Posted on 08/04/2020 11:36:31 AM PDT by SunkenCiv
In the autumn of 1926 a boarding school in Piedmont run by Salesian Fathers discovered in their archives a large amount of old volumes which the administrators... The matter was turned over to Dr. Alberto Gentili, professor of music history at Turin University. He asked for a list and suggested that the material be sent to Turin so that he could inspect it carefully. The Salesians obliged and several crates arrived. Dr. Gentili immediately went to work examining the contents. On opening the first crate he found before him volume upon volume of Vivaldi autographs...
Proceeding with the utmost secrecy, Dr. Gentili went begging and finally succeeded in finding a public-spirited Turinese who would agree to purchase the collection and donate it to the Turin Library in memory of his deceased infant boy...
Studying the individual volumes carefully, Dr. Gentili made a somewhat disturbing discovery. The last pages of some volumes failed to show the conclusion of the composition and a logical continuation could not be found in other volumes... Further investigation revealed that the collection had been assembled by the Genoese Count Giacomo Durazzo (1717-1794), Austrian Ambassador in Venice and active patron of Gluck... Dr. Gentili was forced once more to go begging-bowl in hand, searching for a willing sponsor. Finally he made contact with a Turinese industrialist who had lost a small child and provided the necessary sum for the purchase of the manuscript, donating the collection to the Turin Library in the name of his son...
The establishment of the Turin Collections led to the Vivaldi renaissance, marked by the Vivaldi week celebrated in Siena in September, 1939 and the projected issuance of the Complete Works of the great Venetian master.
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Intro looks great, thx.
The violinist I know was not aware of this series so she’s putting it on watch list.
“When I was in college...”
Were you in college before 1926?
Oh, that looks so interesting! Thanks. Bookmarked. :)
I am a fan, and have heard LOTS more. Mandolin concerti, concerto for 2 trumpets. Lots more.
But my current passion is Albinoni.
Fine Arts - William-Adolphe Bouguereau - Later Work (1879-1904) - Vivaldi
https://youtu.be/vgAGkBDj0zA
Star Wars - Alla Rustica - Vivaldi
https://youtu.be/S3EaaB0fBp8
bookmark
Thanks for posting this; the show was terrific. More would be equally welcome.
That was lovely.
Thanx.
This is fantastic. Lost Vivaldi compositions found! Words fail.
I think that this is something I should have studied a half century or more ago. I’ve been walking around with my face hanging out, thinking I was educated, and all the while I was totally unaware of this great artist.
Discovering Arcimboldo made me significantly happier tonight. I really didn’t expect to encounter anything like this. Thanks.
:^) My first exposure was probably a dimly remembered art example in an encyclopedia, followed a bit later by the cover of a Kansas album. His best known work(s) is the Four Seasons; those were popular and his patron had him paint new versions (not just copies) to give as gifts to other notables of Europe.
My pleasure.
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