Quirino Principe

Quirino Principe (born 19 November 1935 in Gorizia) is an Italian philosopher of music, poet, dramatist, Further teaching engagements have included those at the University of Trieste

Works Considered by music critic Paolo Isotta as "the greatest living expert on Mahler", Principe wrote two extensive monographs on Gustav Mahler and Richard Strauss which are regarded as "fundamental" by Enciclopedia Treccani: I potenti della letteratura, Rusconi 1971 La rivelazione incompiuta, 1974 Manuale di idee per la scuola, Rusconi 1977 L’umano atterrito dal soprannaturale: "Tannhäuser" Jaca Book 2013.

Many poems of his have been published in monographic collections, such as Il libro dei Cinque Sentieri [Sebeto Prize 1974], Scheiwiller-All’Insegna del Pesce d’Oro, 1973. Other poetic cycles have been published in "Poesia e spiritualità" (year II, no. 4, Passagem Sem Guarda Edizioni, Madeira 2010). In addition there are some theatrical works by Principe, such as: Turbativa (1992) Speculum mundi (2008).

Translations Principe has translated many works from German (including books by Ernst Jünger and the complete Cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach). Principe has been an advocate of writer J. R. R. Tolkien: he contributed to Italian knowledge of The Lord of the Rings by editing the Italian translation of the book from its second edition (1970) onwards.

He has contributed since 1992 to the Sunday cultural supplement of Il Sole 24 Ore.

Honours In 1996 the President of the Austrian Republic awarded Principe the 1st Class Cross of Honour for Science and Art. In 2006 he was elected a member of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome. In 2009 the President of the Italian Republic bestowed on him the title of Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.