Guerrini, Paolo (Antigono)
Guerrini, Paolo (Antigono)
Guerrini, Paolo (Antigono), Italian music historian; b. Bagnolo Mella, Brescia, Nov. 18, 1880; d. Brescia, Nov. 19, 1960. He specialized in Italian sacred music. He ed. the periodical Brixia Sacra (1910-25), and in 1930 began publication of the historical studies Memorie storiche della Diocesi di Brescia) served further as archivist and librarian in Brescia. In 1936 he was appointed canon of the Brescia Cathedral. He revived and tr. into Italian the music books of Cardinal Katschthaler as Storia della musica sacra (Turin, 1910; 3rd ed., 1936).
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