Diego Carpitella

June 12, 1924 - August 7, 1990

Diego Carpitella

Diego Carpitella 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. He was also the founding editor of the journal Culture musicali and a co-founder of the cultural magazine Marcatre. (from Wikipedia)

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Appears in 14 items.
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Cart painter (right) and Diego Carpitella Photographer: Lomax, Alan Jul 19, 1954
Diego Carpitella in car Photographer: Lomax, Alan Jul 31, 1954
Diego Carpitella in car Photographer: Lomax, Alan Jul 31, 1954
Unidentified shepherd and Diego Carpitella Photographer: Lomax, Alan Jul 31, 1954
Unidentified shepherd and Diego Carpitella Photographer: Lomax, Alan Jul 31, 1954
Unidentified shepherd and Diego Carpitella Photographer: Lomax, Alan Jul 31, 1954
Diego Carpitella and unidentified boy with Lomax's and Carpitella's Volkswagen van behind Photographer: Lomax, Alan Aug 1, 1954
Diego Carpitella (left) and unidentified man Photographer: Lomax, Alan Aug 13, 1954
Alan Lomax with unidentified women Photographer: Carpitella, Diego Sep 19, 1954
Diego Carpitella (right) and unidentified women and man Photographer: Lomax, Alan Sep 18, 1954
Alan Lomax with vendemia workers at the grape harvest Photographer: Carpitella, Diego Oct 7, 1954
Alan Lomax (right) with vendemia workers at the grape harvest Photographer: Carpitella, Diego Oct 7, 1954
Alan Lomax inspecting recording machine in marble quarry Photographer: Carpitella, Diego Dec 20, 1954
Alan Lomax dictates correspondence, including an account of traveling to Italy and a tribute to Diego Carpitella Contributor: D'Arcangelo, Gideon; Contributor: Lomax, Alan 1991