History of Changes

NOTE: This list does not contain changes reflected in the news page, nor does it list (any longer) updates to the discography, which have a dedicated page.

• 20060528: Update page about conducting postures with info about the original. Many new 78 rpm recordings.
• 20050612: Updated audio files page with links to discography and new 78 rpm recordings
• 20050222: Added list of performances for Sì
• 20050214: Cavalleria Rusticana in 100 Words
• 20050205: Bibliography layout improvements
• 20041220: Better list of works; added Canzone del Sole score
• 20041206: New home page, other cosmetic changes
• 20041031: Added Songs by Cheri Rose Katz and Alan Mallach
• 20041031: Tagged audio files
• 20041020: Fixed software issue that caused Mascagni.org to be extremely slow from certain locations
• 20041011: Added Maschere CD review article
• 20040828: Added document "Mascagni Prima della 'Cavalleria'"
• 20040828: Added document "Mascagni Leads His Thousands"
• 20040815: Eternal City contract
• 20040815: Emil Thieben 1913 Parisina article; FAQ entry about Parisina versions
• 20040808: Improvements to articles page; new article by William Schoell
• 20040725: Added Russian "M'ama" page; new postcards; discography updates
• 20040718: Added Bianchini article
• 20040404: Series of discography updates and additions
• 20040218: Added Konrad Dryden article
• 20040218: Added 3 postcards and Attilio D'Orazi photo
• 20040209: Corrections to 1938 speech
• 20040208: Updated Songs page
• 20040208: Added Rapsodia program, old Rapsodia libretto
• 20031204: Added Nerone, Cav and Rapsodia, and Rantzau posters
• 20031115: Added 2 Isabeau and 1 L'amico Fritz sound excerpts
• 20031108: Added L'amico Fritz libretto
• 20031008: Added San Francisco Article
• 20030725: Added Nerone Iconography album; additions to bibliography
• 20030720: Added Songs by Patricia Wright and David vine
• 20030720: Added Mascagni in America article
• 20030718: Added Piano Works by David vine
• 20030718: Added Google search box
• 20030705: Added Parisina page about "Or voi composto m'avereste..."
• 20030629: Added 1938 speech
• 20030629: Proof-reading of Deutsche Illustrierte Zeitung and cleanup of other articles
• 20030629: Added Kicco Classic Maschere CD
• 20030622: Article "Opera Makers of To-day"
• 20030622: Added two postcards and one playing card
• 20030622: Review of Alan Mallach's book
• 20030622: New Rantzau engraving; better looking bibliography entries
• 20030608: Made Pensiero score featured picture
• 20030607: Page about Un pensiero a San Francisco; FAQ update
• 20030517: Improvements to discography
• 20030513: New FAQ entry; Rapsodia Satanica booklet (text, scans, pictures)
• 20030429: New England Magazine article; misc. updates
• 20030419: Made Amica poster featured picture; bibliography update
• 20030407: Added scan of Etude article and Springfield City Hall concert program
• 20030406: Added printable versions of libretti and texts
• 20030405: Added The Legacy of the Century article
• 20030405: Scans of Cosmopolitan article, Serenata score and other short articles
• 20030401: Added two short 1902 Corriere articles
• 20030401: Added OCR version of Lettura article
• 20030330: Added pictures
• 20030321: Made Pensiero a San Francisco featured picture
• 20030319: Added Pensiero a San Francisco; added portrait
• 20030315: Added book, updated recording, added postcard
• 20030302: Added Come e nata Parisina article
• 20030301: Added Cavalleria excerpts score; added pictures
• 20030223: New Parisina 1914 excerpts; new postcard; look and feel improvements
• 20030223: Added "He loves me... loves me not" score
• 20030219: Added Ave Maria score; added drawing of Mascagni in New York
• 20030216: Added online book reader, including Viola Allen manifesto and 2 scores
• 20030204: Added Cavalleria Rusticana iconography; minor additions to photo albums
• 20030201: New recordings; enhanced discography page; added Stivender pictures
• 20030130: Enhanced articles page
• 20030126: Updates to Nerone page
• 20030119: New pictures, recordings and books
• 20030109: 10 new pictures
• 20030103: Over 100 new pictures
• 20030101: About 45 new pictures
• 20021227: Page about MRF releases
• 20021226: New recordings; re-added Mascagni's speech
• 20021221: Album images navigation; new Eternal City pictures
• 20021214: Re-added libretti sources; new FAQ question
• 20021213: Added Cosmopolitan article; new FAQ question
• 20021211: Scenes from "The Eternal City"
• 20021206: New recording, new cover scans for a series of LPs
• 20021121: Minor fix in recording summary
• 20021120: Fixed album navigation; links from recording detail to recorded performances
• 20021117: New albums (Regina della Scala, Vanity Fair) and new pictures
• 20021117: Lots of new recordings
• 20021111: Mascagni.org 2.5
• 20021111: Better album navigation
• 20020908: Fixed some broken links
• 20020907: The web server now has much more bandwidth and should therefore be faster
• 20020902: Added Conducting Postures album
• 20020902: Added page with latest discography additions and releases
• 20020831: Added Collesalvetti Pinotta pictures; added 3 recordings
• 20020821: Added Nerone movie, Granforte pictures, and Nerone sound excerpts
• 20020819: Added Raging Bull entry in FAQ
• 20020801: Better recorded performances navigation
• 20020728: Added recordings; details
• 20020714: Added 25 recordings (mostly arias, historic recordings, etc.)
• 20020712: Added 3 postcards, 2 recordings
• 20020707: Added information about songs and related recordings
• 20020630: Mascagni.org 2.0
• 20010909: Added book to bibliography
• 20010909: Added Time article
• 20010824: New layout for for two articles
• 20010819: Small improvements to layout and details of books
• 20010818: Small improvements to layout of lists of performances
• 20010816: Added one book and CD covers, fixed details
• 20010702: Added 3 postcards & 1 tobacco card
• 20010629: Added 2 postcards
• 20010620: Added postcard
• 20010512: Added Etude article
• 20010505: More entries to Bibliography; better layout
• 20010430: Added 3 books and 1 article to bibliography; added Rantzau article
• 20010409: Added new postcards
• 20010318: Added 1914 Parisina excerpts
• 20001126: Added program of the Study Day of December 7, 2000
• 20001120: Added search
• 20001116: Added collection of postcards and tobacco cards
• 20000914: Added rerelease of L'amico Fritz (Freni/Pavarotti/Gavazzeni)
• 20000903: Added a couple more scans for Cav discography
• 20000903: Added cover scans for two books
• 20000822: Fixed refs for Cavalleria and Fritz
• 20000817: Added entries to bibliography, updated list of contributors
• 20000629: Added entries to bibliography, updated list of contributors
• 20000528: Misc changes for Fritz discography
• 20000515: Added essay by Maria Nockin
• 20000506: Completed Montpellier Parisina CD info; updated L'Amico Fritz recordings
• 20000425: Added Montpellier Parisina CD
• 20000320: Added Amica sounds
• 20000316: Added Fritz reference
• 20000313: Page about Mascagni at Holland Park
• 20000110: News about L'Amico Fritz in Houston
• 20000104: More images for books / Messa recordings
• 20000103: Fixed a few references for recordings of Pinotta, Iris, Isabeau
• 19991123: Fixed a couple of references for Cavalleria recordings
• 19991104: Added page about the Messa di Gloria and recordings
• 19990826: Added 1 reference and 2 images for Cavalleria recordings
• 19990815: Added link to complete libretto of Nerone
• 19990729: Added 1 recording and 1 reference for Cavalleria recordings
• 19990710: Added a series of books and completed some existing references
• 19990621: Completed information for 1 Iris recording
• 19990618: Added 1 reference for Lodoletta
• 19990612: Added covers for 3 Cav recordings; added 1 image to gallery
• 19990612: Added links to libretto for Iris and Lodoletta audio excerpts
• 19990609: Added links to libretto for Parisina audio excerpts
• 19990608: Reorganized all sounds, and added 12 audio excerpts from Parisina
• 19990523: Completed sound page with 16 and 32 Kbps versions
• 19990519: Added sounds from Iris and Le Maschere
• 19990511: Added page of links to all performances, fixed details
• 19990510: Added contributed lists of performances for Il Piccolo Marat
• 19990509: Added contributed lists of performances for Rantzau, Ratcliff, Parisina and Nerone
• 19990509: Added news page with a bunch of news items received in the past weeks
• 19990504: Added recordings, references and images for Cavalleria
• 19990503: Added a few references for Iris and Fritz
• 19990502: Added lots of entries to the discography of Cavalleria Rusticana
• 19990502: Added images for one Cavalleria entry, one Fritz entry
• 19990430: Added Iris Project feature
• 19990426: Created this page
• 19990426: Added missing date to Marat recording
• 19990426: Added tons of links
• 19990425: Added two entries to the discography of Cavalleria Rusticana (from contributor)
• 19990420: Official opening