Fausto Torrefranca

Fausto Torrefranca (Vibo Valentia, 1 February 1883 – Rome, 26 November 1955) Italian musicologist and critic.

Music of Italy
General topics
Genres
Media and performance
Music awards
Music charts
Music festivals
Music mediaMusic media in Italy
Nationalistic and patriotic songs
National anthem"Il Canto degli Italiani"
Regional music

Torrefranca studied in Turin and in Germany, he was also the music librarian at the conservatories in Naples and in Milan. He taught at the Catholic University of Milan and at the University of Florence.

Torrefranca's best-known works and essays include:

  • Le origini delle musica (The Origins of Music) (1907)
  • Giacomo Puccini e l'opera internazionale (G.P and International Opera) (1912)
  • Le origini italiane del romanticismo musicale (The Italian Origins of Musical Romanticism) (1930)


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