Archivi della musica. Il fondo ‘Società del Quartetto’ dell’Archivio Storico comunale di Ferrara

Abstract

This paper concerns the Archive of the Società del Quartetto, a philarmonic association born in Ferrara in 1898, and ended in about 1933. It describes the events occured to the documents, partially scattered, unfortunately. Nevertheless, the precence of the Statute let us both know the insitutional peculiarities of the association, and identify the programmatic features aiming at fostering the spread of European instrumental music. The concerts held in a thirty-year period made the public in Ferrara know the symphonic and chamber repertoire. This way Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven and lastly Wagner appeared on the scene as alternatives to the traditional Opera of the Italian composers such as Rossini, Bellini, Donizetti e Verdi.