Turin, 24–26 October 2025
The thirty-second Annual Conference of the Italian Society of Musicology (SIdM) will take place in Turin from 24 to 26 October 2025 and will be organized in collaboration with the University of Turin and the “Giuseppe Verdi” Conservatory of Turin.
The SIdM annual conference is an important opportunity for meeting and scholarly exchange among researchers. The annual members’ assembly will take place during the conference.
Programme
Friday, 24 October
Rectorate Building, University of Turin
(Via Po 17)
9:30–10:00 a.m.
Aula Magna
Welcome addresses
Marco Mangani, President of SIdM – Gianluca Cuniberti, Vice-Rector of the University of Turin – Graziano Lingua, Director of the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences – Alessandro Mengozzi, Director of the Department of Humanities – Francesco Pennarola, Director of the “Giuseppe Verdi” State Conservatory of Music of Turin – Sabrina Saccomani, Vice-President of the Institute for Musical Heritage in Piedmont
10:00–11:30 a.m.
Aula Magna
Chair: MARA LACCHÈ
GIOVANNA BARBATI, Melodic and Polyphonic Pedagogies in the Partimenti and Intabulations of the Greco Brothers, Ms. I-Nc 33_2_3
PIERLUIGI OSTUNI, Giacomo Insanguine and Didactic Manuscripts: Solfeggi, Bass Patterns, and Partimenti
KARL FRENZEL, Partimenti in Westphalia? The Zibaldone of Maximilian Friedrich von Droste-Hülshoff (1764–1840)
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: MICHELA BERTI
RICCARDO CASTAGNETTI, Notes for a Reform: Music in the Thought of Lodovico Antonio Muratori
TAKASHI YAMADA, The “New” Teatro de’ Fiorentini in Naples, from the 1778–79 Reconstruction Project and the 1783 Ledger Book
GIULIA VITALE, Chamber Music or Didactic Music? The Case of Vincenzo Orgitano, between the Bourbon Court and Private Homes
Sala Blu
Chair: GIUSEPPE MIGLIORE
STEFANO BALDI, The (Incomplete) Autograph of Il montanaro by Saverio Mercadante in the Music Collection of the “Camillo Leone” Museum in Vercelli
GIORGIA SCARTEZZINI, The “Pizzetti Collection” of the National Central Library of Florence and New Pizzetti Studies: Updates and Research Perspectives
LUCA SIRI, Sources for Computer Music: Surveying the Archive of the Centro di Sonologia Computazionale
Coffee break – 11:30 a.m.–12:00 p.m.
12:00–1:30 p.m.
Aula Magna
Chair: DANIELE SABAINO
DEIVIS GABRIEL HERRERA GONZÁLEZ, Hypertextual Soundscapes in Medieval Liturgical Monody
LUISA NARDINI, The Naples Manuscript XVI A 7 and the Role of Nuns in the Beneventan Liturgical Tradition
TOMMASO MAGGIOLO, Tenors, Canons, and Parody. Carlo Berti’s Five-Voice Magnificats
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: GIUSEPPINA LA FACE
STEFANIA GITTO, Public Music Education in Early Nineteenth-Century Florence
ANNARITA COLTURATO, A Century after the First Teaching of Music History at the University of Turin
ANDREA MALVANO – ANNUNZIATA MARRA – FRANCESCO RUBINO, The MUVI Project on the Digital Visualization of Music: Methodologies and Research Objectives
Sala Blu
Chair: TERESA M. GIALDRONI
DENIS SILANO, Motets for Few Voices from the Early Seventeenth Century in the Capitular Archive of Vercelli. Unpublished Witnesses to Enrico Antonio Radesca da Foggia
FRANCESCA CANNELLA, “What New Muse Appears on Helicon?” Musical Themes and Female Literary Practices in the Cultural Salons of the Baroque South
MICHAEL KLAPER, Francesco Cavalli’s Requiem and Its Nineteenth-Century Reception
Lunch break – 1:30–3:00 p.m.
3:00–4:30 p.m.
Aula Magna
The History of Jazz in Italy: New Perspectives
Moderator: NICOLETTA BETTA
BENJAMIN KNYSAK – NICOLETTA BETTA, RIPM Jazz Periodicals: Documenting Jazz across a Century and around the World
FABRIZIO BASCIANO, Fascism and Jazz. The Genesis of a Cultural Delay
CLAUDIO PALAGINI, The “Arrigo Polillo” Jazz Studies Centre: History, Collections, Perspectives
MARCELLO PIRAS, Jazz Studies in Italy: Historical Overview, Future Paths
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: NICOLA USULA
MICHELE GEREMIA, The Places of Opera from Cristoforo Ivanovich to Andrea Rubbi
ILARIA CONTESOTTO, A Change of Air: the Opera Theatre of Dolo (Venice) in the Early Eighteenth Century
ADRIANA DE FEO, A Woman Librettist in Venice: Luisa Bergalli’s Elenia and “Female Ingenuities”
Sala Blu
Chair: CRISTINA SCUDERI
SOFIA MASUT, The Harp in the Venetian Ospedali: the Case of Giuseppe Sarti’s Joseph a fratribus agnitus (1789)
ALBERTO ANNARILLI, The Harmonium from the Nineteenth Century to the Present. Uses of a Musical Instrument in Protestant Churches
ANNA MARIA PLISCHKA, Vatican Musical Legislation during the Pontificate of Pius XII (1939–1958)
Coffee break – 4:30–5:00 p.m.
5:00–6:00 p.m.
Aula Magna
Music for the Liturgy of the Dead in Early Modern Italy
Moderator: DANIELE FILIPPI
NICOLÒ FERRARI, A New Witness for the History of Jean Richafort’s Requiem in Italy
RICCARDO PINTUS, Palestrina’s Funerary Repertory in the Roman Context of the Late Sixteenth Century
ANTONIO CHEMOTTI, Three Madrigals and a Funeral: Vernacular Music for the Funeral Rites of Florentine Confraternities
PAOLO BELLI, Sources for Music in Funeral Rites in Florence (1575–1700): a Comparative Analysis of Printed Descriptions, Chronicles, and Archival Documents
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: DAVIDE CIPRANDI
ISABELLA ROSSI, From Stage to Salon: Reworkings of Rossinian Opera Excerpts in the Ricordi Catalogue
EDUARDO GRUMELLI, From Mercadante to Donizetti: the Reasons for the Opposite Outcomes of Il Conte d’Essex and Roberto Devereux through the Relationships among Sources, Librettists, and Composers
Sala Blu
Chair: CANDIDA FELICI
EMANUELE FRANCESCHETTI, Massimo Mila and the Dodecaphonic “Nightmare”: Historiography, Aesthetics, Politics
AGNIESZKA MUSZYŃSKA-ANDREJCZYK, Language as a Universalizing Principle (?): Halka and Paria by S. Moniuszko in Italian Translation
6:00–7:00 p.m.
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: ALBERTO RIZZUTI
GIUSEPPE BOZZO, The Composition of Il trovatore in the Sant’Agata Papers: the Genesis of No. 10, Scene and Terzetto
ROCCO D’AURELIO, Domenico Donzelli: a Case Study in Nineteenth-Century Tenor Vocality
Sala Blu
Chair: ANNA MARIA BORDIN
LORENZO GIUSTOZZI, In Mahler’s Komponierhäuschen: the Orchestral Draft of the Third Movement of the Fourth Symphony
ELISABETTA SCOTTI, The Continuous Draft of Robert Schumann’s Concerto in A minor, op. 129: a Genetic Inquiry
Saturday, 25 October
9:30–11:00 a.m.
Aula Magna
Women in the History of Music in Italy: Critical Review of Scholarship and Research Perspectives
Moderator: BIANCA MARIA ANTOLINI
MARIA CRISTINA PACIELLO, From the End of the Sixteenth Century to the Mid-Eighteenth Century
PAOLA CIARLANTINI, From the End of the Eighteenth Century through the Entire Nineteenth Century
FEDERICA FORTUNATO, The Twentieth Century
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: LUCIO TUFANO
GUIDO OLIVIERI, Multisensoriality in Church: Heavenly Images and Angelic Sounds in the Concerto degli Angeli (1703)
ANGELA FIORE, Dialogues for Devotion: Dramatic Forms between Rite and Performance in Eighteenth-Century Messina
ALBERTO ODONE, The Magnificats of Francesco Durante
Sala Blu
Chair: MARIA TERESA ARFINI
DANIELA NUZZOLI, Robert Charles Brijon and L’Apollon moderne: between Pedagogy and Neuroscience
MARIALUISA FERRARO CARUSO, Horn and Harp: an Unusual Duo at the Napoleonic Court
ELISABETTA VACCARONE, Undine in Paris: the Figure of the Undine in Nineteenth-Century French Music
Coffee break – 11:00–11:30 a.m.
11:30 a.m.–1:00 p.m.
Aula Magna
Why Study the Music That Has Survived Incomplete?
Moderator: MARINA TOFFETTI
MARINA TOFFETTI, First Report on the Work of the Mus.I.C.A.Re Research Group
GABRIELE TASCHETTI – GIORGIA COZZI, Collections of Sacred Music Published in Italy and Surviving Incomplete (1590–1640): Extent of the Phenomenon and Emblematic Cases
ENRICO SCAVO – CHIARA COMPARIN, A First Critical Census of Incomplete Secular and Instrumental Collections Published in Italy between 1580 and 1630
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: DAVIDE PULVIRENTI
ELIA PIVETTA, “The Extra I Might Put on Paper”: the Continuo Player’s Performative Activity between Historical Models and Creative Freedom
AARON CARPENÈ, Compositional Techniques for Comic Characters in the Operas of Alessandro Scarlatti
GIOVANNI TRIBUZIO, Gennaro D’Alessandro’s Activity as Harpsichord Teacher in France (1740–1749) through the Unpublished Letters of the Fonds Loppin de Gemeaux in Paris
Sala Blu
Chair: GIADA VIVIANI
VELIA CHIARA LAGHI, Sylvano Bussotti at the Opera: the Case of Tieste
EMANUELA CASCIABANCO, *Ariodante by Nino Rota: an Opera out of Time
MATTIA CAVOLI, Gestures on the Piano, between Sound and Vision: toward a Musicology of Gesture
Lunch break – 1:00–2:00 p.m.
2:00–3:00 p.m.
Members’ Assembly
3:00–4:30 p.m.
Perspectives from the Turin Soundscape. Round Table.
Speakers: Ilario Meandri (University of Turin), Mara Lacchè (Giuseppe Verdi State Conservatory of Music of Turin), Sabrina Saccomani (Institute for Musical Heritage in Piedmont).
Moderator: Alessandro Bertinetto (ART/University of Turin)
4:30–5:00 p.m.
SIdM 2025 Prize Award Ceremony
Coffee break – 5:00–5:30 p.m.
5:30–7:00 p.m.
Aula Magna
The Musical in Italy: Historical Views and Contemporary Perspectives
Moderator: MARIDA RIZZUTI
WILLIAM EVERETT, Nella Regini: Prima Donna of Italian Operetta and of Operetta in Italian
GIACOMO AGOSTI, The Italian Dubbing of My Fair Lady
MARIDA RIZZUTI, Translating Broadway? The Musical in Italy between 2000 and 2025
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: PIETRO CAVALLOTTI
ALESSANDRO RESTELLI, The Musical Instruments of the Mangini Bonomi Museum in Milan
MASSIMILIANO GUIDO, In Search of Lost Details: Documenting Historical Keyboard Instruments in the Twenty-First Century
INGRID PUSTIJANAC, The Spaces of New Luthiery between Research and Expression
Sala Blu
Chair: GIULIA GIOVANI
PAOLO GIORGI, From Köchel to Wikidata. Rethinking the Thematic Catalogue Today between New Conceptual Models and Digital Challenges
MARINA VACCARINI, Reflections on the Preparation of a Thematic Catalogue of the Works of Antonio Bazzini
Auditorium of the Turin Conservatory
(entrance from Piazza Bodoni), 8:30 p.m.
En souvenir d’Henri Prunières. Toward the 100th Anniversary of the Société internationale de musicologie (1927)
Music by Gabriel Fauré and Philippe Gaubert
Performers: Saulė Asevičiūtė, Alberto Bongiovanni, Felicia Borin (vn), Michele Ruggieri (va), Chiara Burrogano, Zohra Vineis (vc), Arianna Kiavar (fl), Matteo Borsarelli, Marco Tempesti (pf)
Chamber Music Classes: Antonio Valentino and Michele Nurchis
Ensemble Class for String Instruments: Manuel Zigante
Sunday, 26 October
9:30–11:00 a.m.
Aula Magna
CROMA (Coordinators of Research in Music and Related Arts): Perspectives for the AFAM Doctorate
Moderator: GIOIA FILOCAMO
GIOIA FILOCAMO, The Aims of CROMA: Challenges and Opportunities of the Doctorate in Music Conservatories
LUCA BRUNO, Developing a Curriculum for the AFAM Doctorate: Organizational Issues and Planning Challenges
CANDIDA FELICI, The AFAM Doctorate: toward a Hybrid Model at the Intersection of Artistic Practice, Scholarly Knowledge, and Technology
CARLO FIORE, Introducing the History of Performance in Music Conservatories
MARIATERESA STORINO, The Credit System in the AFAM Doctorate
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: BIANCA MARIA ANTOLINI
BARBARA NESTOLA, Translation as a Research Tool: the Case of Il Corago [ca. 1635]
ANNA MARTINI, Recovering a Lost Music Collection: the Case of the Capitular Library of Treviso Cathedral
CARLO LO PRESTI, From Lucca to Parma: the Sale of Massimiliano Quilici’s Musical Archive to Count Stefano Sanvitale
Sala Blu
Chair: MARIA GRAZIA SITÀ
ALESSANDRO AVALLONE, A Chilean in the Scapigliatura Circle: Eliodoro Ortiz de Zárate and the Operatic Narrative of the Mapuche “Risorgimento”
FEDERICO PARISELLI, Damnatio memoriae as a Historiographical Key? Musical Tradition in the GDR through the Case of Ernst Hermann Meyer
SONJA WELSCH, Promoting Contemporary Italian Music. The Role of Contemporary Composers in the Central Music Commission (1967–1978)
Coffee break – 11:00–11:30 a.m.
Aula Magna
Chair: MATTEO GIUGGIOLI
ILARIA CASTELLAZZI, Female Agency and Sound Spatialization in La fanciulla del West by Giacomo Puccini
FRANCESCA RAFANELLI, Puccini’s Bells. The Unpublished Relationship between Giacomo Puccini and Filippo III Tronci
FRANCESCA DE CARLO, Francesco Cilea: Reception and Authorial Identity in the Programme Notes of the Rome Opera House
Sala Principi d’Acaja
Chair: GIACOMO ALBERT LI LAI NAN
Rhapsody in Blue centennial: decoding “adaptations” in 2024
LUCA BEFERA, Narrative-Musical Applications of Artificial Intelligence in the Contemporary Scene
GIANMARCO TONELLI, Artificial Intelligence and Post-Authorship: Aesthetics, Industry, and Listening to AI-Generated Music
Sala Blu
Chair: CARLA REBORA
MATTEO MESSORI, A Bach Obsession. The Case of Wolf-Ferrari
MARIA BORGHESI, Vivaldi in Arzignano. Music, Community, and Culture in a Social City of the Postwar Period
Posters
BARBARA FILIPPI, Lift Up Your Hearts! Emotions, Spirituality, and Cultural Identity on Some Bell Towers in the Marsica Area
ELISABETTA FORLANI – NORA JOHANNA EDER, Tartinians in Europe. The School of Nations and Its Networks
KAROLINA ANNA TATAR, Revaluing Musical Heritage through Plurilingual Multimodality
During the conference, the exhibition Count Cozio and the Myth of Stradivari, curated by Giovanni Accornero and Duane Rosengard, will be open at Palazzo Madama – Turin Civic Museum of Ancient Art.
For information
segreteria@sidm.it
www.sidm.it
