ROME — When archaeologist Giovanni Carboni first came upon the oddly shaped ceramic object during an excavation in a Roman suburb in 2006, he was baffled. “I said — please don’t write this, though, ...
Italy’s oldest musical instrument may have sounded like a lute…or a lyre: “The ceramic shell at first appeared to be one of a kind. One hypothesis was that it might have been a cheese strainer. Then, ...
Resounding beauties : the beauty of sound / Franca Falletti -- Mucial instrument collections in Renaissance and Baroque Italy / Renato Meucci -- Italian musical instruments in Europe : the dynamics of ...
NOTHING else perhaps, in Italy, has changed so considerably in the past half century as music. And if this has been overlooked to some extent, it is only because other activities in which changes far ...
Known for its violin makers, Cremona is launching an academy for strings. Violin maker Daniele Tonarelli is one of more than 150 luthiers based in Cremona. Although the COVID-19 pandemic hit this ...
Think of Italy, and you think of food, wine, cheese, and football. For Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, music is added to the list. Growing up in Atessa, in Southeastern Italy, it was part of the family.