From 1961 Basso has worked in the musicology section of the Turin publishing company UTET. For UTET he edited many important collective publications: La Musica (1966–1971), Storia dell'opera (1977), Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti (DEUMM, 1983–2005), Musica in scena. Storia dello spettacolo musicale (1995–1996).
For the French music publishing company Opus 111 Basso created the series Tesori del Piemonte (Treasures of Piedmont, started in 1985), which includes the Vivaldi Edition, a complete edition of all the compositions by Antonio Vivaldi (about 450) owned by the Turin National University Library.
Works
Il corale organistico di J.S. Bach, in L'Approdo Musicale, Anno IV nn. 14-15, 1961
Il Conservatorio di Musica «G. Verdi» di Torino. Storia e documenti dalle origini al 1970, Turin, UTET, 1971
L'età di Bach e di Händel, volume V of Storia della musica, Società Italiana di Musicologia, Turin, EDT, 1976
Il Teatro della Città dal 1788 al 1936, volume II of Storia del Teatro Regio di Torino, Turin, Cassa di Risparmio di Torino, 1976
Frau Musika. La vita e le opere di J. S. Bach, 2 Volumes, Turin, EDT (volume I: 1979; volume II: 1983)
Sui sentieri della musica. Appunti per una rassegna iconografica, with Luciano Berio and Alberto Conforti, Milan, IdeaLibri, 1985
J. S. Bach. Tracce di una vita profonda, Turin, Lioness Club, 1985
L'invenzione della gioia. Musica e massoneria nell'età dei Lumi, Milan, Garzanti, 1994
Storia della musica (dalle origini al XIX secolo), 3 Volumes, Turin, UTET, 2004–05 (in the fourth section of DEUMM)
I Mozart in Italia, Rome, Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia, 2006
Basso was also editor of the following publications:
La Musica: Enciclopedia storica (4 Volumes, 1966) and Dizionario (2 Volumes, 1971), Turin, UTET
Dizionario Enciclopedico Universale della Musica e dei Musicisti (DEUMM), 22 Volumes in four sections, Turin, UTET, 1983–2005
L'arcano incanto. Il Teatro Regio di Torino, 1740–1990 (catalogue of the homonymous exhibition), Milan, Electa, 1991
Compact Enciclopedia della musica, Novara, De Agostini, 1995
Musica in scena. Storia dello spettacolo musicale, 6 Volumes, Turin, UTET, 1995–1996
Sources
"Basso, Alberto". DEUMM. Le Biografie (in Italian). Vol.1. Turin: UTET. 1985. pp.348–349. Update: Appendice 2005, p.33, 2004.
Moffa, Rosy; Saccomani, Sabrina, eds. (2007). Musica se extendit ad omnia. Studi in onore di Alberto Basso in occasione del suo 75º compleanno (2 Volumes). Lucca: LIM. ISBN978-88-7096-456-1.
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