Fernando Liuzzi s'évertua à élargir les horizons de la musicologie italienne en introduisant des orientations issues de la tradition allemande. Il divulgua les théories de Hanslick, Lipps et Fiedler, alors presque inconnues en Italie. D'après Liuzzi, la fusion de la réflexion philosophique et de la musicologie était cruciale afin de suggérer une nouvelle approche aux études musicales visant à transmettre les théories de Benedetto Croce. L'½uvre de Liuzzi offre une perspective intéressante sur les origines de la musicologie italienne et sur les relations avec les autres domaines du savoir.Fernando Liuzzi strove to find a compromise between the historical/analytical musicology and the aesthetics of music. He tried to expand the Italian musicology perspectives, introducing some ideas coming from the German tradition. He spread theories from Hanslick, Lipps and Fiedler, at that time rather unknown in Italy. For Liuzzi it was crucial to blend philosophical thinking and musicology, expanding Benedetto Croce's ideas to create a new way to approach music studies. Liuzzi's work can provide a good insight about the early Italian musicology, its self-definition and its relationship with other cultural areas.

Dr Alessandro Giovannucci is Adjunct Lecturer in Music and Communication at the University of Teramo, Italy. His research focus on the relationships among music technology, aesthetics and theories of listening.