In conjunction with that evening’s Music in the Pavilion concert, Petrarch in Renaissance Music, this symposium will cover the recently-acquired manuscript of Francesco Petrarca’s Rerum vulgarium fragmenta  and Triumphi. 

This symposium is co-sponsored by Penn Libraries, the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Penn Music, and the Center for Italian Studies.

September 27, 2024, 2:00pm – 5:00pm

Kislak Center Class of 1978 Orrery Pavilion, 6th Floor, Van Pelt-Dietrich Library Center

Open to the Public

Registration is required for guests outside of the Penn community and encouraged for all participants. Register here.

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An afternoon symposium, in conjunction with that evening’s Music in the Pavilion concert, Petrarch in Renaissance Music, will highlight Ms. Codex 2196, the recently-acquired manuscript of Francesco Petrarca’s (Petrarch’s) Rerum vulgarium fragmenta — often referred to as the songbook par excellence, il canzoniere — and Triumphi.

Speakers will examine the manuscript’s production in Florence during the third quarter of the fifteenth century, unveiling significant aspects of its scribe’s and illuminator’s work. The symposium will include presentations on new developments in the PetrArchive, a rich-text digital edition of the partially autograph manuscripts of Petrarca’s canzoniere, and on the Marenzio Online Digital Edition (MODE), a critical edition of the music of Luca Marenzio (ca. 1553-1599).

Speakers include:

• Francesco Marco Aresu (University of Pennsylvania)
• Mauro Calcagno (University of Pennsylvania)
• Giuseppe Gerbino (Columbia University)
• Nicholas Herman (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies)
• Lucia Marchi (University of Trento)
• Wayne Storey (Indiana University)

SYMPOSIUM

2:00-3:30

Presentation of the Ms. Codex 2196, the recently acquired manuscript of Petrarca’s works, and of the PetrArchive, a digital edition of Petrarca’s autograph of the canzoniere.

Speakers: Wayne Storey (Indiana University), Nicholas Herman (Schoenberg Institute for Manuscript Studies), Francesco Marco Aresu (University of Pennsylvania)

3:30-4:00: Coffee break

4:00-5:00

Presentation of the beta version of MODE, the online digital edition of Luca Marenzio’s secular music.

Speakers: Mauro Calcagno (University of Pennsylvania), Giuseppe Gerbino (Columbia University), Lucia Marchi (University of Trento)

CONCERT

7:00-8:30, with pre-concert talk at 6:15

Petrarch in Renaissance Music, Performed by Piffaro, The Renaissance Band and Penn Collegium Musicum directed by Meg Bragle.