
Accademia dei Lincei
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, Accademia dei Cherubini in Florence,
Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia
The Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia ( en, National Academy of St Cecilia) is one of the oldest musical institutions in the world, founded by the papal bull ''Ratione congruit'', issued by Sixtus V in 1585, which invoked two saints prom ...
in Rome, Istituto Italiano per la Storia della Musica).
[''La grande enciclopedia di Torino'']
Della Corte died in Turin on 12 March 1968, aged 84. The city of Turin dedicated to Andrea Della Corte the music section of the Civic Library, to which his family, after his death, donated over 15,000 books.
Works
*''Paisiello: Settecento italiano'' - Turin,
Fratelli Bocca
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History Origins
Antonio Secondo Bocca worked as a print ...
, 1922
*''L'opera comica italiana nel '700 : studi ed appunti'' - Bari, Laterza, 1923 (2 volumes)
*''Le opere di Giuseppe Verdi. 1: Aida. Guida attraverso il dramma e la musica'' - Milan, Bottega di Poesia, 1923
*''Le opere di Giuseppe Verdi. 2: Otello. Guida attraverso il dramma e la musica'' - Milan, Bottega di Poesia, 1924
*''Nicolò Piccinni'' - Bari, 1928
*''Scelta di musiche per lo studio della storia'' - Milan, Ricordi, 1928
*''Disegno storico dell'arte musicale. Con esempi'' - Turin, Paravia, 1931
*''La vita musicale di Goethe. Con ritratti e musiche'' - Turin, Paravia, 1932
*''Canto e bel canto'' - Turin, 1933
*''Le teorie delle origini della musica e le musiche dei popoli antichi o primitivi : tesi per gli allievi delle scuole musicali secondo i nuovi programmi governativi'' - Turin, Paravia, 1932
*''Ritratto di Franco Alfano'' - Turin, 1935
* with
Guido Pannain - ''Vincenzo Bellini : il carattere morale, i caratteri artistici'' - Turin, Paravia, 1935
*''Un italiano all'estero: Antonio Salieri. Con 70 inedite citazioni musicali'' - Turin, Paravia, 1936
*''Pergolesi'' - Turin, 1936
*''Giuseppe Verdi'' - Turin, Arione, 1938
*''Tre secoli di opera italiana'' - Turin, 1938
*''Le relazioni storiche della poesia e della musica italiana: elementari notizie di storia della musica per il liceo classico e scientifico e per l'istituto magistrale'' - Turin, Paravia, 1940
*''Rigoletto; il Trovatore; la Traviata di Giuseppe Verdi'' - Milan, Istituto d'alta cultura, 1943
* with
Guido Gatti
Guido Maggiorino Gatti (1892–1973) was an Italian music critic and the founder of the journal ''Il Pianoforte'', which changed its name to ''La Rassegna Musicale '' in 1928.
He was director of the Turin Theater from 1925 to 1931 and general di ...
- ''Dizionario di musica. Illustrato con riproduzioni di oltre 80 ritratti e 70 istrumenti'' - Turin, Paravia, 1944
*''Satire e grotteschi di musiche e di musicisti d'ogni tempo. Con caricature antiche e moderne e disegni di P. A. Gariazzo'' - Turin, UTET (Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese), 1946
*''Gluck e i suoi tempi'' - Florence, Sansoni, 1948
*''L'interpretazione musicale e gli interpreti'' - Turin, UTET (Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese), 1951
* with Guido Pannain - ''Storia della musica'' - Turin, UTET (Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese), 1952 (3 volumes)
* ''Toscanini visto da un critico'' - Turin, ILTE (Industria Libraria Tipografica Editrice), 1952 (reprint: ''
Arturo Toscanini
Arturo Toscanini (; ; March 25, 1867January 16, 1957) was an Italian conductor. He was one of the most acclaimed and influential musicians of the late 19th and early 20th century, renowned for his intensity, his perfectionism, his ear for orch ...
'' - Pordenone, Studio Tesi, 1981)
* with Marziano Bernardi - ''Gli strumenti musicali nei dipinti della Galleria degli Uffizi'' - Rome, ERI-Edizioni Radio Italiana, 1952
* with
Alpheus Hyatt Mayor, Mercedes Viale and
Anton Giulio Bragaglia __NOTOC__
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- ''Tempi e aspetti della scenografia'' - Rome, ERI-Edizioni Radio Italiana, 1954
* with Guglielmo Barblan - ''Mozart in Italia'' - Milan, Ricordi, 1956
* ''Tutto il teatro di Mozart'' - Roma, ERI-Edizioni Radio Italiana, 1957
* ''Drammi per musica dal Rinuccini allo Zeno'' - Turin, 1958
* ''La critica musicale e i critici'' - Turin, UTET (Unione Tipografico-Editrice Torinese), 1961
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1883 births
1968 deaths
20th-century Italian musicologists
Academic staff of Turin Conservatory
Academic staff of the University of Turin
Italian music critics