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 director of the first ''
Maggio Musicale Fiorentino
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''. Contributor to several Italian musical encyclopedias and other reference works, he also produced monographs of
Bizet
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(1915) and
Pizzetti (1934). His fifty-eight-year correspondence with
Malipiero has been published.
He was a contributor to the
Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians
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(under the initials G.M.G.), 1954 (fifth) edition.
His wife was noted harpist Clelia Gatti Aldrovandi.
Italian music critics
1892 births
1973 deaths
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