Oscar Kilezotti ( Italian: Oscar Chilesotti ; July 12, 1848 , Bassano del Grappa , Venice , Austrian Empire , now Italy - June 20, 1916 , ibid.) - Italian musicologist and lute player.
| Oscar Kilesotti Oscar Chilesotti | |
|---|---|
| Date of Birth | July 12, 1848 |
| Place of Birth | Bassano del Grappa , Austrian Empire |
| Date of death | June 24, 1916 (67 years old) |
| Place of death | Bassano del Grappa , Italy |
| A country |  Italy |
| Professions | musicologist lute player |
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Biography
He graduated from the Law Faculty of the University of Padua , in 1871 he became a doctor of law. At the same time, he studied playing the musical instruments (lute, flute, cello) and got acquainted with musical theory. Later he devoted his life to the study of ancient, mainly lute, music, as well as folk songs of the 16th century and musical aesthetics. He deciphered the complex lute tablature, translating it into a modern notation. He published an anthology of ancient Italian music, “Library of Musical Rarity” ( Italian: Biblioteca di rarità musicali ) in 9 volumes (1883-1915). He appeared in the press as a music critic. He gave concerts as a lute player, performing his own arrangements.
Compositions
- I nostri maestri del passato. - Milano, 1882
- Di Giovanni Battista Beserdo e del suo "Thesaurus Harmonious". - Milano, 1888
- Sulla melodiapopolare del Cinquecento. - Milano, 1889
- Le scale arabopersiane e indé. - Leipzig, 1902
- Note circa alcuni Liutisti Italiani della prima meta de Cinquecento. - Torino, 1902
- Francesco da Milano, liutista della prima meta del sec. XVI, "SIMG", IV, 1902/03
- Le alterazioni cromatiche nel secolo XVI, t. III, "SIMG", 1909
- Notes sur la tablature de Luth et de Guitarre, XVI-e et XVII-e siсcles // Encyclopédie de la musique, ..., fondateur A. Lavignac. - Paris, 1912.
Literature
- Musical Encyclopedic Dictionary / Ch. ed. G.V. Keldysh. - M.: Soviet Encyclopedia, 1990. - p. 248 - ISBN 5-85270-033-9
- History of European art history. The second half of the XIX century, M., 1966, p. 209
- Fedoli V., Oscar Chilesotti, RMJ, 1916, p. 596.
Links
- Oscar Kilesotti on Allmusic