Quirino Principe

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

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]

• Mahler, Rusconi 1983, ^[4] 2nd edition Bompiani 2002, 3rd edition Bompiani 2011
• Strauss, Rusconi 1989, ^[4] 2nd edition Bompiani 2004

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

• Vita e morte della scuola, Rusconi 1970 ^[3]
• I potenti della letteratura, Rusconi 1971 ^[9]
• La rivelazione incompiuta, 1974 ^[4]
• Il rombo del motore, Vallecchi 1974 ^[10]
• Manuale di idee per la scuola, Rusconi 1977 ^[3] [Sibari Prize 1978] ^[4]
• La “Sonnambula” di Vincenzo Bellini, Mursia 1991 ^[5]
• I quartetti per archi di Beethoven, Anabasi – Società del Quartetto di Milano 1993 ^[5]
• La musica a Milano nel Novecento, UTET 1996 ^[5]
• Gianandrea Gavazzeni alla Scala, Teatro alla Scala 2001 ^[5]
• Il teatro d’opera tedesco 1830-1918, L’Epos 2004 ^[2]
• Musica, Electa-Mondadori 2010 ^[5]
• Wagner e noi: "Lohengrin" Jaca Book 2012 ^{[11] [12]}
• L’umano atterrito dal soprannaturale: "Tannhäuser" Jaca Book 2013. ^[13]

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

• Il libro dei Cinque Sentieri [Sebeto Prize 1974], ^[4] Scheiwiller-All’Insegna del Pesce d’Oro, 1973.
• Other poetic cycles have been published in "Poesia e spiritualità" (year II, no. 4, Passagem Sem Guarda Edizioni, Madeira 2010). ^[14]

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

• Turbativa (1992) ^[2]
• La saracena (1998) ^[2]
• ... poudre d'Ophélia (2002) ^[2]
• text for the Pantomime K446 by W. A. Mozart (2007) ^[15]
• Speculum mundi (2008). ^[2]

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. "Quirino Principe (encyclopedia entry)". Enciclopedia Treccani.
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. "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. "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. "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.^{[ dead link ]}
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. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2016-04-04. Retrieved 2017-01-09.
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. Archived from the original on 2015-09-29. Retrieved 2015-10-31.
23. "list of decorated on 02/06/2009 - Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana.