Inauguration of the Library and Media Library and ILMC Edizioni headquarters in Barletta

𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐝𝐢̀ 22 𝟐 𝐨𝐭𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐫𝐞, 𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐞18.30 𝐬𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐥𝐚𝐬 𝐬𝐞𝐝𝐞𝐝 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐞 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐂 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢, two new realities created by our Foundation that we are very happy to point out to our followers.

The Institute of Concentration Camp Musical Literature (ETS) Foundation (ILMC), based in Barletta, is now an internationally established archival, bibliographic, and research institution. Established in 2014 and registered in the Register of Legal Entities of the Territorial Government Office of Barletta-Andria-Trani, the Foundation researches, studies, catalogs, publishes, and promotes concentration camp music—music created in civilian and military captivity or under extreme conditions of deprivation of fundamental human rights from 1933 (the opening of KL Dachau) to 1953 (the death of Joseph Stalin). For many years, the ILMC Foundation, owner of thousands of musical manuscripts written in civilian and military captivity on various paper media, has also extended its scope to the recovery of musical instruments used or manufactured in the camps, as well as the paintings and graphic works of artists and painters who were persecuted, discriminated against, deported, or killed. This is thanks to the entry into the ILMC Foundation of researcher and art expert Roberto Malini, who donated the recovered paintings and the collection of 113 drawings made during the military internment by the painter Ferruccio Francesco Frisone and donated to the Foundation by his son Giovanni.

𝐍𝐞𝐥 2024 𝐥𝐚 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐚𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐂 𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐮𝐠𝐮𝐫𝐚 𝐝𝐮𝐞𝐝 𝐧𝐮𝐨𝐯𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐚̀ 𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐚𝐥𝐢: 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢 𝐞 𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐞 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐂 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢, 𝐮𝐛𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐚𝐥𝐥 𝐁𝐚𝐫𝐥𝐞𝐭𝐭𝐚𝐭𝐚 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐬𝐬𝐨 𝐢𝐥 𝐂𝐀𝐌 𝐝𝐢𝐕𝐢𝐚𝐥 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 48. With the greetings of Authorities and Institutions, the inauguration will take place on February 22, 2020 at 18:30 on the occasion of the 5th anniversary of the founding of the Ministry of the Interior. 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐯𝐚𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐞 48. The initiative - which enjoys the collaboration of the Archival and Bibliographic Superintendency of Puglia and the State Archives of Bari - will be attended by the Mayor of Barletta Dr. 𝐂𝐨𝐬𝐢𝐦𝐨 𝐃𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐂𝐚𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐭𝐨, the Councilor for Culture of the Municipality of Barletta Dr. 𝐎𝐫𝐨𝐧𝐳𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢, the Superintendent Dr. 𝐌𝐚𝐫𝐜𝐨 𝐆𝐢𝐚𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐨 𝐁𝐚𝐬𝐜𝐚𝐩𝐞́ (Archival and Bibliographic Superintendency of Puglia), the director of the State Archives of Bari and of the Sections of Barletta and Trani Dr. 𝐀𝐝𝐫𝐢𝐚𝐧𝐨 𝐁𝐮𝐳𝐳𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐚, the librarian and cataloging manager of the Bibliomediateca Dr. 𝐄𝐬𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐫 𝐋𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐬𝐚 and the president of the ILMC Foundation 𝐅𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐞𝐬𝐜𝐨 𝐋𝐨𝐭𝐨𝐫𝐨.

The culmination of concentration camp music research, the 𝐁𝐢𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐦𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐚𝐭𝐞𝐜𝐚 𝐝𝐞𝐥𝐥𝐞 𝐒𝐜𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐳𝐞 𝐌𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐢 contains the library and video-phonographic material of the ILMC Foundation consisting of thousands of books, encyclopedias, volumes of scientific and theoretical literature on the subject, publications and essays. Equipped with two large reading and consultation rooms and dedicated research stations, the Bibliomediateca will provide all library services upon reservation. Thanks to the collaboration with the CAM, it will also host conferences and meetings with authors, writers, and cultural and artistic figures.

The work of the ILMC Foundation has recently seen a notable expansion thanks to the establishment of the 𝐜𝐚𝐬𝐚 𝐞𝐝𝐢𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐞 𝐈𝐋𝐌𝐂 𝐄𝐝𝐢𝐳𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐢, which inaugurates its publishing activity with the publication of the catalogue of the figurative exhibition of the designer Ferruccio Francesco Frisone (an exhibition that will be inaugurated on 24 October at the Polo Museale of Trani and will remain open until 31 January 2025), the headquarters of ILMC Edizioni is temporarily located in a room of the Bibliomediateca delle Scienze Musicali.

In the following images: a glimpse of the Bibliomediateca delle Scienze Musicali and Maestro Francesco Lotoro intent on checking volumes and documents.