David Rosen (musicologist)
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David Rosen is an expert in nineteenth and early twentieth century Italian opera. He is noted for having discovered the complete score of Messa per Rossini
, presumed lost, in the archives of the Italian music publishing house G. Ricordi
& Co in 1986. A Verdi expert, he was responsible for the critical edition of the Messa da Requiem and the Cambridge
Music Handbook on the Requiem. He has also pursued an interest understanding the original staging of late romantic opera, publishing a seminal work on the staging of Un Ballo in Maschera
. He is an emeritus professor of musicology
in the Department of Music at Cornell University
. He has worked also with the Centro studi Giacomo Puccini
and the Fondo Leoncavallo.
Messa per Rossini
The Messa per Rossini is a Requiem Mass composed to commemorate the first anniversary of Gioachino Rossini's death. It was a collaboration between 13 Italian composers, initiated by Giuseppe Verdi...
, presumed lost, in the archives of the Italian music publishing house G. Ricordi
Casa Ricordi
Casa Ricordi is a classical music publishing company founded in 1808 as G. Ricordi & Co. by violinist Giovanni Ricordi in Milan, Italy...
& Co in 1986. A Verdi expert, he was responsible for the critical edition of the Messa da Requiem and the Cambridge
Cambridge
The city of Cambridge is a university town and the administrative centre of the county of Cambridgeshire, England. It lies in East Anglia about north of London. Cambridge is at the heart of the high-technology centre known as Silicon Fen – a play on Silicon Valley and the fens surrounding the...
Music Handbook on the Requiem. He has also pursued an interest understanding the original staging of late romantic opera, publishing a seminal work on the staging of Un Ballo in Maschera
Un ballo in maschera
Un ballo in maschera , is an opera in three acts by Giuseppe Verdi with text by Antonio Somma. The libretto is loosely based on an 1833 play, Gustave III, by French playwright Eugène Scribe who wrote about the historical assassination of King Gustav III of Sweden...
. He is an emeritus professor of musicology
Musicology
Musicology is the scholarly study of music. The word is used in narrow, broad and intermediate senses. In the narrow sense, musicology is confined to the music history of Western culture...
in the Department of Music at Cornell University
Cornell University
Cornell University is an Ivy League university located in Ithaca, New York, United States. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions...
. He has worked also with the Centro studi Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Puccini
Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer whose operas, including La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot, are among the most frequently performed in the standard repertoire...
and the Fondo Leoncavallo.