Coordinated by Gianmario Borio, Adriana Guarnieri and Franco Piperno, this study day is\u00a0the third stage in the series Musicology: Criticism, Philology and History: Remembering Francesco\u00a0Degrada, jointly organised by the Fondazione Pergolesi Spontini, the Centro Studi Pergolesi\u00a0and the University of Milan, to commemorate the Italian musicologist who died in 2005. Held\u00a0in collaboration with the Conservatorio Benedetto Marcello, the Venice meeting will cast light\u00a0on the role played by Degrada in diffusing musical knowledge through his work at the Teatro\u00a0La Scala, his relations with avant-garde composers and his organisation of festivals and concerts,\u00a0seen through concert programmes and communications on the media \u2013 the subjects of\u00a0papers by Cesare Fertonani and Alessandro Turba.
\nDegrada\u2019s role in mediating between academic work and civic education took place in a\u00a0politico-cultural context which may be described as militant. Papers by Carla Cuomo on Massimo\u00a0Mila and Angela Carone on Roman Vlad will fill out this context and outline a season of great\u00a0vitality for Italian culture. The conference will also include a talk by Mercedes Viale Ferrero and\u00a0will begin with a round table on changes in music criticism over the last three decades, with\u00a0Angelo Foletto, Mario Messinis, Giorgio Pestelli and Paolo Petazzi.<\/p>\n