Turnhout, Brepols, 2024 (Studies on Italian Music History, 20).
This new monograph synthesizes and contextualises the details surrounding the life and work of Filippo (Phil) Trajetta (Venice, 1776 – Philadelphia, 1854), son of celebrated opera composer Tommaso Trajetta (often spelled Traetta).
Franco Sciannameo, violinist, musicologist, and cultural historian studied in Rome at the Conservatorio di Musica “Santa Cecilia,” the Accademia Chigiana in Siena, and later at the University of Hartford and the University of Pittsburgh. Sciannameo writes and lectures extensively on contemporary music and its relation to politics, cinema, and the arts. He has worked with several celebrated composers, including Giacinto Scelsi, Vieri Tosatti, Nino Rota, Franco Donatoni, Ennio Morricone, Franco Evangelisti, and Paul Chihara with whom he collaborated on performances and recordings. His books include Nino Rota’s The Godfather Trilogy (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2010); Music as Dream: Essays on Giacinto Scelsi, edited with Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2013); Experiencing the Violin Concerto: A Listener’s Companion (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2016); Musicians’ Migratory Patterns: The Adriatic Coasts (New York: Routledge, 2018); Reflections on the Music of Ennio Morricone: Fame and Legacy (Lanham: Lexington Books, 2020); The Aesthetical Writings of Giacinto Scelsi edited with Alessandra Carlotta Pellegrini (Lanham: Rowman & Littlefield, 2023); Italian Film Music, 1950s-1970s: Between Tradition, Innovation, and Internationalisation, edited by Franco Sciannameo (Turnhout: Brepols, 2023). Franco Sciannameo is College of Fine Arts Distinguished Scholar & Teaching Professor of Music at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.