Are there still musical figures who have been discussed too little, or not at all? The answer is certainly yes, and Andrea Ferretto can be placed among those figures who remain almost entirely unknown within Italian and international musicological scholarship. He was a prolific composer, mentioned in several music dictionaries, and lists of his works, dates of first performances, and printed librettos can be found in numerous Italian libraries and archives. Ferretto is remembered above all as an enlightened inventor who, in the 1920s, sought to solve the problem of music printing, which at the time was monopolized by publishing houses. He devised an extraordinary mechanism of revolutionary scope: a musical typewriter.
Esistono ancora personalità musicali di cui si è parlato troppo poco o addirittura di cui non si è trattato affatto? La risposta è certamente affermativa e Andrea Ferretto si inscrive proprio in quell’elenco di figure ancora quasi del tutto sconosciute nel panorama degli studi musicologici italiani ed esteri. Si tratta di un compositore prolifico, menzionato in diversi dizionari della musica, di cui si trovano elenchi di opere, date di prime esecuzioni, libretti a stampa, in molte biblioteche ed archivi italiani. Ferretto viene ricordato soprattutto come un inventore illuminato che, negli anni venti del Novecento, cercò di risolvere il problema della stampa musicale, all’epoca monopolio delle case editrici. Concepì un congegno straordinario, dalla portata rivoluzionaria: una macchina per scrivere la musica.
Andrea Ferretto (1864-1942), un compositore inventore da scoprire
COLASANTO, BENEDETTA
2025/2026
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Are there still musical figures who have been discussed too little, or not at all? The answer is certainly yes, and Andrea Ferretto can be placed among those figures who remain almost entirely unknown within Italian and international musicological scholarship. He was a prolific composer, mentioned in several music dictionaries, and lists of his works, dates of first performances, and printed librettos can be found in numerous Italian libraries and archives. Ferretto is remembered above all as an enlightened inventor who, in the 1920s, sought to solve the problem of music printing, which at the time was monopolized by publishing houses. He devised an extraordinary mechanism of revolutionary scope: a musical typewriter.| File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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