Organs and organ traditions in Friuli-Venezia Giulia
To arrive at a cataloging as systematic as possible of all the organs existing in Friuli Venezia Giulia; provide instrumentalists with an agile and complete teaching support; restoring a heritage that perhaps has no equal in Italy to a correct historical dimension: these are the objectives that our Cultural Association intends to pursue with the publication of the series "Organs and organ building traditions in Friuli Venezia Giulia".
There have been many studies and publications on organs in recent years - it will suffice here to recall those by Giuseppe Vale on the history of the organ in Friuli (1927), the volume by Iris Caruana on the organs of the Archdiocese of Gorizia (1973), that by Igino Paroni and Onorio Barbina on the Organs of the Archdiocese of Udine (1973), the notebook of the Villa Manin Cataloging Center on the organs restored in Friuli Venezia Giulia from 1976 to 1993, the guide to the organs of the diocese of Concordia-Pordenone by Andrea Tomasi ( 2000) -: but since after the earthquake of 1976, especially in Friuli, things from this point of view have radically changed, it seemed right, just and opportune to us to commit ourselves in this field.
With the aim of achieving the cataloging and publication of a series including all the organs of the Region in order to meet the expectations of parish priests, organists and the varied local, national and international concert world. We have thus set up a Scientific Committee to which the problem has been submitted. The 'Jacopo Tomadini' Conservatory of Udine was therefore involved, for the creation of a specific course for the preparation of cataloguers, and the Superintendence of Historical, Architectural, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Friuli Venezia Giulia who willingly accepted the collaboration and the work programme.
Thus it was decided to divide the research – which takes the form of a work in progress with medium-long completion times – into eight volumes.
The organs have been divided by diocese, with three volumes for the Archdiocese of Udine alone, much larger in size than those of Trieste, Concordia-Pordenone and Gorizia. The last two volumes are dedicated, respectively, to the Dictionary of organ builders and to the Art figurative in the organs. At the end of the project, Friuli Venezia Giulia will be, together with Tuscany and the Marches, among the first regions of Italy to be able to boast such a classification.
There have been many studies and publications on organs in recent years - it will suffice here to recall those by Giuseppe Vale on the history of the organ in Friuli (1927), the volume by Iris Caruana on the organs of the Archdiocese of Gorizia (1973), that by Igino Paroni and Onorio Barbina on the Organs of the Archdiocese of Udine (1973), the notebook of the Villa Manin Cataloging Center on the organs restored in Friuli Venezia Giulia from 1976 to 1993, the guide to the organs of the diocese of Concordia-Pordenone by Andrea Tomasi ( 2000) -: but since after the earthquake of 1976, especially in Friuli, things from this point of view have radically changed, it seemed right, just and opportune to us to commit ourselves in this field.
With the aim of achieving the cataloging and publication of a series including all the organs of the Region in order to meet the expectations of parish priests, organists and the varied local, national and international concert world. We have thus set up a Scientific Committee to which the problem has been submitted. The 'Jacopo Tomadini' Conservatory of Udine was therefore involved, for the creation of a specific course for the preparation of cataloguers, and the Superintendence of Historical, Architectural, Artistic and Cultural Heritage of Friuli Venezia Giulia who willingly accepted the collaboration and the work programme.
Thus it was decided to divide the research – which takes the form of a work in progress with medium-long completion times – into eight volumes.
The organs have been divided by diocese, with three volumes for the Archdiocese of Udine alone, much larger in size than those of Trieste, Concordia-Pordenone and Gorizia. The last two volumes are dedicated, respectively, to the Dictionary of organ builders and to the Art figurative in the organs. At the end of the project, Friuli Venezia Giulia will be, together with Tuscany and the Marches, among the first regions of Italy to be able to boast such a classification.
