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by Guy Shaked
Keywords: Crespi, Martini, Shaked
The Painting of Giuseppe Maria Crespi, "La Biblioteca Musicale", displays Giovanni Battista Martini's desk and the books above it. An examination of the book titles which apear in the painting and the names of books mentioned in "Storia della Musica" reveals that the painting reflects the time that Martini was working on the chapter "Dissertazione Seconda" of the "Storia". Also revealed is Martini's critical use of sources, as he rarely uses unreliable or secondary sources.
The books help date the painting: It apears that Crespi painted it between 1725-1742, and the book-titles were added later, between 1746-1757, by another painter.
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For the complete article see :
Studi
di Storia dell'Arte 11 , Ediart, Todi (Perugia), 2000, pp. 291-299
Entry in RILM Abstracts of Music Literature
The New Pavarotti: Mr. Camel from the Opera Amnon
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