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Sartori, C. (1990 - 1994) I libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800.
Catalogo analitico con 16 indici , Cuneo, Bertola & Locatelli Editori, 7 volumes in-4°.
Catalogo analitico con 16 indici , Cuneo, Bertola & Locatelli Editori, 7 volumes in-4°.
The ‘Catalogo Sartori’ describes Italian librettos of operas, intermezzos, oratorios, balls, feasts, serenades and the like.
In this work, the cataloging of the most famous collections (Washington, Bruxelles, London, Milan, Venice, Rome, etc...) are integrated with new and unpublished data gathered in more than three hundreds libraries all over the world.
Received with the highest consensus amongst the critics who also appreciate the clarity of the page layout, it has been defined:
“An indispensable working tool, also for historians of dance, theater, Italian literature, civic and cultural life of Italy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries”
Reviews
"I libretti italiani is wonderful in its own way. The broad sweep and the systematic
presentation of information support myriad uses. Although most readers will prefer
to consult it rather than page through it, some amazing profiles of durable plots arise from
the latter activity. I picked at random Artemisia, for which seventeen productions are
cited. [ ... ] This example has dozens, if not hundred, of parallels. [ ... ]".
Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Notes , Journal of the Music Library Association, Second Series, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Dec., 1994), pp. 575-578
Eleanor Selfridge-Field is Consulting Professor of Music and Symbolic Systems at Stanford University
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/898870
“[...] The catalogue of Italian librettos written by Sartori [...] changed the way to approach the study of Italian opera and oratorio of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, giving a clear and accurate perception of the striking vastness of the phenomen. [...] The ‘Catalogo Sartori’ is soon to become an indispensable working tool, also for historians of dance, theater, Italian literature, civic and cultural life of Italy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries [...]”
Lorenzo Bianconi, Il Giornale della Musica
Lorenzo Bianconi is a professor of musical dramaturgy at the University of Bologna, Italy
In this work, the cataloging of the most famous collections (Washington, Bruxelles, London, Milan, Venice, Rome, etc...) are integrated with new and unpublished data gathered in more than three hundreds libraries all over the world.
Received with the highest consensus amongst the critics who also appreciate the clarity of the page layout, it has been defined:
“An indispensable working tool, also for historians of dance, theater, Italian literature, civic and cultural life of Italy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries”
Reviews
"I libretti italiani is wonderful in its own way. The broad sweep and the systematic
presentation of information support myriad uses. Although most readers will prefer
to consult it rather than page through it, some amazing profiles of durable plots arise from
the latter activity. I picked at random Artemisia, for which seventeen productions are
cited. [ ... ] This example has dozens, if not hundred, of parallels. [ ... ]".
Eleanor Selfridge-Field, Notes , Journal of the Music Library Association, Second Series, Vol. 51, No. 2 (Dec., 1994), pp. 575-578
Eleanor Selfridge-Field is Consulting Professor of Music and Symbolic Systems at Stanford University
Article Stable URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/898870
“[...] The catalogue of Italian librettos written by Sartori [...] changed the way to approach the study of Italian opera and oratorio of the seventeenth and eighteenth century, giving a clear and accurate perception of the striking vastness of the phenomen. [...] The ‘Catalogo Sartori’ is soon to become an indispensable working tool, also for historians of dance, theater, Italian literature, civic and cultural life of Italy in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries [...]”
Lorenzo Bianconi, Il Giornale della Musica
Lorenzo Bianconi is a professor of musical dramaturgy at the University of Bologna, Italy