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11 Composizioni per organo Op.2 by Pier Giovanni Pistone: a scholarly edition with commentary

Cavalli, Corrado Carlo

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Title
11 Composizioni per organo Op.2 by Pier Giovanni Pistone: a scholarly edition with commentary
Author(s)
Cavalli, Corrado Carlo
Issue Date
2023-12
Director of Research (if dissertation) or Advisor (if thesis)
Robinson, Dana
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Moersch, Charlotte Mattax
Committee Member(s)
  • Carrillo, Carlos
  • Eagen-Jones, Megan
Department of Study
School of Music
Discipline
Music
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Keyword(s)
  • Pier Giovanni Pistone
  • Organ
  • Italian organ music
  • Italian Romantic music
  • Organ music in 20th century
  • Italian organ reformation
  • Accademia Stefano Tempia
  • Conservatorio Torino
Language
eng
Abstract
This project’s goal is to create a critical edition of Pier Giovanni Pistone’s 11 composizioni per organo, Op. 2. To this end, an essential cultural background is provided for performers and scholars to understand the musicological and practical aspects of this collection. Regrettably, no scholar has yet written books or papers about the panorama of organ music in Turin at Pistone’s time; therefore, to create an complete overview of the topic, this work explores secondary sources, such as biographies, musical programs, and editorial catalogs, as well as the 11 Composizioni per Organo. This research synthesizes conclusions from four main areas: • Musical activity in Turin and Piedmont between 1800 and 1900. • The evolution of organ literature and pedagogy between these two centuries. • The organ in Piedmont before and after the Movimento Ceciliano. • Pier Giovanni Pistone, his works, and his collection at the Conservatorio “G. Verdi” in Turin. Besides the practical reason of giving organists some valuable unknown music for liturgies and concerts, my intention is also to cast light on the organ literature composed in Turin between the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. I hope that the study of the composers of this valuable literature, yet unknown, might lead scholars to broader research on Turin’s musical life in those years between the two centuries.
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