Autumn Guided Tour
Vera Grund, Vanessa Ascenzi (Director of the Museo del Teatro Argentina) The Teatro Argentina was one of the most renowned opera houses in Rome during the 18th century. While the majority of the works were created by Roman or Neapolitan composers, compositions by Christoph Willibald Gluck or Johann Simon Mayr were also performed, with varying degrees of success. The tour will focus on the theatre, the performances during the ...
Important notice: Our library will be closed on 1 November (All Saints' Day).
Musicological Study Course (16–22 March 2025)
The call for applications and all further information can be found on our application portal. We look forward to receiving applications until 15 November 2024. The study course 'Music City Rome: Power - Music - Media' is aimed at students with an advanced bachelor's degree or higher. During the course, we ...
Library
Our services and study spaces in our reopened reading room are available with extended opening hours from Monday to Friday 9 am to 7 pm.
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Internships at the DHI Rome
Every year, the German Historical Institute in Rome awards several six-week internships to students of history or music history, mainly of higher semesters, whose studies are focused on the field of German-Italian relations or Italian history.
The application deadline for January to June 2025 is 15 October 2024.
Applications are accepted exclusively in our more
Newsletter
We are pleased about your interest in our institute, stay in touch with us! Our newsletter provides you with information on upcoming events, applications, new research projects and recent publications of the DHI Rome. Here you can read the current edition ...
Sicilian-born composer Alessandro Scarlatti (1660-1725) worked mainly in Rome and Naples, with great success. His music was also appreciated in other parts of Italy, and Scarlatti's varied and extensive oeuvre had a formative influence on the country’s musical culture around the year 1700. This volume presents Scarlatti's contribution to compositional genres relevant to his time using a variety of methodological approaches. ...
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