David Rosen (musicologist)

For other people named David Rosen, see David Rosen (disambiguation).

David Rosen
Occupation	Musicologist

David Rosen is an expert in nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian opera. He is noted for having discovered the complete score of Messa per Rossini,^[1] presumed lost, in the archives of the Italian music publishing house G. Ricordi & Co in 1986. A Verdi expert, he was responsible for the critical edition of the Messa da Requiem^[2] and the Cambridge Music Handbook on the Requiem.^[3] He has also pursued an interest understanding the original staging of late romantic opera, publishing a seminal work on the staging of Un Ballo in Maschera.^[4] He is an emeritus professor of musicology in the Department of Music at Cornell University. He has worked also with the Centro studi Giacomo Puccini and the Fondo Leoncavallo.

References

1. ^ Messa da Requiem: for the anniversary of the death of Manzoni 22 May 1874, University of Chicago Press, 1990
2. ^ Messa da Requiem for the Anniversary of the Death of Manzoni, 22 May 1874, by Giuseppe Verdi, University of Chicago Press
3. ^ Verdi: Requiem, Cambridge University Press (Cambridge Music Handbooks)
4. ^ Un Ballo in Maschera di Giuseppe Verdi, Ricordi

External links

• music.cornell.edu/people/faculty/

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