Claudio Sartori (1 April 1913 – 11 March 1994) was an Italian

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. Sartori was born in

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, Italy, on 1 April 1913. He studied piano and literature, two activities he loved his whole life. He went to university and graduated with a dissertation in history of music. He started his career as a librarian in a school in

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in 1939. Here, Sartori started to develop his interest for musical sources and he published several articles on musicology. During

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, he joined the

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; he was imprisoned by the SS and then released in 1945. After the war, Sartori started a career as a journalist in

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writing for the newspaper ''Popolo di Milano''. In the following years he worked as musicologist, journalist and music critic. In 1947, Sartori was appointed to the library of the

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. From this moment on, Sartori devoted himself to research in musicology. His efforts were concentrated on the cataloguing of the musical sources, which, in his opinion, was the paramount priority in musicology. Sartori managed to obtain the support and cooperation of many correspondents and was thus able to collect an impressive amount of data from Italian libraries. Since 1955, Sartori was a member of the Executive Committee of the International Association of Musical Libraries (IAML) / Association internationale des bibliothèques musicaux (AIBM). In 1959 he was appointed to the

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in Milan, where a few years later in 1965, together with Mariangela Donà, he founded the (URFM), which he directed until his retirement. With all the data collected through the URFM, Sartori completed three works of the highest value: the bibliography of printed Italian instrumental music before 1700, ''Il nuovo Vogel'', and the majestic ''Catalogo dei libretti italiani a stampa'' or ''Catalogo Sartori''. His daily hard work was interrupted only on occasion of his appointments as visiting professor at the universities of

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in 1965 and Los Angeles in 1969. Sartori died in Milan on 11 March 1994. His contribution to musicology is highly remarkable and it is the result of his energy, hard work and passion.

Works

*''I libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800. Catalogo analitico con 16 indici'',

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, Bertola & Locatelli Editori, 1990–1994, his major and last work. (Reprint 2024: Wien, Hollitzer 2024, ISSN 2960-5830

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ISSN 2960-5849 -Book

References

*Donà, M., Lesure, F. (1997) ''Scritti in memoria di Claudio Sartori'', ed. Libreria Musicale Italiana,

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* Martín Sáez, Daniel: "El 'Catálogo Sartori': I Libretti italiani a stampa dalle origini al 1800 de Claudio Sartori", ''Sinfonía Virtual'', nº 29 (verano, 2015): http://www.sinfoniavirtual.com/libros/044.php

External links

Ufficio Ricerca Fondi MusicaliInternational Association of Music Libraries
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sartori, Claudio Italian music critics Italian male non-fiction writers 1913 births 1994 deaths People from Brescia Writers from Milan 20th-century Italian musicologists Academic staff of Milan Conservatory