What archival materials can we find today in Padua that shed light on Tartini’s teaching activities? This was the question guiding Agnese’s first foray into the State Archive of Padua. The aim was to become familiar with the archive and to lay the groundwork for more systematic research in the…

Agnese Pavanello recently visited the Archive and Library of the Gesellschaft der Musikfreunde in Vienna, where the only known copy of Giuseppe Tartini’s manuscript Regola per bene accordare il violino is preserved.During the visit, she was able to examine the manuscript directly, take detailed measurements, and verify the watermark – an…

The next stop in October was Berkeley, California. The Jean Gray Hargrove Music Library holds a remarkable collection of music related to Tartini and his school, including a copy of the Regole per ben suonare il violino, of which we are preparing a digital edition. Cristina Cassia is mainly responsible for…

At the beginning of October, Giulia Manfredini and Agnese Pavanello visited the Staatsbibliothek in Berlin –  Preußischer Kulturbesitz, to conduct an in-depth study of manuscripts from the Tartinian school. The visit offered them the opportunity to engage closely with the physical characteristics of these documents: from watermarks and paper quality to handwriting…

One of the activities of July was Giulia Manfredini’s research trip to two key libraries in the region of Veneto, in Italy: the Biblioteca Bertoliana in Vicenza and the Biblioteca Marciana in Venice. The purpose of the trip was to consult musical manuscripts related to the 18th-century environment…

Watermarks. The three half moons (Tre lune) distinguish the paper produced in Veneto.From 12 to 14 May, Agnese and Cristina traveled to Italy to take a closer look at two manuscripts of Tartini’s Regole per ben suonare il violino, held at the Conservatorio Vecchi Tonelli in Modena and the Conservatorio Arrigo…