Barbacci accounts for nearly all of the articles published in the journal, although most of them are unsigned.Īs stated in the journal’s statement of intent (Year I, No. Barbacci devoted his efforts to research in the musicological and pedagogical fields publishing Apuntes para un diccionario biográfico musical peruano (1949), Educación de la memoria musical and El cruce de manos en la ejecución pianística, among other writings.

Born in Buenos Aires in 1911, Barbacci settled in Lima in 1939, taking a position as harpist in the recently founded Orquesta Sinfónica Nacional (OSN).

Rodolfo Barbacci was the only writer and editor behind the journal’s publication. Other regular columns are the “Sección bibliográfica” serving as a medium for the exchange of books and scores among readers “Curiosidades musicales” “Correo,” a section of responses to readers’ inquires on musical subjects and “Obras y publicaciones recibidas” reviewing recently received published journals or books. Two less serious columns close the issues: one dedicated to music anecdotes and the other to anniversaries of birthdays and deaths of musicians. Issues generally begin with biographical sketches of composers, followed by one or two articles treating a variety of music topics ranging from music teaching (for example, how to train the memory of musicians or causes of time wasting during music practice), piano pedagogical techniques for handicapped children, the piano works of Richard Wagner, and the Italian piano repertoire, to the state of music in Peru, Chile and Argentina conducting techniques, the origins of the concerto form and the basis of musical composition.

With an average of seven pages per issue, the entire journal consists of two hundred and thirty-two pages in all. The monthly journal Revista Musical Peruana was published in thirty-two issues between January 1939 and July 1941. RIPM European and North American Music Periodicals.Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals with Full Text.Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals.Annotated Series and the new Preservation Series.On Creating Complete Runs of Periodicals.

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