Quirino Principe

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

Teaching activity

Principe holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Padua.[3]
He taught at the musicology courses of the "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Milan.[1]
Further teaching engagements of his include those at the University of Trieste[1] (lecturer in history of modern and contemporary music), at Roma Tre "Ostiense" University (lecturer in philosophy of music)[1][4] and at Verona Accademia per l'Opera Italiana (where he has taught librettology, history of theatre, dramaturgy, and stylistics of poetry since 2007).[4][5][6]

Works

Considered by music critic Paolo Isotta as "the greatest living expert on Mahler",[7] Principe wrote two extensive monographs on Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss which are regarded as "fundamental" by Enciclopedia Treccani:[1]

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

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

Besides, poems in their own right are some theatrical works by Principe, such as:

Translations

Principe has translated a great number of works from German (including books by Ernst Jünger[15] and the complete Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach).[16]
Principe has been an advocate of writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: he contributed to the Italian diffusion of The Lord of the Rings by editing the Italian translation of the book from its second edition (1970) onwards.[3][17][18]

Besides, he has contributed since 1992 to the Sunday cultural supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore.[6][19]

Honours

In 1996 the President of the Austrian Republic awarded Principe the 1st Class Cross of Honour for Science and Art.[20]
In 2006 he was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.[1][4][21]
In 2009 the President of the Italian Republic bestowed on him the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.[22]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 "Quirino Principe (encyclopedia entry)". Enciclopedia Treccani.
  2. 1 2 3 "Dante vincera’ sui nuovi barbari by Marina Valensise - originally published by "Il Foglio" on 7 February 2009". il Cannocchiale - marinavalensise.it.
  3. 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.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Giovanni Piana introduces Quirino Principe". Archivio di Giovanni Piana - Università degli Studi di Milano.
  5. "list of teachers". Accademia per l'Opera Italiana di Verona.
  6. 1 2 "Gabriella Bologna introduces Quirino Principe". Scene Contemporanee.
  7. "La Napoli, la musica e san Gennaro dello «spiazzante» Isotta by Cesare Cavalleri, 12 November 2014". Avvenire.
  8. "bibliographic quotation in La civiltà cattolica - Anno 122 - Vol. III - N. 1 - Quad. 2905 - 3 July 1971". Google Books.
  9. "PRATICA e TEORIA della "SCRITTURA ESTERNA" by Sandro Giovannini". Heliopolis Edizioni.
  10. "Tutte le sfumature del celeste - Armando Besio". La Repubblica - 2 December 2012.
  11. "Quirino Principe - Lohengrin (review)". Classic Voice.
  12. "Incontri letterari a Casa Melandri Il "Tannhäuser" di Quirino Principe fra poesia e musica (review)". Ravennanotizie.it - 17 June 2015.
  13. "Donatella Bisutti, tra il sacro e il profano della poesia e della spiritualità by Giuseppe Lorin". Ass. Salotto Culturale Rosso Venexiano.
  14. "Pantomima kv446". Ass. Mus. Sergio Gaggia.
  15. "Luigi Iannone - Juenger e Schmitt: dialogo sulla modernità". Armando Editore, Roma 2009.
  16. "Il mondo della cantate di Bach - K. Wolff, T. Koopman - pag. 200, pag. 202". EDT, Torino, 2000.
  17. "Tolkien: "Non cercate la politica tra gli elfi" by Medail Cesare". Corriere della sera, Milano, 1 November 2003.
  18. "Tolkien in Italia: aria nuova, dopo 40 anni di strumentalizzazione". Carmilla quoting DI DESTRA? NO, ERA UN ROMANTICO - L’ITALIA FINALMENTE CAPISCE TOLKIEN by Roberto Arduini [“L’Unità” - 7 January 2010].
  19. "list of articles by Quirino Principe". Sole 24 Ore.
  20. "Austrian State Honours: list of recipients" (PDF). www.parlament.gv.at - Republik Österreich - Parlament.
  21. "list of Academicians". Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia - Roma.
  22. "list of decorated on 02/06/2009 - Cavaliere Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana". Presidenza della Repubblica Italiana.
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