Diego Carpitella
Diego Carpitella (Reggio di Calabria, 12 June 1924 – Rome, 7 August 1990) was an Italian professor of ethnomusicology at D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara and La Sapienza University in Rome. He is considered one of the greatest scholars of Italian folk music and has written and published many essays on the subject. He collaborated with the Centro Nazionale Studi di Musica Popolare from 1952 to 1958, collecting more than 5,000 Italian folk songs.
Diego Carpitella
- Born
- 1924 · Reggio Calabria.
- Died
- 1990 · Rome.
- Nationality
- Italy · Kingdom of Italy
- Occupation
- ethnologist · musicologist · film director · anthropologist
- Languages
- Italian
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Diego Carpitella (Reggio di Calabria, 12 June 1924 – Rome, 7 August 1990) was an Italian professor of ethnomusicology at D'Annunzio University of Chieti–Pescara and La Sapienza University in Rome. He is considered one of the greatest scholars of Italian folk music and has written and published many essays on the subject. He collaborated with the Centro Nazionale Studi di Musica Popolare from 1952 to 1958, collecting more than 5,000 Italian folk songs.
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He was also the founding editor of the journal Culture musicali and a co-founder of the cultural magazine Marcatre.
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1924
Diego Carpitella was born on 12 June 1924.
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Diego Carpitella died on 7 August 1990.
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Diego Carpitella is recorded with the occupation film director. Recorded as ethnologist, musicologist, film director and anthropologist.
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