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Historical Site Changes

Original Mascagni.org Update Log (1999–2006)

  1. Update page about conducting postures with info about the original. Many new 78 rpm recordings.
  2. Updated audio files page with links to discography and new 78 rpm recordings
  3. Added list of performances for Sì
  4. Cavalleria Rusticana in 100 Words
  5. Bibliography layout improvements
  6. Better list of works; added Canzone del Sole score
  7. New home page, other cosmetic changes
    • Added Songs by Cheri Rose Katz and Alan Mallach
    • Tagged audio files
  9. Fixed software issue that caused Mascagni.org to be extremely slow from certain locations
  10. Added Maschere CD review article
    • Added document "Mascagni Prima della 'Cavalleria'"
    • Added document "Mascagni Leads His Thousands"
    • Eternal City contract
    • Emil Thieben 1913 Parisina article; FAQ entry about Parisina versions
  13. Improvements to articles page; new article by William Schoell
  14. Added Russian "M'ama" page; new postcards; discography updates
  15. Added Bianchini article
  16. Series of discography updates and additions
    • Added Konrad Dryden article
    • Added 3 postcards and Attilio D'Orazi photo
  18. Corrections to 1938 speech
    • Updated Songs page
    • Added Rapsodia program, old Rapsodia libretto
  20. Added Nerone, Cav and Rapsodia, and Rantzau posters
  21. Added 2 Isabeau and 1 L'amico Fritz sound excerpts
  22. Added L'amico Fritz libretto
  23. Added San Francisco Article
  24. Added Nerone Iconography album; additions to bibliography
    • Added Songs by Patricia Wright and David vine
    • Added Mascagni in America article
    • Added Piano Works by David vine
    • Added Google search box
  27. Added Parisina page about "Or voi composto m'avereste..."
    • Added 1938 speech
    • Proof-reading of Deutsche Illustrierte Zeitung and cleanup of other articles
    • Added Kicco Classic Maschere CD
    • Article "Opera Makers of To-day"
    • Added two postcards and one playing card
    • Review of Alan Mallach's book
    • New Rantzau engraving; better looking bibliography entries
  30. Made Pensiero score featured picture
  31. Page about Un pensiero a San Francisco; FAQ update
  32. Improvements to discography
  33. New FAQ entry; Rapsodia Satanica booklet (text, scans, pictures)
  34. New England Magazine article; misc. updates
  35. Made Amica poster featured picture; bibliography update
  36. Added scan of Etude article and Springfield City Hall concert program
  37. Added printable versions of libretti and texts
    • Added The Legacy of the Century article
    • Scans of Cosmopolitan article, Serenata score and other short articles
    • Added two short 1902 Corriere articles
    • Added OCR version of Lettura article
  40. Added pictures
  41. Made Pensiero a San Francisco featured picture
  42. Added Pensiero a San Francisco; added portrait
  43. Added book, updated recording, added postcard
  44. Added Come e nata Parisina article
  45. Added Cavalleria excerpts score; added pictures
    • New Parisina 1914 excerpts; new postcard; look and feel improvements
    • Added "He loves me... loves me not" score
  47. Added Ave Maria score; added drawing of Mascagni in New York
  48. Added online book reader, including Viola Allen manifesto and 2 scores
  49. Added Cavalleria Rusticana iconography; minor additions to photo albums
  50. New recordings; enhanced discography page; added Stivender pictures
  51. Enhanced articles page
  52. Updates to Nerone page
  53. New pictures, recordings and books
  54. 10 new pictures
  55. Over 100 new pictures
  56. About 45 new pictures
  57. Page about MRF releases
  58. New recordings; re-added Mascagni's speech
  59. Album images navigation; new Eternal City pictures
  60. Re-added libretti sources; new FAQ question
  61. Added Cosmopolitan article; new FAQ question
  62. Scenes from "The Eternal City"
  63. New recording, new cover scans for a series of LPs
  64. Minor fix in recording summary
  65. Fixed album navigation; links from recording detail to recorded performances
    • New albums (Regina della Scala, Vanity Fair) and new pictures
    • Lots of new recordings
    • Mascagni.org 2.5
    • Better album navigation
  68. Fixed some broken links
  69. The web server now has much more bandwidth and should therefore be faster
    • Added Conducting Postures album
    • Added page with latest discography additions and releases
  71. Added Collesalvetti Pinotta pictures; added 3 recordings
  72. Added Nerone movie, Granforte pictures, and Nerone sound excerpts
  73. Added Raging Bull entry in FAQ
  74. Better recorded performances navigation
  75. Added recordings; details
  76. Added 25 recordings (mostly arias, historic recordings, etc.)
  77. Added 3 postcards, 2 recordings
  78. Added information about songs and related recordings
  79. Mascagni.org 2.0
    • Added book to bibliography
    • Added Time article
  81. New layout for for two articles
  82. Small improvements to layout and details of books
  83. Small improvements to layout of lists of performances
  84. Added one book and CD covers, fixed details
  85. Added 3 postcards & 1 tobacco card
  86. Added 2 postcards
  87. Added postcard
  88. Added Etude article
  89. More entries to Bibliography; better layout
  90. Added 3 books and 1 article to bibliography; added Rantzau article
  91. Added new postcards
  92. Added 1914 Parisina excerpts
  93. Added program of the Study Day of December 7, 2000
  94. Added search
  95. Added collection of postcards and tobacco cards
  96. Added rerelease of L'amico Fritz (Freni/Pavarotti/Gavazzeni)
    • Added a couple more scans for Cav discography
    • Added cover scans for two books
  98. Fixed refs for Cavalleria and Fritz
  99. Added entries to bibliography, updated list of contributors
  100. Added entries to bibliography, updated list of contributors
  101. Misc changes for Fritz discography
  102. Added essay by Maria Nockin
  103. Completed Montpellier Parisina CD info; updated L'Amico Fritz recordings
  104. Added Montpellier Parisina CD
  105. Added Amica sounds
  106. Added Fritz reference
  107. Page about Mascagni at Holland Park
  108. News about L'Amico Fritz in Houston
  109. More images for books / Messa recordings
  110. Fixed a few references for recordings of Pinotta, Iris, Isabeau
  111. Fixed a couple of references for Cavalleria recordings
  112. Added page about the Messa di Gloria and recordings
  113. Added 1 reference and 2 images for Cavalleria recordings
  114. Added link to complete libretto of Nerone
  115. Added 1 recording and 1 reference for Cavalleria recordings
  116. Added a series of books and completed some existing references
  117. Completed information for 1 Iris recording
  118. Added 1 reference for Lodoletta
    • Added covers for 3 Cav recordings; added 1 image to gallery
    • Added links to libretto for Iris and Lodoletta audio excerpts
  120. Added links to libretto for Parisina audio excerpts
  121. Reorganized all sounds, and added 12 audio excerpts from Parisina
  122. Completed sound page with 16 and 32 Kbps versions
  123. Added sounds from Iris and Le Maschere
  124. Added page of links to all performances, fixed details
  125. Added contributed lists of performances for Il Piccolo Marat
    • Added contributed lists of performances for Rantzau, Ratcliff, Parisina and Nerone
    • Added news page with a bunch of news items received in the past weeks
  127. Added recordings, references and images for Cavalleria
  128. Added a few references for Iris and Fritz
    • Added lots of entries to the discography of Cavalleria Rusticana
    • Added images for one Cavalleria entry, one Fritz entry
  130. Added Iris Project feature
    • Created this page
    • Added missing date to Marat recording
    • Added tons of links
  132. Added two entries to the discography of Cavalleria Rusticana (from contributor)
  133. Official opening

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