L’alto e puro Maestro. Giuseppe Pitrè vs Lamberto Loria: tre lettere inedite

Abstract

This paper explores the relationship, contradictory and of intense scientific rivalry, between Giuseppe Pitrè and Lamberto Loria. I will analyze the studies conducted on the subject from Giuseppe Cocchiara up to Sandra Puccini, through the funds of the Historical Archives of the "Giuseppe Pitrè" Ethnographic Museum in Palermo and the National Museum of Popular Arts and Traditions in Rome