Padre Martini and Giuseppe Tartini The busts kept at Bologna Biblioteca della Musica February was a month of archival research and Giulia Manfredini travelled first to Bologna and then to Ostiglia. Bologna Biblioteca della Musica is a true mine of treasures when researching about…

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…

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…