[congrès international] Giuseppe Tartini (1692-1770) European Paths, Networks, Legacy

In recent years an increasingly large group of international scholars has focused on the multifaceted figure of Giuseppe Tartini – composer, musician, theorist – and his impact on eighteenth-century culture. In this conference, leading musicologists and musicians from Italy, Austria, Germany, France, Slovenia, Portugal, and Switzerland, will present new perspectives and findings on historiographical, philological, editorial, and performative problems of Tartini’s music and the music culture in his milieu. The symposium will foster a deeper understanding of how compositional and performance practices were conceptualized and transmitted in the Age of Enlightenment, shedding light also on the transnational networks between Tartini, his pupils, and their patrons, active in important European courts and chapels of the time. Moreover, the meeting will offer opportunities to discuss modern digital dissemination of Tartini’s works.

The conference papers will also cover topics such as:

• up-to-date scientific criteria in editions and catalogues
• problems of spurious attribution
• the weigth of Tartini’s music-theoretical and philosophical ideas in his culture
• women composers and performers who studied with Tartini and their active role in the musical culture of the time
• the role of Tartini’s pupils in the longevity of his legacy and presence of his works in the active repertory
• current strategies and problems in disseminating Tartini’s studies

Programme

Tuesday, December 12, 2023

9:15 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Opening Welcome Address: Cristina Scuderi, Guest Professor, University of Graz

Barbara Eibinger-Miedl, State Councillor, Land Steiermark
Arne Ziegler, Dean of the Faculty of Humanities, University of Graz
Susanne Kogler, Head of the Department of Art and Musicology, University of Graz
Ugo Poli, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors, Conservatory of Trieste
Nejc Sukljan, Assistant Professor, University of Ljubljana

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Keynote Address: Sergio Durante (University of Padua)
Tartini the Philosopher

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Coffee break

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CHAIR: SERGIO DURANTE

• Cristina Scuderi (University of Graz)
  For a New International Project Around Tartini’s Scuola delle Nazioni: Pupils, Patrons and Printers in Contex
• Gesa zur Nieden (University of Greifswald) 
  „Concert-Meister“, „Compositeur di Camera“, “Eleves in der Violin“: The ‘Tartini School’ at the Court of Württemberg, 1754-1775
• Georg Vogeler (University of Graz)
  Digital Methods beyond Music. Digital Prosopography and Assertive Editing as Musicological Methods at the ZIM-Graz

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: Lunch break Wine reception offered by the Municipality of Piran-Pirano

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. CHAIR: GESA ZUR NIEDEN

• Agnese Pavanello (Schola Cantorum Basiliensis / FHNW)
  Studying Tartini’s Melodies: Embellished ‘Affetti’ and Purity of Expression 
• Iskrena Yordanova (Divino Sospiro-CEMSP, Universidade Nova de Lisboa)
  18th-Century Musical Cosmopolitism: Maddalena Lombardini (1745-1818), an Enlightened Woman Virtuoso
• Enrico Gatti (Conservatory of Bologna, The Royal Conservatoire Den Haag)
  “Sia come un fiato, e non come una percossa su la corda”. The ‘Voice’ and the Instrumental Language of Giuseppe Tartini: from the Performer’s Fingers to the Listening Perception

5:00 p.m. CONCERTO ENSEMBLE AURORA

Giuseppe Tartini and His Legacy
Ensemble Aurora

Enrico Gatti – violin I
Pietro Battistoni – violin II
Cristiano Delpriori – viola
Cristina Vidoni – violoncell

• Giuseppe Tartini (1692 – 1770)
• Sonata à quattro n° 1 in sol maggiore, Presto Andante Allegro assai
• Raffaele Sirmen (1745 – 1809)
  Quartetto n° 1 in mi bemolle maggiore, Andante Minuetto/Trio Rondò: Allegretto
• Maddalena Lombardini Sirmen (1745 – 1818)
  Trio n. 5 in sol maggiore per due violini e violoncello, Allegro moderato Rondò: Allegro / Menuetto: Allegro
• Pietro Nardini (1722 – 1793)
  Quartetto n° 4 in fa maggiore, Adagio Allegro Tempo di Minuet

7:30 p.m. Reception offered by the City of Graz in the state rooms of the Graz Rathaus

Wednesday, December 13, 2023

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CHAIR: GABRIELE TASCHETTI

• Paolo Da Col (Conservatory of Venice, Odhecaton Ensemble)
  Tartini’s Sacred Music: the Catalog Updated
• Peter Stadler (University of Paderborn)
  Improving and Sustaining MerMEId as a Tool for Scholarly Work Catalogues
• François-Pierre Goy (Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris)
  Tartinian Sources in the Collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Coffee break

11:30 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. CHAIR: AGNESE PAVANELLO

• Gabriele Taschetti (University of Padua)
  Giuseppe Martucci, Cesare Pollini, Oreste Ravanello, and the Destiny of Tartini’s Paduan Manuscripts
• Federico Lanzellotti (University of Padua)
  The Eighteenth-Century Reception of Tartini’s Music in Sweden
• Guido Viverit (Conservatory of Padua)
  Giuseppe Tartini and the Wynne Family

1:00 p.m. – 2:30 p.m. Lunch break

2:30 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. CHAIR: FEDERICO LANZELLOTTI

• Juan Mariano Porta (University of Padua)
  The Edition of the Op. I (Sonatas for Violin, Cello or Harpsichord) and Trio Sonatas by Giuseppe Tartini

3:00 p.m. Lecture/recital

• Manuel Staropoli (Conservatory of Trieste)
  Tartini’s Flute Music: The Testimony of J.J. Quantz
• Giuseppe Tartini Duets
  Manuel Staropoli, Noela Ontani
  Giuseppe Tartini, Duets for two violins (flute version) – World première

Thursday, December 14, 2023

9:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. CHAIR: GIULIO D’ANGELO

• Nejc Sukljan (University of Ljubljana)
  The Inedited Manuscript Quadratura del circolo: An Insight into Tartini’s Theoretical Thought
• Camilla Rubagotti (Conservatory of Trieste, University of Ljubljana)
  Giuseppe Tartini and Instrumental Music Pedagogy in the Eighteenth Century
• Chiara Casarin (University of Padua)
  Giuseppe Tartini and Historiographical Challenges: Issues with Placement and Categorization

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m.: Coffee break

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. CHAIR: NEJC SUKLJAN

• Giulio D’Angelo (Centro Studi Tartiniani Trieste, Conservatory of Trieste)
  The Centro di Documentazione e Studi Tartiniani “Bruno e Michèle Polli”: Past, Present, Perspectives
• Andrej Rojec (Association Community of the Italians “Giuseppe Tartini” Pirano)
  Elevating Cultural Tourism: Insights into Association-organized Events in Casa Tartini – Piran

12:30 p.m. Final remarks

Informations pratiques

• 12-14 décembre 2023
• Meerscheinschlössl Mozartgasse 3, 8010 Graz
• The conference language is English.
• Pendant l’événement, il sera possible de visiter l’exposition « Maestro of the Nations. The Shared European Cultural Heritage of Giuseppe Tartini ».
• Contacts : University of Graz Department of Arts and Musicology PD Dr. Cristina Scuderi, cristina.scuderi@uni-graz.at ; musikwissenschaft.uni-graz.at

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