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Lorenzo Puliti
Home address:
Via Ciliani 88, Prato (PO)
Prato, Italy, 59100.
Nationality: Italian
Date of birth: September 12, 1980
Home phone: +39 0574 691698
Cell phone: +39 3388 682052
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: Good Vibration: Approfondimenti Musicali
CURRENT POSITIONS
Web content editor for ICAMus (The International Center for American Music) www.icamus.org
Web content editor, proofreader and secretary for UniCeSV (Centro Universitario di Ricerca per lo
Sviluppo Competitivo del Settore Vitivinicolo) and “The International Journal of Wine Economics and
Policy” http://www.unicesv.unifi.it/Sito/Info.html
Copywriter for Altavista Comunicazione http://www.altavistacomunicazione.net
Blogger for Good Vibration: Approfondimenti Musicali
EDUCATION
2007-2010. PhD in History of Performing Arts, Musicology, University of Florence.
Thesis Title: “Le canzoni del Song-book di George Gershwin: teatro ed editoria musicale [The songs of
George Gershwin’s Song-book: theater and music editing]”
Supervisors: Mila De Santis, Aloma Bardi, Fiamma Nicolodi, Giovanni Guanti, Raffaele Pozzi, Raffaele De
Berti.
Brief Synopsis of Research:
The songs of George Gershwin’s Song-book were originally written for the theatrical stage (musical, revue,
operetta), but they were also conceived to be recorded, and marketed individually, regardless of the show’s
fate. This double destination is at the center of this thesis, that investigates the songs both in relation with
their Broadway theatrical context and as individual entity. The research is focused on the genesis of the
Song-book, the theatrical use of the songs, and the role of the publisher in promoting, printing and selling
songs. In order to study these topics I spent three months doing research at the Library of Congress in
Washington DC, where George and Ira Gershwin Collection is held, and at the New York Public Library for
the Performing Arts, where many librettos of musical comedies are preserved.
A detailed synopsis is in the appendix to this CV
During my PhD I was awarded “Cultore della materia [GTA – Graduate Teaching Assistant]” in History
of American Music for the academic years 2007-2008, 2008-2009, 2009-2010. My responsibilities have
included: teaching assistance to the courses and exams of History of Music in the United States of America
of Professor Aloma Bardi, supervising of undergraduates’ thesis and research.
Teaching Assistance to other courses: History of Contemporary Music, Philology of Music, Music Drama,
History of Opera, Forms of Music and Poetry.
Examiner and committee member in the following exams: History of Contemporary Music, History of
Music, Philology of Music, Forms of Music and Poetry, Musical Informatics, Musical Iconography,
Organology, History of Musical Instruments, Aesthetics of Music, Music Drama, History of Opera, Exegesis
of Musical Sources.
During my PhD I have given lectures to undergraduate students as assistant of professors Mila De Santis and
Aloma Bardi, and I have also presented papers to graduate students and PhD colleagues.
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1999-2006. M. A. (Italian Degree) in Letters, History of Music, University of Florence, Faculty of
Humanities (Graduated cum laude).
Thesis Title: “La rinascita del guitar hero: Edward Van Halen. Linguaggio, strumenti e suono [The rebirth of
guitar hero: Edward Van Halen, language, tools and sound].”
Supervisors: Franco Piperno, Gabriele Rossi Rognoni.
1993-1999. High School Liceo Scientifico Carlo Livi (Scientific Diploma).
1997-1999. Electric guitar private lessons. Teacher: Italian guitar player Marco Pieraccini.
PREVIOUS EMPLOYMENT
Sept. 2011 - Web content editor for ICAMus (The International Center for American Music) website.
Conception and organization of the website; planning of contents; writing texts (in English) and paging
contents for the website (www.icamus.org).
December 2010 - Free lance music journalist
Writing articles about music for magazines, journals and websites (www.chitarre.com, www.ilsussidiario.net,
www.drammaturgia.it, http://www.permusica.eu, www.agoravox.it, www.goodvibration.it)
January 2011 - June 2012 Music Teacher in primary school (Scuola Ancelle di Maria, Istituto Suore
Calasanziane and San Francesco D’Assisi)
Teaching music in classes I°,II°, III°, IV°, V°. Organization of a musical laboratory for the children of
preschool and a guitar course for the children of the classes III°, IV°, V° of the elementary school.
Responsibilities: teaching, preparation of didactical programs, meetings with the teaching staff, meetings
with parents of the children, organization of school trips and recitals.
January 2007 - January 2011 Editor, proofreader and author of abstracts about music for
BADACRIM (Database of the Italian Music Criticism), PRIN (Research Project of Italian Interest),
University of Florence.
Editor and proofreader of texts about music, author of abstracts about music for BADACRIM (Database of
the Italian Music Criticism). Responsibilities: Reading and editing texts, involvement in the meetings of the
staff, team planning of the work schedule and purposes, group discussions about editing rules, public reports
of the project, testing database on internet.
April - August 2010 Translator English-Italian
Translator (English-Italian) of texts for conferences. Employers: Universa Laus (International Study Group
for Liturgical Music); ICAMus (The International Center for American Music).
January 2007 - January 2009 Librarian of the Library of the Department of Music and Performing
Arts (University of Florence).
Responsibilities: planning and organization of the services of the Library; involvement of meetings of the
Library Board; selecting, acquiring, cataloguing, classifying, and maintaining library materials; furnishing
reference, bibliographical, and readers’ advisory services; work with databases.
SKILLS
Language skills (Italian and English):
Italian: mother tongue.
English: accustomed to read essays and to master bibliography of musicology. Many exams of English
Language and Literature during my University; two periods of research spent in the United States
(September-December 2007 and June-August 2011). Lectures in English in American Universities (New
York University and Benedictine College). Writing contents in English for ICAMus website, and writing of
essays about music.
Web copywriting:
Expertise in writing texts for websites, knowledge of the practices of Search Engine Optimization (SEO),
Social Media Marketing and web marketing (Link Building).
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Computing skills:
Applications: Filemaker Pro; Microsoft Access, Microsoft Word, Pages, Openoffice, Microsoft Powerpoint,
Keynote, Microsoft Excel, Numbers, Garage Band, Finale, Guitar Pro, Guitar Rig, Audacity, Quicktime,
Itunes, Realplayer, VLC, Windows Media Player, Firefox, Safari, Internet Explorer, Google Chrome, Opera.
Operating Systems: Windows XP, Windows Vista, Windows 7, Mac OSX Leopard and Lion.
Accustomed to use internet for research purposes. Knowledge of social networks.
Teaching skills:
Speaker in university seminars during my PhD course; lectures in Italian and American Universities; papers
presented at congresses and conferences; lectures for graduate and undergraduate students in University
courses. Supervision of undergraduates.
Time management:
I completed my PhD in within 3 years and I also met without fail all the other deadlines during my career
(handover of texts for publications, teaching and supervisory duties). I am well organized, timely, persistent,
able to set attainable and clear goals.
Other skills:
Knowledge of research methodologies; teamwork skills; guitar player; organization of cultural events.
Conferences, Lectures and Presentations:
• “Something has come! A listening guide to West Side Story,” Lecture in English at the Benedictine College
(Italian Program, Florence, April 29, 2012). In collaboration with ICAMus.
• “Nothing sacred: words and music by Cole Porter,” Lecture in English at the New York University (Italian
Program, Florence, March 22, 2011). In collaboration with ICAMus.
• “Notes from Nostalgia: a listening guide to the piano works of Fryderyk Chopin,” Lecture in English at the
Benedictine College (Italian Program, Florence, October 7, 2010, September 14, 2011, February 23, 2012).
• “The man I love: un nuovo arrangiamento pianistico di George Gershwin” [The man I love: a new piano
arrangement by George Gershwin] X Seminar of Musicology of the «Saggiatore Musicale» (University of
Bologna, November 19-21, 2010).
• “‘Musica insieme’ omaggio a Fryderyk Chopin nel bicentenario della nascita 1810-2010” [Tribute to
Fryderyk Chopin, organized by the Provincial Administration of Florence], introduction, presentation and
listening guide to the following piano works: Preludes, op. 28, Nocturne, op. 62, Berceuse, op. 57 and
Polonaise-fantasy, op. 61. Piano players: Dario Bonuccelli and Cathy Krier (September 18, 2010).
• “‘Musica insieme’ omaggio a Fryderyk Chopin nel bicentenario della nascita 1810-2010” [Tribute to
Fryderyk Chopin, organized by the Provincial Administration of Florence], introduction, presentation and
listening guide to the following piano works: Nocturne, op. 9, Polonaise, op. 40, Scherzi, op. 20, n. 1 and
op. 39, n. 3. Piano player: Giovanni Nesi (September 5, 2010 and September 11, 2010).
• “Versioni inedite di The Man I Love [‘The Man I Love’: an unknown piano version],” Presentazione dei
progetti di collaborazione con anteprima di esecuzione Gershwin e Troyer [Presentation of ICAMus
projects with music performances], School of Music “Giuseppe Verdi” of Prato, April 17, 2010.
• “‘The man I love:’ genesi e rielaborazioni di un hit, con ascolti musicali dal vivo da manoscritti inediti di
George Gershwin rinvenuti alla Library of Congress” [Genesis and piano arrangements of Gershwin’s
“The man I love,” with listening examples from unpublished manuscripts from the Library of Congress],
“Com’era nuovo il nuovo mondo”, Gli Stati Uniti d’America, la musica, la musicologia, il senso di una
scoperta permanente [How the new world was new. United States of America, music, musicology, a
permanent discovery], International Seminar organized by Fiamma Nicolodi and Aloma Bardi (April 23,
2010, Department of Music and Performing Arts, University of Florence).
• “Il song in scena. Esecuzione di quattro canzoni gershwiniane nella versione originariamente concepita per
Broadway. Scene da musicals di George e Ira Gershwin eseguite a Broadway durante gli anni ’20 e gli anni
’30 del Novecento, con testi non inclusi nella versione pubblicata” [Introduction to Gershwin’s songs with
lyrics originally used onstage in the 1920s],“Com’era nuovo il nuovo mondo [How the new world was
new]”... , Gli Stati Uniti d’America, la musica, la musicologia, il senso di una scoperta permanente [How
the new world was new. United States of America, music, musicology, a permanent discovery],
International Seminar organized by Fiamma Nicolodi and Aloma Bardi (April 23, 2010, Department of
Music and Performing Arts, University of Florence).
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• “Il rapporto fra parole e musica nelle canzoni di George e Ira Gershwin” [The relationship between words
and music in the songs by George and Ira Gershwin], lecture for the University course “Forme di poesia
per musica” [Forms of Music and Poetry] (University of Florence, March 25, 2009 and March 24, 2010).
• “The making of West Side Story,” Lecture in English at the New York University (Italian Program,
Florence, February 23, 2010). In collaboration with ICAMus.
• “Luigi Parigi: un metodo per «abbracciare tutto il firmamento»” [The Italian musicologist Luigi Parigi: a
method to embrace the firmament], Doctoral Seminar “Banca dati della critica musicale italiana:
1900-1950” [Database of the Italian Music Criticism 1900-1950] (University of Florence, May 15, 2009).
• “La figura di Luigi Parigi,” [The musicologist Luigi Parigi] International Congress “La critica musicale in
Italia nella prima metà del Novecento” [The music criticism in the first half of 20th Century] (University
of Parma, October 28, 2008).
• “L’ombra di Don Giovanni di Franco Alfano” [Genesis and Reception of the opera “L’ombra di Don
Giovanni” by Franco Alfano], Doctoral Seminar “Banca dati della critica musicale italiana:
1900-1950” [Database of the Italian Music Criticism 1900-1950] (University of Florence, May 12, 2008).
• “Edward Van Halen: le radici colte di un ‘guitar hero’” [The “classical” music influence in Edward Van
Halen guitar playing], X Seminar of Musicology of the «Saggiatore Musicale» (University of Bologna,
November 24-26, 2006).
Publications:
• “Making Music at Tin Pan Alley: Standard Editorial Practice in George Gershwin’s Songs (1924–1931),”
article in English completed and submitted to the Journal of the Society for American Music on May 2012.
• “La Rhapsody in blue di George Gershwin [George Gershwin’s Rhapsody in blue],” book for Italian
publishing house LIM (series directed by Professor Franco Piperno). Book completed and consigned.
• “The making of West Side Story,” article submitted for the In Depth section of ICAMus website.
• “Eleanor Rigby e il senso della solitudine,” Il Sussidiario, Online Newspaper, May 11, 2012.
• “A different kind of truth: un album di ri-composizioni musicali,” Chitarre, 314, April, 2012, p. 41.
• “Why Pink Floyd? Quei muri costruiti per rimanere comodamente insensibili,” Il Sussidiario, Online
Newspaper, April 10, 2012.
• “Luigi Parigi: un metodo per «abbracciare tutto il firmamento»” [The Italian musicologist Luigi Parigi: a
method to embrace the firmament], in“La critica musicale in Italia nella prima metà del Novecento” [The
music criticism in Italy in the first half of 20th Century], Proceedings of the International Congress (Parma,
October 28-30, 2008), edited by Marco Capra e Fiamma Nicolodi, Venice, Marsilio/Casa della Musica,
2012, pp. 195-208.
• “Neil Diamond: ‘Pretty amazing grace’, come nasce una grande canzone?,” Il Sussidiario, Online
Newspaper, March 14, 2012.
• “Van Halen. ‘A different Kind of Truth,’ un ritorno autentico?” Il Sussidiario, Online Newspaper, February
20, 2012.
• “‘Tunnel of love’: la ragazza del Luna Park in un grande assolo di Knopfler,” Il Sussidiario, Online
Newspaper, January 14, 2012,
• “Yes, ‘It will be a good day (the river)’, verso il mare infinito,” Il Sussidiario, Online Newspaper,
December 13, 2011,
• “Chopin: la nostalgia del Natale nello Scherzo,” Il Sussidiario, Online Newspaper, February 17, 2011.
• “Chopin, la malinconia dello Scherzo: ‘siamo cembali nelle mani di un celebre liutaio’,” Il Sussidiario,
Online Newspaper, December 21, 2010.
• Review of the International Seminar “Seminario Internazionale. Com’era nuovo il nuovo mondo. Gli Stati
Uniti d’America, la musica, la musicologia, il senso di una scoperta permanente” [How the new world was
new. United States of America, music, musicology, a permanent discovery], www.drammaturgia.it.
• “Le canzoni del Song-book di George Gershwin: teatro ed editoria musicale”, PhD Dissertation.
• “La Critica Musicale” [History and activity of the journal “La Critica Musicale” (1918-1923)], entry in
Permusica (Banca dati sui Periodici Musicali del Novecento [Database of music periodicals of the
Twentieth Century]). University of Florence, Department of Music and Performing Arts.
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• “Edward Van Halen: le radici colte di un guitar hero” [The “classical” music influence in Edward Van
Halen guitar playing], in Arte, Musica e Spettacolo: Annali del Dipartimento di Storia delle Arti e dello
Spettacolo [Jorunal of the Department of Music and Performing Arts, University of Florence], VII, 2007,
pp. 88-98.
• “Superstrat: storia e mito” [Electric guitar construction in the 1970s and 1980s], Chitarre, XXI, 251, 2007,
pp. 38-48.
Awards, Fellowships and Grants:
• Selection for the position of Web content editor, proofreader and secretary for UniCeSV (Centro
Universitario di Ricerca per lo Sviluppo Competitivo del Settore Vitivinicolo), University of Florence.
• One-year grant (2011). CEUR Foundation for the research “Symphonic jazz” and musical modernism: the
formation of national identity in the American cross-cultural society of the 1920s and 1930s.
• Doctoral Research Grant (University of Florence, Department of Music and Performing Arts), 2007-2009.
• Title of “Cultore della materia [GTA – Graduate Teaching Assistant]” in History of American Music.
• “Pietro Alinari” 2003 IperToscana. Award for the hypertext entitled Non ci resta che ridere. Il cinema
Toscano: comicità tra terra e cielo [Tuscan cinematography] (prize awarded on June 2004).
Professional memberships:
• Member of the Executive Board and Secretary of ICAMus (The International Center for American Music).
Affiliated to the Society for American Music.
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