Giovanni Biamonti (12 October 1889 – 4 July 1970) was 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 m ...
best known for his work on the composer
Ludwig van Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven (baptised 17 December 177026 March 1827) was a German composer and pianist. Beethoven remains one of the most admired composers in the history of Western music; his works rank amongst the most performed of the classic ...
. Administrative secretary of the
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 pro ...
from 1924 to 1963, Biamonti's greatest achievement was his eponymous
catalogue of Beethoven's complete works, including many not contained in either the
Beethoven Gesamtausgabe
The Ludwig van Beethovens Werke: vollständige kritisch durchgesehene überall berechtigte Ausgabe, also known as the Beethoven ''Gesamtausgabe'', was the first collected edition of the works of Ludwig van Beethoven published 1862–1865. Its full ...
, or Kinsky/Halm or
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catalogues. Arranged chronologically, it contains a total of 849 works, including sketches and fragments stretching from the variations for piano on a march by
Ernst Christoph Dressler
Ernst Christoph Dressler (23 September 1734 – 6 April 1779) was a German composer, operatic tenor, violinist and music theorist. A self-taught singer and violinist, he became a musician at several courts before he moved to the Court Opera in Vi ...
of 1782 to Beethoven's last bars in 1827.
Works
*Giovanni Biamonti: ''Catalogo cronologico e tematico delle opere di Beethoven comprese quelle inedite e gli abbozzi non utilizzati'', Turin: Industria Libraria Tipografica Editrice, 1968
See also
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Biamonti Catalogue The Biamonti Catalogue is a catalogue of Ludwig van Beethoven's compositions published in 1968 by the ILTE of Turin. The original name of the work is ''Catalogo cronologico e tematico di tutte le opere di Beethoven, comprese quelle inedite e gli abb ...
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Catalogues of Beethoven compositions
The Catalogues of Beethoven compositions are all of the different ways in which the musical compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven have been organized by researchers into his music.
The problem
Most of Beethoven's best known works were published wi ...
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List of compositions by Ludwig van Beethoven
The compositions of Ludwig van Beethoven consist of 722 works written over forty-five years, from his earliest work in 1782 (variations for piano on a march by Ernst Christoph Dressler) when he was only eleven years old and still in Bonn, until hi ...
References
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1889 births
1970 deaths
Italian composers
20th-century Italian musicologists
Beethoven scholars