The Institute for letters, theatre and melodrama of the Cini Foundation

International Association of Libraries and Museums of the Performing Arts

Société Internationale des Bibliothèques et des Musées des Arts du Spectacle

The Institute for letters, theatre and melodrama of the Cini Foundation

Maria Ida Biggi
Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Istituto per le Lettere, il Teatro e il Melodramma (Italy)

Les collections des arts du spectacle et leur traitement
Performing Arts Collections and their Treatment

24ème Congrès International
24st International Conference

Rome, 2-7 septembre 2002
Rome, September 2-7, 2002

Abstract

The Cini Foundation of Venice is still organized in research Institute and some of them are in possession of precious collections relating performing arts.
The Institute for letters, theatre and melodrama retains the important collection of opera librettos that was of dott. Rolandi, made with more of than 36.000 rare exemplars. Bound to this estate, the Institute keeps a rich specialistic library on opera and in particolar, as it is born a section dedicated to the stage design for music drama. Beside, the Institute is also provided with an theatral iconographic archivium that was born like complement to the Rolandi collection, but during the years, it has acquired more autonomy and now it amount to more than 20.000 photographic images. During his life, this Institute had many donations from theatre people and their family like Eleonora Duse and Aurel
Milloss.
The Institute for Music keeps rich collections concerning musicians of XX century: Gianfrancesco Malipiero, Alfredo Casella, Nino Rota. Olga Rudge, Egidina Sartori, Camillo Togni and the musical section of the material from Aurel Milloss.
The Ottorino Respighi estate, presented by the wife of the composer, is an interesting way to make alive an historical acquisition.
More, Italian Institute Antonio Vivaldi of Cini Foundation is the most important place where you can study the complete work of venetian composer with the wide material picked up in 50 years of life.
And furthermore, the Institute of History of Art keeps many original scenographic drawings from the Bibena family to Pietro Gonzaga, Francesco Fontanesi, Alessandro Sanquirico,Antonio Basoli, Felice Donghi and many others artists and painters untill the and of XIX century.
Now, this estate, made with a very different material, is organized in many way. Same is already part of a catalogue made with informatic standards, other is expecting for a new organisation. My paper could try to explane the problems that we find in proceding this work.

Fondazione Giorgio Cini
Istituto per le Lettere, il Teatro e il Melodramma
Isola di San Giorgio Maggiore
30124 Venezia (Italy)
Direttore: prof. Fernando Bandini
Bibliotecario: dr. Franco Casini
Tel.+39 (0)41 2710236 - 5289900
Fax +39 (0)41 5238540

24th Congress

URL: http://www.sibmas.org/congresses/sibmas2002/Rome04.htm

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