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'''Ornella Volta''' (1 January 1927 – 16 August 2020) was an Italian-born French musicologist, essayist, and translator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/musique-classique/disparition-d-ornella-volta-grande-specialiste-d-erik-satie-86882|title=Disparition d'Ornella Volta, grande spécialiste d'Erik Satie|date=18 August 2020|work=France Musique|language=French}}</ref>
'''Ornella Volta''' (1 January 1927 – 16 August 2020) was an Italian-born French musicologist, essayist, and translator.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.francemusique.fr/musique-classique/disparition-d-ornella-volta-grande-specialiste-d-erik-satie-86882|title=Disparition d'Ornella Volta, grande spécialiste d'Erik Satie|date=18 August 2020|work=France Musique|language=French}}</ref>

==Biography==
==Biography==
A cinematographic journalist and writer, Ornella married her spouse, Pablo Volta in 1957, and the couple moved to [[Paris]]. She was a friend of [[Federico Fellini]], with whom she collaborated for the 1970 film ''[[I clowns]]''. She carried out research for the film on the circus and produced the [[French language]] version of the dialogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crescendo-magazine.be/journal/deces-dornella-volta/|title=Décès d'Ornella Volta|date=17 August 2020|work=Crescendo Magazine|language=French}}</ref> She also served as assistant director of the 1955 film ''[[The Belle of Rome]]'', directed by [[Luigi Comencini]]. In the 1960s, she published multiple books, such as ''Vampires parmi nous'', ''Le Vampire'', and ''Frankenstein & Company''. She also collaborated with magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''Quindici'', and ''Il Delatore''.
A cinematographic journalist and writer, Ornella married her spouse, Pablo Volta in 1957, and the couple moved to [[Paris]]. She was a friend of [[Federico Fellini]], with whom she collaborated for the 1970 film ''[[I clowns]]''. She carried out research for the film on the circus and produced the [[French language]] version of the dialogue.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.crescendo-magazine.be/journal/deces-dornella-volta/|title=Décès d'Ornella Volta|date=17 August 2020|work=Crescendo Magazine|language=French}}</ref> She also served as assistant director of the 1955 film ''[[The Belle of Rome]]'', directed by [[Luigi Comencini]]. In the 1960s, she published multiple books, such as ''Vampires parmi nous'', ''Le Vampire'', and ''Frankenstein & Company''. She also collaborated with magazines such as ''[[Vogue (magazine)|Vogue]]'', ''Quindici'', and ''Il Delatore''.


Volta was a specialist on [[Erik Satie]], and in 1981 she founded the Fondation Erik Satie at her home in Paris.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/tempo-libero/2016/12/30/news/ornella-volta-la-vampirologa-amica-di-fellini-1.14641540|title=Ornella Volta la vampirologa amica di Fellini|date=30 December 2016|work=Il Piccolo|language=Italian}}</ref> In 2000, she donated a large collection of Satie's works to the [[Archives Nationales (France)|French National Archives]], which entrusted their conservation to the [[Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives]]. Volta organized numerous exhibitions dedicated to Satie, including the foundation of Erik Satie : les Maisons Satie in [[Honfleur]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/personne/ornella-volta|title=Ornella Volta|work=France Culture|language=French}}</ref> A recreation of Satie's room was made in [[Montmartre]], but it eventually had to close due to lack of subsidies in 2008.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musees-honfleur.fr/maison-satie.html|title=Maisons Satie : bienvenue dans l'âme d'Erik Satie|work=Ville de Honfleur|language=French}}</ref>
Volta devoted nearly 50 years of her life to researching and writing about the life and works of composer [[Erik Satie]]. In 1981 she established the Fondation Erik Satie at her home in Paris,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ilpiccolo.gelocal.it/tempo-libero/2016/12/30/news/ornella-volta-la-vampirologa-amica-di-fellini-1.14641540|title=Ornella Volta la vampirologa amica di Fellini|date=30 December 2016|work=Il Piccolo|language=Italian}}</ref> and in 1983 she became the founder-curator of the [[Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie]] (Cupboard Museum of Erik Satie), located in a tiny room Satie occupied in [[Montmartre]] during the late 1890s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musees-honfleur.fr/maison-satie.html|title=Maisons Satie : bienvenue dans l'âme d'Erik Satie|work=Ville de Honfleur|language=French}}</ref> Reputedly one of the smallest museums in the world, it exhibited items belonging to Satie, mainly drawings and paintings, as well as an artist-authorized replica of [[Man Ray]]'s sculpture ''[[The Gift (sculpture)|The Gift]]'' (1921). Volta was forced to close the museum in 2008 due to lack of subsidies.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melville |first=Antony |date=2020-11-01 |title=Ornella Volta obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/01/ornella-volta-obituary |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

In 2000, Volta donated a large collection of Satie's works to the [[Archives Nationales (France)|French National Archives]], which entrusted their conservation to the [[Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives]]. She also organized numerous exhibitions dedicated to Satie, including the foundation of Erik Satie : les Maisons Satie in [[Honfleur]] in 1998.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.franceculture.fr/personne/ornella-volta|title=Ornella Volta|work=France Culture|language=French}}</ref>

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Musicologist [[Robert Orledge]] dedicated his book ''Satie the Composer'' (1990), a major work in Satie studies, to Ornella Volta. She was a member of the ''Carnets de l'Iliad-Club'' and a Regent of [['Pataphysics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forumopera.com/breve/mort-dornella-volta-specialiste-de-satie|title=Mort d’Ornella Volta, spécialiste de Satie|date=19 August 2020|work=Forum Opera|language=French}}</ref> Volta died on 16 August 2020 in Paris at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erik-satie.com/ornella-volta-une-vie-consacree-a-erik-satie/|title=Ornella Volta : Une vie consacrée à Erik Satie|date=17 August 2020|work=Erik Satie|language=French}}</ref> At the time she was editing a new version of her book ''Erik Satie, Correspondance presque complète'' (2000).<ref>{{Cite web |last=Melville |first=Antony |date=2020-11-01 |title=Ornella Volta obituary |url=http://www.theguardian.com/music/2020/nov/01/ornella-volta-obituary |access-date=2022-12-07 |website=the Guardian |language=en}}</ref>


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Ornella Volta was a member of the ''Carnets de l'Iliad-Club'' and a Regent of [['Pataphysics]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.forumopera.com/breve/mort-dornella-volta-specialiste-de-satie|title=Mort d’Ornella Volta, spécialiste de Satie|date=19 August 2020|work=Forum Opera|language=French}} </ref> She died on 16 August 2020 in Paris at the age of 93.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.erik-satie.com/ornella-volta-une-vie-consacree-a-erik-satie/|title=Ornella Volta : Une vie consacrée à Erik Satie|date=17 August 2020|work=Erik Satie|language=French}}</ref>
==Bibliography==
==Bibliography==
===General Works===
===General works===
*''Le vampire : la mort, le sang, la peur'' (1962)
*''Le vampire : la mort, le sang, la peur'' (1962)
*''Brèves rencontres avec André Breton, avec vingt-deux photographies de Pablo Volta'' (2003)
*''Brèves rencontres avec André Breton, avec vingt-deux photographies de Pablo Volta'' (2003)

===On Erik Satie===
===On Erik Satie===
*''Écrits'' (1977)
*''Écrits'' (1977)
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*''La banlieue d'Erik Satie'' (1999)
*''La banlieue d'Erik Satie'' (1999)
*''Erik Satie, Correspondance presque complète'' (2000)
*''Erik Satie, Correspondance presque complète'' (2000)

==Expositions==
==Expositions==
*''Satie op papier'' (1976)
*''Satie op papier'' (1976)
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*''Satie sur scène'' (2000)
*''Satie sur scène'' (2000)
*''Variations Satie'' (2000)
*''Variations Satie'' (2000)

==Distinctions==
==Distinctions==
*Prix Sévigné (2001)
*Prix Sévigné (2001)

==References==
==References==
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Latest revision as of 22:41, 11 October 2023

Ornella Volta
Born1 January 1927
Trieste, Kingdom of Italy
Died16 August 2020(2020-08-16) (aged 93)
Paris, France
NationalityItalian-French
OccupationMusicologist

Ornella Volta (1 January 1927 – 16 August 2020) was an Italian-born French musicologist, essayist, and translator.[1]

Biography

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A cinematographic journalist and writer, Ornella married her spouse, Pablo Volta in 1957, and the couple moved to Paris. She was a friend of Federico Fellini, with whom she collaborated for the 1970 film I clowns. She carried out research for the film on the circus and produced the French language version of the dialogue.[2] She also served as assistant director of the 1955 film The Belle of Rome, directed by Luigi Comencini. In the 1960s, she published multiple books, such as Vampires parmi nous, Le Vampire, and Frankenstein & Company. She also collaborated with magazines such as Vogue, Quindici, and Il Delatore.

Volta devoted nearly 50 years of her life to researching and writing about the life and works of composer Erik Satie. In 1981 she established the Fondation Erik Satie at her home in Paris,[3] and in 1983 she became the founder-curator of the Musée-Placard d'Erik Satie (Cupboard Museum of Erik Satie), located in a tiny room Satie occupied in Montmartre during the late 1890s.[4] Reputedly one of the smallest museums in the world, it exhibited items belonging to Satie, mainly drawings and paintings, as well as an artist-authorized replica of Man Ray's sculpture The Gift (1921). Volta was forced to close the museum in 2008 due to lack of subsidies.[5]

In 2000, Volta donated a large collection of Satie's works to the French National Archives, which entrusted their conservation to the Institute for Contemporary Publishing Archives. She also organized numerous exhibitions dedicated to Satie, including the foundation of Erik Satie : les Maisons Satie in Honfleur in 1998.[6]

Musicologist Robert Orledge dedicated his book Satie the Composer (1990), a major work in Satie studies, to Ornella Volta. She was a member of the Carnets de l'Iliad-Club and a Regent of 'Pataphysics.[7] Volta died on 16 August 2020 in Paris at the age of 93.[8] At the time she was editing a new version of her book Erik Satie, Correspondance presque complète (2000).[9]

Bibliography

[edit]

General works

[edit]
  • Le vampire : la mort, le sang, la peur (1962)
  • Brèves rencontres avec André Breton, avec vingt-deux photographies de Pablo Volta (2003)

On Erik Satie

[edit]
  • Écrits (1977)
  • Erik Satie (1979)
  • L'Ymagier d'Erik Satie (1979)
  • Satie et la danse (1992)
  • Satie/Cocteau : les malentendus d'une entente (1993)
  • Erik Satie (1997)
  • Le Piège de Méduse (1998)
  • La banlieue d'Erik Satie (1999)
  • Erik Satie, Correspondance presque complète (2000)

Expositions

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  • Satie op papier (1976)
  • Erik Satie à Montmartre (1982–1983)
  • Erik Satie et la tradition populaire (1988)
  • Le Groupe des Six et ses amis (1990)
  • Erik Satie. Bibliographie raisonnée. Première exposition bibliographique autour d'Erik Satie (1995)
  • Erik Satie del Chat Noir a Dadá (1996)
  • Erik Satie de Montmartre à Montparnasse (2000)
  • Satie sur scène (2000)
  • Variations Satie (2000)

Distinctions

[edit]
  • Prix Sévigné (2001)

References

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  1. ^ "Disparition d'Ornella Volta, grande spécialiste d'Erik Satie". France Musique (in French). 18 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Décès d'Ornella Volta". Crescendo Magazine (in French). 17 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Ornella Volta la vampirologa amica di Fellini". Il Piccolo (in Italian). 30 December 2016.
  4. ^ "Maisons Satie : bienvenue dans l'âme d'Erik Satie". Ville de Honfleur (in French).
  5. ^ Melville, Antony (2020-11-01). "Ornella Volta obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
  6. ^ "Ornella Volta". France Culture (in French).
  7. ^ "Mort d'Ornella Volta, spécialiste de Satie". Forum Opera (in French). 19 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Ornella Volta : Une vie consacrée à Erik Satie". Erik Satie (in French). 17 August 2020.
  9. ^ Melville, Antony (2020-11-01). "Ornella Volta obituary". the Guardian. Retrieved 2022-12-07.
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