Quirino Principe

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Quirino Principe (born 19 November 1935 in Gorizia) is an Italian philosopher of music, Germanist, translator and dramatist. [1] actor. [2]

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Teaching activity

Principe holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Padua. [3]
He taught on the musicology courses of the "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Milan. [1]
Further teaching engagements have included those at the University of Trieste [1] (lecturer in history of modern and contemporary music), at Roma Tre "Ostiense" University (lecturer in philosophy of music) [1] [4] and at Verona Accademia per l'Opera Italiana (where he has taught librettology, history of theatre, dramaturgy, and stylistics of poetry since 2007). [4] [5] [6]

Works

Considered by music critic Paolo Isotta as "the greatest living expert on Mahler", [7] Principe wrote two extensive monographs on Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss which are regarded as "fundamental" by Enciclopedia Treccani: [1]

Other books he authored in the fields of musicology, literary analysis, and music pedagogy are:

Many poems of his have been published in monographic collections, such as

In addition there are some theatrical works by Principe, such as:

Various poems of Principe's have been set to music by composers such as Bruno Bettinelli, Sonia Bo, Massimo Di Gesu. [15]

Translations

Principe has translated many works from German (including books by Ernst Jünger [16] and the complete Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach). [17]
Principe has been an advocate of writer J. R. R. Tolkien: he contributed to Italian knowledge of The Lord of the Rings by editing the Italian translation of the book from its second edition (1970) onwards. [3] [18]

He has contributed since 1992 to the Sunday cultural supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore. [6] [19]

Honours

In 1996 the President of the Austrian Republic awarded Principe the 1st Class Cross of Honour for Science and Art. [20]
In 2006 he was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. [1] [4] [21]
In 2009 the President of the Italian Republic bestowed on him the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. [22]

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  5. ↑ "list of teachers". Accademia per l'Opera Italiana di Verona.
  6. 1 2 "Gabriella Bologna introduces Quirino Principe". Scene Contemporanee. 18 May 2013.
  7. ↑ "La Napoli, la musica e san Gennaro dello "spiazzante" Isotta by Cesare Cavalleri, 12 November 2014". Avvenire.
  8. ↑ "bibliographic quotation in La civiltà cattolica - Anno 122 - Vol. III - N. 1 - Quad. 2905 - 3 July 1971". 1971.
  9. ↑ "PRATICA e TEORIA della "SCRITTURA ESTERNA" by Sandro Giovannini". Heliopolis Edizioni.
  10. ↑ "Tutte le sfumature del celeste - Armando Besio". La Repubblica - 2 December 2012. 2 December 2012.
  11. ↑ "Quirino Principe - Lohengrin (review)". Classic Voice. 18 July 2013.
  12. ↑ "Incontri letterari a Casa Melandri Il "Tannhäuser" di Quirino Principe fra poesia e musica (review)". Ravennanotizie.it - 17 June 2015.
  13. ↑ "Donatella Bisutti, tra il sacro e il profano della poesia e della spiritualità by Giuseppe Lorin". Ass. Salotto Culturale Rosso Venexiano. 17 May 2010.
  14. ↑ "Pantomima kv446". Ass. Mus. Sergio Gaggia.
  15. ↑ "Conversazioni sull'Opera al Petruzzelli" (PDF). Teatro Petruzzelli.
  16. ↑ Luigi Iannone - Juenger e Schmitt: dialogo sulla modernità. Armando Editore, Roma 2009. 2009. ISBN   978-88-6081-487-6.
  17. ↑ Il mondo della cantate di Bach - K. Wolff, T. Koopman - pag. 200, pag. 202. EDT, Torino, 2000. 2001. ISBN   978-88-7063-512-6.
  18. ↑ "Tolkien: "Non cercate la politica tra gli elfi" by Medail Cesare". Corriere della sera, Milano, 1 November 2003.
  19. ↑ "list of articles by Quirino Principe". Sole 24 Ore.
  20. ↑ "Austrian State Honours: list of recipients" (PDF). www.parlament.gv.at - Republik Österreich - Parlament.
  21. ↑ "list of Academicians". Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roma.
  22. ↑ "list of decorated on 02/06/2009 - Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana.
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