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Thomas M. Cimarusti is Assistant Professor of Musicology at Texas Tech University. Upon
completion of his Bachelors and Masters degrees from Brigham Young University, he pursued
doctoral studies at Florida State University where he recently defended his dissertation,
"The Songs of Luigi Gordigiani (1806-1860)", "the Italian Schubert," and completed certificates
in Early Music and World Music. He has presented papers for the Music Libraries Association,
the American Musicological Society, the International Association of Music Libraries, and
chaired a symposium on Italian folk music in honor of Dr. Alan Lomax. His publications have
appeared in The Organ Encyclopedia and Perspectives on Ernst von Dohnányi. Presently, Thomas
is completing an edition of Dohnányi's Piano Quartet in F# minor, the score of which he
provided for a New York-based ensemble for the quartet's North American premiere. Other
research interests include verismo opera, musical paleography, watermarks, nineteenth-century
Italian song, and the music of Astor Piazzolla. As an avid accordionist, Thomas has directed
Florida State University's Italian Folk Ensemble (a group which he founded) and TZUMBA!
(Utah's premiere Italian Folk Ensemble), composed scores for two Italian travel films, and
has repeatedly performed with legendary accordionist Dick Contino and various world music
groups including Andean, Brazilian, German, African, and Irish ensembles.
To contact Thomas Cimarusti, email him at thomas.cimarusti@ttu.edu.
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