Foster texts of the upcoming December 23rd, 2011 ICAMus concert with Scuola Comunale di Musica “Giuseppe Verdi” of Prato, Italy are online, in the original with accompanying Italian translation by Aloma Bardi.
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ICAMus marks the anniversary of Puccini’s death (29 November 1924) with the Organization’s ongoing exploration of new sources and topics, particularly related to "La Fanciulla del West"
ICAMus has been investigating for years the international range of inspiration, influence and contacts of the Tuscan composer.
ICAMus announces its discovery and publication of new Puccini manuscript correspondence that sheds light on “La Fanciulla del West”. Aloma Bardi discovered a recently acquired collection of Puccini holograph manuscripts at the Library of Congress Music Division. Puccini scholar Barbara Boganini has transcribed and annotated the documents, and has provided an Introductory Note, in Puccini, the United States and the Years of “La Fanciulla”: Previously Unpublished Correspondence of Giacomo Puccini to George Maxwell; With a Letter to Carlo Clausetti.
ICAMus annuncia la sua scoperta e pubblicazione di nuova corrispondenza manoscritta di Giacomo Puccini, che arricchisce la documentazione relativa alla “Fanciulla del West”. Aloma Bardi ha scoperto presso la Library of Congress, Music Division, a Washington D.C., U.S.A., una collezione di autografi pucciniani di recente acquisizione. Barbara Boganini, da anni dedita allo studio delle fonti americane dell’opera, ha trascritto e annotato i documenti, corredandoli di una Nota introduttiva, in Puccini, gli U.S.A. e gli anni della “Fanciulla”. Corrispondenza inedita tra Giacomo Puccini e George Maxwell; con una lettera a Carlo Clausetti.
Barbara Boganini (Camerata Strumentale "Città di Prato", Prato, Italy) and Evan Rothstein (Guildhall School of Music & Drama, London, UK, and ECMTA, European Chamber Music Teachers’ Association) have joined the ICAMus Board of Directors. Aloma Bardi submitted their candidacies for discussion by the Board at the February 2011 Board Meeting. The candidacies were unanimously approved.
While the Stephen Collins Foster program, a collaboration with the Scuola Comunale di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi", is being performed at the Teatro Magnolfi of Prato, Italy, please read the Articles and Press Announcements just published, and the coverage appeared in Today's Newspapers and on the Web.
On the eve of the Stephen Collins Foster performance in Prato, Italy, ICAMus thankfully remembers prominent musicologist Charles Hamm (1925 - 16 October 2011).
As the tenth anniversary of the founding of ICAMus is approaching, (January 25, 2012) Aloma Bardi has written The Directory of ICAMus Events 2003-2010.
10-1-2011. The ICAMus Seminar on Stephen Collins Foster performance taught by dr. Paolo Somigli, with American music specialist dr. Marta Poggesi at the piano, just took place at the Scuola Comunale di Musica "Giuseppe Verdi" in Prato, Italy.
