Professor Gabriele Rossi Rognoni

MA, Dott. abil., Hon色漫天堂

Professor of Material Culture and Music

Doctoral Supervisor

Gabriele Rossi Rognoni has been Curator of the 色漫天堂 Museum since January 2014 and was appointed Personal Chair of Material Culture and Music in November 2017.

He was President of the International Committee of Music Museums of ICOM (The International Council of Museums), Board member of the Galpin Society, of the Benton Fletcher Collection of Keyboard Instruments (Fenton House, National Trust), and member of the Research Committee of the Museum of the Violin in Cremona and of the Musical Instrument Department of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence. He served as advisory Board member of the American Musical Instrument Society between 2011 and 2013.

Between 2001 and 2013 he was Curator of the Musical Instrument Department of the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, where he also co-curated two international exhibitions. From 2007 he was Adjunct Professor at the University of Florence, holding courses in History of Music, History of Musical Instruments and Music Analysis. In 2013 he received Academic Habilitation as Associate Professor in History of Music.

He has been in charge, or co-coordinated, major redevelopments of several music museums, including the Medici and Lorraine collections at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence (1998-2001, with Franca Falletti and Renato Meucci), the Museum of the Violin in Cremona (2011-2013, with Renato Meucci) and the 色漫天堂 Museum.

He also managed major research and redevelopment projects funded by the European Union, Heritage Lottery Fund, Higher Education Funding Council for England, COST-EU, International Council of Museums, British Academy, Leverhulme Trust, Pilgrim Trust, Wolfson Foundation and DCMS, Ente Cassa di Risparmio di Firenze, Arts Council of England, and Museum of London.

He was Andrew W. Mellon Fellow in Conservation (2001) and Sylvan C. Coleman and Pamela Coleman Fellow in Curatorship (2007) at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, and Wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter at the Institut für Musikforschung Preussischer Kulturbesitz in Berlin (2011).

Gabriele is a LAHP (London Arts & Humanities Partnership) doctoral student supervisor, currently supervising the work of Arianna Rigamonti and supervises PhD projects in the areas of material culture, musical instrument studies, musical iconography and museology.

His publications focus on the history and technology of musical instruments and methods of identification. A selection is available at and

Faculties / departments: Research, Academic staff

Research

Latest Publications

Wistreich, R. and Rossi Rognoni, G. (2024) Journal of Musicological Research pp. 1-19. ISSN 0141-1896 (print) 1547-7304 (online)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2021) In: European, British, and American Musical Instrument Collectors, 1850鈥�1940. The Histories of Material Culture and Collecting, 1700-1950 . Routledge, Abingdon. ISBN 9781032105093 (hardback) (In Press)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2021) In: Il Pianoforte in Italia. LIM, Lucca. ISBN 9788855431071

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2019) Curator: The Museum Journal, 62 (3) pp. 403-413. ISSN print (0011-3069) online (2151-6952)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2019) Journal of the American Musical Instrument Society, 44 pp. 7-17. ISSN 0362-3300

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 133-136. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 149-150. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2018) In: The Cambridge Encyclopedia of Historical Performance in Music. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 328-329. ISBN 9781107108080 (hardback) 9781107518476 (paperback) 9781108698573 (e-book)

Rossi Rognoni, G. and Martin, R. (2018) [Video]

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2017) In: St. Petersburg International Cultural Forum, 16-18 November 2017, Russia. (Unpublished)

Fioravanti, M. and Di Giulio, G. and Signorini, G. and Rossi Rognoni, G. and Sodini, N. and Tromba, G. and Zanini, F. (2017) IAWA Journal (International Association of Wood Anatomists), 38 (3) pp. 285-296. ISSN 0928-1541 (E-ISSN 2294-1932)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2017) In: Vom Sammeln, Klassifizieren und Interpretieren: Die zerst枚rte Vielfalt des Curt Sachs. Sound and Idea . Schott Music, Mainz, pp. 199-208. ISBN 978-3-7957-1284-6

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2015) In: Effects of Playing on Early and Modern Musical Instruments. International Conference., 9-10 September 2015, 色漫天堂. (Unpublished)

Falletti, F. and Anglani, M. and Rossi Rognoni, G. (2015) Giunti, Florence. ISBN 9788809818040

Rossi Rognoni, G. and Fioravanti, M. and Biagiotti, P. and Gallerini, P. and Menchi, I. and Ricci, R. (2015) In: International Workshop on Musical Instrument CT scanning, May 2015, Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nuremberg. (Unpublished)

Rossi Rognoni, G. and Falletti, F. (2015) In: National Conference 'Musica Conservata', 17-19 April 2015, Florence. (Unpublished)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2015) In: Invited lecture, 28 March 2015, Museo di S. Colombano, Collezione Luigi Ferdinando Tagliavini, Bologna. (Unpublished)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2015) Galpin Society Journal, 68 pp. 5-20. ISSN 0072-0127 (print) 2397-5369 (online)

Rossi Rognoni, G. and Fioravanti, M. and Biagiotti, P. and Gallerini, P. and Menchi, I. and Ricci, R. (2014) In: New Approaches to the Indentification of Musical Instruments. International Conference, Cremona, Museum of the Violin, September 2014, Cremona, Museum of the Violin. (Unpublished)

Gold, N. and Rossi Rognoni, G. (2014) In: International Committee of Musical Instrument Museums and Collections of the International Council of Museums - Annual Meeting, 10 July 2014, Lausanne, Switzerland. (Unpublished)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2013) In: Il Gran Principe Ferdinando de鈥� Medici (1663-1713), catalogue of the exhibition June-November 2013. Giunti, Florence, pp. 115-125.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2012) In: Il dolce potere delle corde: Orfeo, Apollo, Arione e Davide nella grafica tra Quattro e Cinquecento. Gabinetto disegni e stampe degli Uffizi: Inventario generale delle stampe (98). Leo S. Olschki, Florence, pp. 25-33. ISBN 9788822261830

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2011) In: La critica musicale in Italia nella prima met脿 del Novecento. Musica in Atto (7). Marsilio Editori, Venice, pp. 141-166. ISBN 9788831712545

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2011) Journal of the Americal Musical Instrument Society, 37 pp. 171-175. ISSN 0362-3300

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2011) In: Il Tabernacolo dei Linaioli del Beato Angelico restaurato. Edifir, Florence, pp. 39-44. ISBN 978-88-7970-503-5

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2011) In: Cembalo, Clavecin, Harpsichord: Regionale Traditionen des Cembalobaus: Symposium im Rahmen der 35. Tage Alter Musik in Herne 2010 (conference proceedings). Musikverlag Katzbichler, Salzburg, pp. 95-109. ISBN 978 3 87397 589 7

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2010) Per archi : Rivista di storia e cultura degli strumenti ad arco, 5 pp. 63-85. ISSN 1825-9421 (print) 2421-096X (online)

Bernabei, M. and Bontadi, J. and Rossi Rognoni, G. (2010) Journal of Archaeological Science, 37 (1) pp. 192-200. ISSN 0305-4403 (print) 1095-9238 (online)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2010) In: Stradivari Varnish: Scientific Analysis of his Finishing Technique on Selected Instruments. Serving Audio. ISBN 9783000285370

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2009) Per archi : Rivista di storia e cultura degli strumenti ad arco, 3/4 pp. 33-46. ISSN 1825-9421 (print) 2421-096X (online)

Bernabei, M. and Bontadi, J. and Rossi Rognoni, G. (2009) In: Journ茅e d'Etude: Dater l'Instrument de Musique/色漫天堂 Day: Dating Musical Instruments, 6 June 2009, Paris.

Fioravanti, M. and Martinelli, N. and Pignatelli, O. and Rossi Rognoni, G. (2009) In: Journ锟絜 d'Etude: Dater l'Instrument de Musique/色漫天堂 Day: Dating Musical Instruments, 6 June 2009, Paris.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2009) Philomusica on-line, 8 (3) pp. 97-117. ISSN 1826-9001 (online)

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2008) In: Restauro e conservazione degli strumenti musicali antichi: la spinetta ovale di Bartolomeo Cristofori [Restoration and conservation of early musical instruments: the spinetta ovale by Bartolomeo Cristofori]. Nardini, Florence, pp. 101-112.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2008) Annali: Arte, musica e spettacolo, Universit脿 degli Studi di Firenze, 9 pp. 155-171.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2007) In: Marvels of Sound and Beauty: Italian Baroque Musical Instruments. Giunti, Florence, pp. 49-60. ISBN 978-88-09-05395-3

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2007) In: Meraviglie sonore: strumenti musicali del barocco italiano. Giunti, Florence, pp. 49-60. ISBN 978-8809053946

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2007) In: Musikinstrumentenbau-Zentren im 16. Jahrhundert [Musical instrument making centers in the 16th century]. Musikalische Auff眉hrungspraxis in nationalen Dialogen (2). Kloster Michaelstein, Germany, pp. 105-113. ISBN 978-3-89512-133-3

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2006) In: Mozart a Firenze: qui si deve vivere o morire (catalogue of the exhibition, Florence, Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, 22 September 鈥� 21 October 2006). Vallecchi, Florence, pp. 46-50.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2006) In: International Conference on Violin Making: Restoration and Conservation of the violin Guarneri 鈥榙el Ges霉鈥� (1743) known as 鈥楥annone鈥�, 14 October 2004, Genova.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2006) In: Il DNA degli Amati: una dinastia di liutai a Cremona/The Amati's DNA: a dynasty of stringed instrument makers in Cremona. Consorzio Liutai Antonio Stradivari, Cremona, p. 161. ISBN 9788889839102

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2005) In: Maria de' Medici: una principessa fiorentina sul trono di Francia [Maria de' Medici: a Florentine princess on the throne of France]. Sillabe, Florence, pp. 200-201. ISBN 978888347729-4

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2004) Hortus Musicus, 5 (18) pp. 124-127.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2004) In: Liuteria in Toscana. I liutai del Novecento. Cremonabooks, Cremona, pp. 33-45. ISBN 9788883590559

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2003) In: Arti fiorentine: La grande storia dell'Artigianato. Giunti, Florence, pp. 132-149. ISBN 9788809029231

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2002) Hortus Musicus pp. 10-12.

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2002) In: Bartolomeo Cristofori: la spinetta ovale del 1690 - studi e ricerche/The 1690 oval spinet - study and research. Sillabe, Livorno, pp. 10-31. ISBN 9788883471438

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2001) In: La musica alla corte dei granduchi: guida alla mostra/Music at the grand-ducal court: guide to the exhibition. Giunti, Florence, pp. 19-25. ISBN 9788809021853

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2001) In: La musica alla corte dei granduchi: guida alla mostra/Music at the grand-ducal court: guide to the exhibition. Giunti, Florence, pp. 33-103. ISBN 9788809021853

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2000) In: Dipingere la musica: strumenti in posa nell'arte del Cinque e Seicento [Painting music: musical instruments in the art of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries]. Skira, Milan, p. 261. ISBN 9788881188536

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2000) In: Lo 'spettacolo maraviglioso': Il Teatro della Pergola, l'opera a Firenze. Ufficio Centrale per i Beni Archivistici, Florence, pp. 156-158. ISBN 978-88-8304-240-9

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2000) In: Per un regale evento: spettacoli nuziali e opera in musica alla corte dei Medici [For a royal event: wedding shows and opera in music at the Medici court]. Centro Di/Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale, Florence, pp. 193-201. ISBN 9788883660993

Rossi Rognoni, G. (2000) In: La collezione granducale del Conservatorio Cherubini. La musica e i suoi strumenti (1). Giunti, Florence. ISBN 9788809021846

Rossi Rognoni, G. (1999) In: Milano musicale: 1861-1897. Libreria Musicale Italiana, Lucca, pp. 373-391. ISBN 9788870962390

Rossi Rognoni, G. and Rocchetti, G. (1998) In: Liuteria musica e cultura. Associazione Liutaria Italiana, Cremona, pp. 5-21. ISBN 9788870962116

Rossi Rognoni, G. (1997) In: Musei e Gallerie di Milano: Museo degli Strumenti Musicali. Electa, Milan. ISBN 978-8843546817