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Mechanisms of adaptation “to our (Russian) customs” of Italian opera librettos. The paper deals with the history of poetical translation of Italian musical poetry in the 18th century Russia.
Stefano Garzonio
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What Does Intarsia Say? Materiality and Spirituality in the Urbino Studiolo☆
Abstract Upon entering the Urbino studiolo of Federico da Montefeltro, the visitor is struck by a material‐charged environment. Surprisingly, only a few scholars have addressed one prominent aspect of the decorative scheme, namely, the feature of intarsia as a medium. Even so, it remains on the sidelines of the discussion.
Matan Aviel
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THE SOCIAL SPACE OF THE ODESSA ITALIAN OPERA IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE 19th CENTURY [PDF]
The Opera Theatre as a synthetic kind of art suggests specific approaches to its investigation. The artistic and aesthetic component of the opera genre does not exhaust the whole variety of its contents, in which the social dimension closely links and ...
BAŢAC CONSTANTIN
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ABSTRACT This article contributes to the history of material culture and intellectual biography by definitively identifying the Paduan scholar Matteo Macigni (ca. 1510–1582) as the author of the annotations found in a 1535 copy of Albrecht Dürer’s Institutionum geometricarum currently preserved in Vicenza.
Laura Moretti
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The interest in Italian opera at the Portuguese court emerged long before the consolidated view of critical studies that have traditionally identified the beginning of the enjoyment and diffusion of Italian opera in Portugal with the reign of Joseph I ...
Giuseppina Raggi
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Il presente lavoro approfondisce, nelle sue pagine iniziali, il tema dell’italiano dei libretti d’opera inteso come vera e propria varietà linguistica e «ipercordice» del quale vengono esaminati in forma sintetica i tratti caratterizzanti di natura ...
Uberto Minghi
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Notation in Early Modern Language Teaching
ABSTRACT This article examines the use of musical notation as a pedagogical tool in early modern language teaching, focusing on Latin, Greek, Hebrew, and briefly, Turkish. While musical notation is typically associated with performance and composition, the sources discussed here demonstrate its broader application as a visual and conceptual system for ...
Elisabeth Giselbrecht
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Mussorgsky’s Boris Godunov in Italian: Analyzing the Influence of Michel Delines’ French Version
This article presents a brief history of Italian rhythmical translations of Modest Mussorgsky's libretto for his opera Boris Godunov, each apparently drawing on Michel Delines’ French version from 1908.
Anna Stetsenko
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CTP Ontology: A Semantic Model for Structuring Cultural Thematic Paths
Abstract A thematic path enhances the appreciation of cultural heritage by connecting diverse cultural objects through shared themes. This study introduces the Cultural Thematic Path (CTP) Ontology, designed to support the creation, organization, description, publication, and management of thematic paths within the GLAM (Galleries, Libraries, Archives,
Tiziana Pasciuto +2 more
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Christian missions have been integral to the making of the modern world. Unsurprisingly, the rise of global history over the past two decades has been accompanied by a growing historiography of Christian missions. Yet several key milestones and dynamics in mission history remain insufficiently explored. The first aim of this article is to shed light on
Sante Lesti
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