Giorgio Sanguinetti is an Italian
musicologist
Musicology (from Greek μουσική ''mousikē'' 'music' and -λογια ''-logia'', 'domain of study') is the scholarly analysis and research-based study of music. Musicology departments traditionally belong to the humanities, although some mu ...
,
music historian
Music history, sometimes called historical musicology, is a highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies music from a historical point of view.
In theory, "music history" could refer to the study of the history o ...
and
music theorist
Music theory is the study of the practices and possibilities of music. ''The Oxford Companion to Music'' describes three interrelated uses of the term "music theory". The first is the "rudiments", that are needed to understand music notation (ke ...
. He is best known as the author of ''The Art of Partimento: History, Theory, and Practice'', the first
monograph
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In library cataloging, ''monograph ...
dedicated to the history, theory, and practice of
partimento
A Partimento (from the Italian: ''partimento'', plural ''partimenti'') is a sketch (often a bass line), written out on a single staff, whose main purpose is to be a guide for the improvisation ("realization") of a composition at the keyboard. A ...
instruction as practiced in the
music conservatories of Naples from the end of the 17th century to the middle of the 19th century. Sanguinetti is full professor of theory and
analysis of music at the
University of Rome Tor Vergata
Tor Vergata University of Rome, also known as the University of Rome II ( it, Università degli Studi di Roma "Tor Vergata"), is a public university, public research university located in Rome, Italy. Located in the southeastern suburb of Rome, the ...
.
[Universitá degli Studi Tor Vergata]
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Education
Sanguinetti graduated in piano at the
Milan Conservatory
The Milan Conservatory (''Conservatorio di Milano'') is a college of music in Milan, Italy.
History
The conservatory was established by a royal decree of 1807 in Milan, capital of the Napoleonic Kingdom of Italy. It opened the following year ...
in 1976 and in
music composition
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at the
Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini"
The Conservatorio Statale di Musica "Gioachino Rossini" is a music conservatory in Pesaro, Italy. Founded in 1869 with a legacy from the composer Gioachino Rossini, the conservatory officially opened in 1882 with 67 students and was then known as t ...
in 1993. Post-graduation, Sanguinetti studied piano with
Vera Gobbi Belcredi, and music composition with
Vieri Tosatti
Vieri Tosatti (born Rome
, established_title = Founded
, established_date = 753 BC
, founder = King Romulus (legendary)
, image_map = Map of comune of Rome (metropolitan city of Capital Rome, region Lazio, It ...
in Rome. In 1994, Sanguinetti studied
Schenkerian analysis Schenkerian analysis is a method of analyzing tonal music based on the theories of Heinrich Schenker (1868–1935). The goal is to demonstrate the organic coherence of the work by showing how it relates to an abstracted deep structure, the ''Ursatz' ...
privately with
Carl Schachter Carl E. Schachter (born June 1, 1932"Carl E. Schachter," in "New Jersey, Passenger and Crew Lists, 1956-1964" on ''Ancestry.com'') is an American music theorist noted for his expertise in Schenkerian analysis.
Born in Chicago, he attended Austin H ...
in New York.
[Faculty Page]
University of Rome-Tor Vergata
Awards
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Wallace Berry Award (2013) - ''The Art of Partimento''
[Society of Music Theory]
Past Publication Awards, 2013
Books
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See also
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Partimento
A Partimento (from the Italian: ''partimento'', plural ''partimenti'') is a sketch (often a bass line), written out on a single staff, whose main purpose is to be a guide for the improvisation ("realization") of a composition at the keyboard. A ...
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Music conservatories of Naples
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Robert Gjerdingen
Robert O. Gjerdingen is a scholar of music theory and music perception, and is an emeritus professor at Northwestern University. His most influential work focuses on the application of ideas from cognitive science, especially theories about sche ...
References
Further reading
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External links
Giorgio Sanguinettifaculty page at the University of Rome-Tor Vergata.
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Music theorists
Italian music theorists
20th-century Italian musicologists
21st-century musicologists
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
Milan Conservatory alumni