Dizionario storico-critico degli scrittori di musica e de' più celebri artisti

Giuseppe BertiniProject Gutenberg · United StatesDec 2019

Rating 2.7
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412K words
Chapters
42

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Foreign Language Books Music Historical ReappraisalMusic HistoryPortrait GalleryMusician BiographyAcademic StudyTextual ResearchArt CriticismEncyclopedic WritingMusic CriticismItalian Culture

Summary

Project Gutenberg was the first provider of free electronic books, or eBooks. Michael Hart, founder of Project Gutenberg, invented eBooks in 1971 and his memory continues to inspire the creation of eBooks and related technologies today.Dizionario storico-critico degli scrittori di musica e de' più celebri artisti,Author: Bertini, Giuseppe, 1759-1852,Language: Italian, Class: ML: Music: Literature of music, Release Date: Sep 21, 2012

Editor's review

This is the Project Gutenberg electronic edition of Bertini's historical-critical dictionary of musicians, presented in Italian and belonging to the public-domain literature of music. Its core value lies in providing free access to an early specialist dictionary, allowing readers to encounter early music biography and critical discourse in its original form. Unlike a general history, it is organized as individual biographical entries, linking composers, performers, and music writers through their identities and evaluations; it is well suited to targeted reference and source excavation. It should be treated as a historical document rather than a modern encyclopedia: judgments in the entries bear the mark of their era, and biographical information may differ from current research. It is best used alongside music history courses, biographical research, or translation practice, comparing entries across eras to observe how musicians' images are constructed and revised. The electronic edition supports full-text search, making keyword-based cross-referencing convenient.

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  1. Use the electronic edition's search function to locate entries by name or term and make thematic excerpts.
  2. Read entries on familiar figures alongside a current dictionary and compare evaluative approaches.
  3. Note period-specific judgments as you read, using them as material for discussing music historiography.
  4. Read the editor's explanatory text first before moving to specific entries to avoid misreading the conventions.

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FAQ

Will the electronic edition differ from the print edition in content? According to the available information, this is a public-domain ebook released by Project Gutenberg, with the same dictionary as its main content. The electronic edition's advantage is ease of searching and copying passages, but layout and pagination may differ from the print edition; when citing, note the edition and rely on the original entries.
Which figures does this dictionary mainly include? Judging from the title, it covers music writers and the most celebrated artists, making it a person-centered dictionary. The specific list requires consulting the entries themselves; because it was compiled long ago, its scope reflects the standards of its time, and one should not assume it covers every important figure in modern music history.
Can it be used for academic citation? It can be cited as a primary source, but the author, title, and electronic source should be noted, along with its historical context. Evaluations in the entries should not be treated as current scholarly consensus; for argumentation, compare with modern research rather than equating early dictionary judgments directly with fact.

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About the author

Giuseppe Bertini Author · Italian · 1759–1852

Giuseppe Bertini (1759–1852) was an Italian music bibliographer and priest, born in Palermo, who served as maestro di cappella of the royal court chapel. He compiled the four-volume Dizionario storico-critico degli scrittori di musica e de' più celebri artisti, published in 1814–1815, which gathers biographies and writings of musicians past and present from many countries; its entries on minor Italian musicians remain useful for reference today. The library holds four works by him, all being this dictionary. Public information is limited, and details of his life are largely unavailable, but the dictionary reflects his method of combining biography with bibliography and provides foundational material for the study of Italian music history, establishing his place in music bibliography.