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Music at Palermo’s San Martino delle Scale during the Late Sixteenth Century
2015
Nella seconda metà del Cinquecento Palermo fu uno dei centri musicali più importanti dell'Italia meridionale, grazie soprattutto all'attività della Cappella Palatina. C'erano tuttavia altre istituzioni, monasteri e conventi, che svolgevano un ruolo altrettanto importante nella promozione di eventi musicali di vario tipo. Fra gli ordini religiosi più attivi in tal senso, i Benedettini si distinguevano per la ricchezza e la quantità di occasioni musicali in cui erano coinvolti. L'istituzione benedettina più prestigiosa era l'abbazia di San Martino delle Scale, situata al di fuori delle mura della città. La documentazione rimasta fornisce un buon numero di informazioni sulla vita musicale de…
The role of implicit theories in the non-expert translation process
2014
Research into the role of implicit theories in decision-making covers a broad area ranging from personal to political relationships, and from private to professional life. To date, translation studies have paid little attention to the influence of translators’ knowledge and beliefs in the translation process, and even less to the role of implicit theories. In a pilot study with translation trainees, we attempted to reconstruct their theories about translation and discern to what extent these theories influence both the translation process and the translated text. Our results so far show that trainees do entertain initial implicit theories, which can be modified through experience and formal…
Introduzione. La Madonna del Mirto e le Rigattiate
2012
Viene documentata la secolare Festa della Madonna del Mirto a Villafranca Sicula, con la particolare usanza delle "rigattiate", attraverso fonti folkloriche, numerose testimonianze ed interviste.
Moving Away from Patronage: A Feedback Approach
2022
Patronage appointments in government are a continuing issue in many administrative systems. Especially for countries in Latin America and Africa patronage is considered a major impediment to developing more effective administrative systems. A great deal has been written describing patronage and discussing the causes for patronage, but much less research has addressed the dynamics of moving away from patronage to more merit-based systems. This paper reviews the patronage literature and then develops a dynamic feedback model for movement away from patronage. The model links the quality of the services provided by the government, the nature of the political party system, and levels of trust t…
Maestri e cantieri nella Sicilia interna tra XV e XVI secolo: le chiese Madri di Pietraperzia e Assoro
2014
The essay focuses on two yards of the interior of Sicily between the end of the fifteenth century and the first half of the sixteenth century: the mother church of Pietraperzia and that of Assoro. New documentary investigations allowed to set out the master builders involved in the construction process and to deduce some construction methods in use for churches basilica. These data, together with the direct observation of the buildings have allowed to hypothesize, in both cases, the original configuration of the churches. The hypotheses were supported by a comparison with contemporary building, similar to typological characteristics, and a re-reading of the archival documents referring to t…
Shining castles and humans of metal/floral appearance ? metaphorical language in the Palaiologan romances Kallimachos and Velthandros
2019
About eight centuries after Heliodorus, the Greek novel resurfaced in the twelfth century, in Komnenian Byzantium, and again two centuries later under the Palaiologan dynasty. This latter literary revival was due to the political stability of the imperial Byzantine government, which promoted cultural production, rhetorical education, and patronage networks. Kallimachos and Velthandros, two Palaiologan romances presented as court literature, combine ancient and medieval tropes with rhetorical artistry to blur the boundaries between the artificial and the natural. Castles and objects made of precious metals thus resemble living, natural spaces, and human characters are portrayed in metallurgi…
Le città di nuova fondazione nella Sicilia del Seicento: committenza, progetti, istituzioni
2011
Il Seicento è per la Sicilia il secolo delle città: città riconfigurate ed ammodernate, città ricostruite, dopo tragiche catastrofi, ma soprattutto città fondate ex novo nel vasto latifondo isolano per creare comunità agrarie stabilmente insediate e socialmente controllate, seguendo una prassi certamente non inedita per l’isola; nessuna delle esperienze precedenti è però paragonabile a ciò che avvenne a partire dalla fine del XVI secolo fino agli inizi del XVIII, quando vennero fondati più di cento borghi feudali da parte dell’aristocrazia isolana, fenomeno che riguarda soprattutto il val di Mazara (corrispondente nella tradizionale divisione in valli dell’isola alla Sicilia centrale ed occ…
Música política: Los embajadores en la vida musical de los siglos Diecisiete y Dieciocho
2017
Attraverso alcuni esempi si discute la funzione della musica e del mecenatismo musicale nell'attività politico-diplomatica di un ambasciatore nel Settecento. The role of music patronage in the career of an ambassador in the 17-18 centuries is discussed, through a few exemples. Se propone una reflexión en torno al uso de la música en la labor diplomática y a su papel «político» — entre comillas — en los siglos XVII y XVIII.
"Mazurek Dąbrowskiego" dzieło Józefa Wybickiego. Pamiętamy o polskim hymnie i jego twórcy
2022
Among national symbols, next to the emblem and colors, the anthem occupies a special place. National symbols have contributed to building a sense of identity for centuries and belonging. They express love for the homeland and integrate society. Mazurek Dąbrowski (Poland Is Not Yet Lost) has been a symbol of the society’s hope and faith in the revival of the state almost since its creation. In 2022, the Year of Józef Rufina Wybicki was celebrated in Poland, who was the author of the words of the song, which has been the anthem of Poland for nearly 100 years. For this reason, Wybicki’s biography was recalled in the anniversary article. As well as the circumstances of making him the patron of …
Lope and the Creation of Contemporary Heroes: «La nueva victoria de don Gonzalo de Córdoba» y «La nueva victoria del marqués de Santa Cruz»
2013
Lope defended the usefulness of history presented on stage, that is, theatre’s function of preserving and creating a collective memory. In the case of La nueva victoria de don Gonzalo and La nueva victoria del marqués de Santa Cruz, this playwright dramatized military events that took place immediately before the composition of these plays. In this article i will analyze the fundamental traits of those texts in relation to Lope’s desire to please his patrons and, at the same time, to participate in the making of a Spanish national identity, which intensified during the first years of king Philip IV’s reign through different media, among them painting and theatre. This paper ends reflecting …