RADICIOTTI, GIUSEPPE. - Musicologist, b. in Jesi on 25 Jan. 1859, d. in Tivoli on 4 Apr. 1931. He studied at the University of Rome, where he later taught in secondary schools; in 1895 he moved to the Liceo of Tivoli.

A shrewd researcher and a critic of music history, particularly with regard to the Marche, he published numerous and important studies on the music and musicians of that region, first and foremost G. Rossini and G. B. Pergolesi, to whom he devoted his best works. Besides various monographs on theater history, the following stand out: L'arte musicale in Tivoli nei secc. XVI-XVII e XVIII (Tivoli 1907); I musicisti marchigiani dal sec. XVI al XIX (Rome 1909); G. B. Pergolesi, ibid. 1910; 2nd ed. Milan 1935); Rossini (Genoa 1914; 2nd ed. Rome 1927); La Cappella musicale del Duomo di Pesaro (Turin 1914); G. Rossini, Vita documentata, opere ed influenza sull'arte, monumental biography in 3 vols. (Tivoli 1927-29).

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BIBL.: L. Parigi, R. G., in La critica musicale, 1 (1918), p. 76 ff.; V. Scotti, R., in Boll. bibliogr. musicale, 6 (1931), p. 127 ff.

Luisa Cervelli

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