Quirino Principe

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Quirino Principe (born 19 November 1935 in Gorizia) is an Italian philosopher of music, poet, [1] dramatist, [2] Germanist, translator, actor. [3]

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Teaching activity

Principe holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Padua. [4]
He taught on the musicology courses of the "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Milan. [2]
Further teaching engagements have included those at the University of Trieste [2] (lecturer in history of modern and contemporary music), at Roma Tre "Ostiense" University (lecturer in philosophy of music) [2] [5] and at Verona Accademia per l'Opera Italiana (where he has taught librettology, history of theatre, dramaturgy, and stylistics of poetry since 2007). [5] [6] [7]

Works

Considered by music critic Paolo Isotta as "the greatest living expert on Mahler", [8] Principe wrote two extensive monographs on Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss which are regarded as "fundamental" by Enciclopedia Treccani: [2]

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. [16]

Translations

Principe has translated many works from German (including books by Ernst Jünger [17] and the complete Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach). [18]
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. [4] [19]

He has contributed since 1992 to the Sunday cultural supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore. [7] [20]

Honours

In 1996 the President of the Austrian Republic awarded Principe the 1st Class Cross of Honour for Science and Art. [21]
In 2006 he was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. [2] [5] [22]
In 2009 the President of the Italian Republic bestowed on him the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic. [23]

References

  1. "AION". www.libreriauniversitaria.it.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Quirino Principe (encyclopedia entry)". Enciclopedia Treccani.
  3. 1 2 3 "Dante vincera' sui nuovi barbari by Marina Valensise - originally published by "Il Foglio" on 7 February 2009". il Cannocchiale - marinavalensise.it. Archived from the original on 25 January 2021. Retrieved 3 November 2015.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Quirino Principe by Giorgio Dell'Arti - Catalogo dei viventi 2015 - updated on 17 luglio 2014 by Carlo Sala". Cinquantamila giorni - Corriere della Sera. Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-11-03.
  5. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Giovanni Piana introduces Quirino Principe". Archivio di Giovanni Piana - Università degli Studi di Milano. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-11-01.
  6. "list of teachers". Accademia per l'Opera Italiana di Verona.[ permanent dead link ]
  7. 1 2 "Gabriella Bologna introduces Quirino Principe". Scene Contemporanee. 18 May 2013.
  8. "La Napoli, la musica e san Gennaro dello "spiazzante" Isotta by Cesare Cavalleri, 12 November 2014". Avvenire.
  9. "bibliographic quotation in La civiltà cattolica - Anno 122 - Vol. III - N. 1 - Quad. 2905 - 3 July 1971". 1971.
  10. "PRATICA e TEORIA della "SCRITTURA ESTERNA" by Sandro Giovannini". Heliopolis Edizioni.
  11. "Tutte le sfumature del celeste - Armando Besio". La Repubblica - 2 December 2012. 2 December 2012.
  12. "Quirino Principe - Lohengrin (review)". Classic Voice. 18 July 2013.
  13. "Incontri letterari a Casa Melandri Il "Tannhäuser" di Quirino Principe fra poesia e musica (review)". Ravennanotizie.it - 17 June 2015.
  14. "Donatella Bisutti, tra il sacro e il profano della poesia e della spiritualità by Giuseppe Lorin". Ass. Salotto Culturale Rosso Venexiano. 17 May 2010.
  15. "Pantomima kv446". Ass. Mus. Sergio Gaggia. Archived from the original on 2016-03-05. Retrieved 2015-11-02.
  16. "Conversazioni sull'Opera al Petruzzelli" (PDF). Teatro Petruzzelli.[ permanent dead link ]
  17. Luigi Iannone - Juenger e Schmitt: dialogo sulla modernità. Armando Editore, Roma 2009. 2009. ISBN   978-88-6081-487-6.
  18. Il mondo della cantate di Bach - K. Wolff, T. Koopman - pag. 200, pag. 202. EDT, Torino, 2000. 2001. ISBN   978-88-7063-512-6.
  19. "Tolkien: "Non cercate la politica tra gli elfi" by Medail Cesare". Corriere della sera, Milano, 1 November 2003.
  20. "list of articles by Quirino Principe". Sole 24 Ore.[ permanent dead link ]
  21. "Austrian State Honours: list of recipients" (PDF). www.parlament.gv.at - Republik Österreich - Parlament.
  22. "list of Academicians". Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roma.[ permanent dead link ]
  23. "list of decorated on 02/06/2009 - Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana.