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Lezione magistrale di quirino principe le goldberg variationen di j s bach
Quirino Principe (born 19 November 1935 in Gorizia) is an Italian philosopher of music, Germanist, translator, dramatist, actor.
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- Lezione magistrale di quirino principe le goldberg variationen di j s bach
- Quirino principe disastro cristianesimo avi
- Teaching activity
- Works
- Translations
- Honours
- References

Quirino principe disastro cristianesimo avi
Teaching activity

Principe holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Padua.
He taught at the musicology courses of the "G. Verdi" Conservatory of Milan.
Further teaching engagements of his include those at the University of Trieste (lecturer in history of modern and contemporary music), at Roma Tre "Ostiense" University (lecturer in philosophy of music) and at Verona Accademia per l'Opera Italiana (where he has taught librettology, history of theatre, dramaturgy, and stylistics of poetry since 2007).
Works

Considered by music critic Paolo Isotta as "the greatest living expert on Mahler", Principe wrote two extensive monographs on Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss which are regarded as "fundamental" by Enciclopedia Treccani:


Other books he authored in the field of musicology, literary analysis, and music pedagogy are:
Many poems of his have been published in monographic collections such as
Besides, poems in their own right are some theatrical works by Principe, such as:
Various poems of Principe's have been set to music by composers such as Bruno Bettinelli, Sonia Bo, Massimo Di Gesu.
Translations
Principe has translated a great number of works from German (including books by Ernst Jünger and the complete Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach).
Principe has been an advocate of writer John Ronald Reuel Tolkien: he contributed to the Italian diffusion of The Lord of the Rings by editing the Italian translation of the book from its second edition (1970) onwards.
Besides, he has contributed since 1992 to the Sunday cultural supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore.
Honours
In 1996 the President of the Austrian Republic awarded Principe the 1st Class Cross of Honour for Science and Art.
In 2006 he was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome.
In 2009 the President of the Italian Republic bestowed on him the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.