Toscana (Tuscany)
ITEMNUMBER
REGION OR CITY,
SHORTINFO
TOSCANA [Tuscany]
it6.6000
Firenze
musical history
it6.6001
Firenze
P div. C K
it6.6002
Firenze
Cristofori
it6.6003
Firenze
L 'Camerata'
it6.6004
Firenze
O Rinuccini
it6.6007
Firenze
O Caccini
it6.6009
Firenze
E Isaac, Caccini
it6.6011
Firenze
FO Cherubini°
it6.6013
Firenze
H Pergola
it6.6015
Firenze
H historical theatre
it6.6017
Firenze
L Rossini
it6.6019
Firenze
B - Dufay, C Squarcialupi
it6.6022
Firenze
N A J instruments
it6.6023
Firenze
J - instruments
it6.6025
Firenze
A library
it6.6026
Firenze
E Landini - O Gagliano
it6.6029
Firenze
F - O Peri
it6.6031
Firenze
E Peri
it6.6033
Firenze
O Mozart
it6.6035
Firenze
F O Veracini°
it6.6036
Firenze
E Veracini
it6.6039
Firenze
O Lully°
it6.6042
Firenze
Q H teatro, auditorium
it6.6043
Firenze
C stage ornament
it6.6050
Firenze - Oltrarno
Mendelssohn
it6.6053
Firenze - O
R Berio
it6.6056
Firenze - O
F Pizzetti
it6.6059
Firenze - O
L Franchetti
it6.6061
Firenze - O
FO Dallapiccola
it6.6063
Firenze - O
M - Peri, Mozart a.o.
it6.6066
Firenze- O
E Leoncavallo
it6.6069
Firenze - O
L Cavalieri
it6.6071
Firenze - O
FO Tchaikovsky
it6.6075
Firenze - O
L - Mozart, Nardini
it6.6081
Firenze - O
FO Caruso
it6.6101
Fiesole (FI)
O Paisiello
it6.6111
Rostolena (FI)
Peri
it6.6121
Pratolino (FI)
Händel
it6.6131
Vicchio (FI)
F Pizzetti
it6.6141
Prato (FI)
O Zipoli
it6.6143
Prato (FI)
C Zipoli
it6.6151
Lastra a Signa (FI)
G Caruso
it6.6171
Empoli (FI)
G Busoni - A
it6.6211
Pistoia
Manfredini
it6.6213
Pistoia
#W Manfredini - K
it6.6215
Pistoia
N K I
it6.6217
Pistoia
E Manfredini
it6.6221
Montecatini Terme (PT)
F O Leoncavallo
it6.6223
Montecatini Terme (PT)
F - O Verdi - J Puccini
it6.6225
Monsummano Terme (PT)
O Vittorio Bellini
it6.6231
Massa (PT)
F Pasquini °
it6.6232
Massa (PT)
O Pasquini
it6.6234
Cozzile (PT)
K - Pasquini
it6.6251
Monte a Pescia (PT)
E Pacini
it6.6253
Uzzano (PT)
F O Pacini
it6.6255
Pescia (PT)
C Pacini
it6.6257
Pescia (PT)
J - Pacini
it6.6261
Pescia (PT)
F Puccini
TERRA PUCCINIANA
it6.6300
TERRA PUCCINIANA
musical history
it6.6301
Lucca
C Puccini
it6.6303
Lucca
G Puccini °
it6.6305
Lucca
B K Puccini
it6.6307
Lucca
Duomo - K
it6.6311
Lucca
Q H theatre
it6.6313
Lucca
N Conservatorio A
it6.6315
Lucca
C Angelini
it6.6319
Lucca
FO - Puccini a.o.
it6.6321
Lucca
F O Boccherini °
it6.6322
Lucca
E Boccherini - O Geminiani
it6.6323
Lucca
C Boccherini
it6.6326
Lucca
FO Catalani °
it6.6328
Lucca
FO Paganini
it6.6331
Vicopelago (LU)
L - Puccini
it6.6341
Bagni di Lucca (LU)
#W Puccini
it6.6344
Abetone-Boscolungo (PT)
F Puccini
it6.6347
Monsagrati (LU)
FO - Puccini
it6.6348
Chiatri (LU)
F Puccini
it6.6351
Celle dei Puccini (LU)
G Puccini family
it6.6356
Torre de Lago Puccini (LU)
G E Puccini
it6.6357
Torre de Lago Puccini (LU)
C Puccini - Q
it6.6361
Viareggio (LU)
FO Puccini
it6.6363
Viareggio (LU)
O Puccini
it6.6366
Viareggio (LU)
J instruments
it6.6368
Viareggio (LU)
E Franchetti
it6.6371
Corsanico (LU)
K 1606 I
it6.6381
Camaiore (LU)
FO Gasparini°
it6.6401
Carrara (MS)
C Verdi
it6.6411
Pisa
FO V. Galilei
it6.6413
Pisa
K 1737 I
it6.6415
Pisa
QH theatre
it6.6421
San Rossore (PI)
Liszt
it6.6511
Livorno
O Mascagni °
it6.6512
Livorno
C Mascagni
it6.6514
Livorno
F Mascagni
it6.6516
Livorno
E Mascagni
it6.6518
Livorno
QH theatre
it6.6611
Ansedonia (GR)
F - Puccini
it6.6621
Pescia Fiorentina (GR)
F - O Puccini
it6.6631
Capalbio (GR)
J - Puccini
it6.6711
Arezzo
O Guido
it6.6712
Arezzo
C Guido
it6.6721
Talla (AR)
J Guido°
it6.6722
Talla (AR)
C Guido
it6.6800
Siena
musical history
it6.6811
Siena
B Duomo - Agazzari, Wagner
it6.6813
Siena
N A H J O Chigi
it6.6815
Siena
QH theatre
it6.6816
Siena
QH theatre
it6.6821
San Quirico d'Orca (SI)
K 1607
it6.6831
Montepulciano (SI)
festival
it6.6834
Montepulciano (SI)
FO Poliziano
it6.6835
Montepulciano (SI)
J - Poliziano
it6.6837
Montepulciano (SI)
K 1600
it6.6851
Chiusi (SI)
Q - O Mascagni
it6.6000
musical history
Firenze
> Some highlights from the Florence music history: - the trecento-music of Landini and his contemporaries as collected in the MS Squarcialupi. - the development of theatrical music and monody, culminating in the first operas under the auspices of the Camerata group around 1600. - the Teatro della Pergola, 1657, reopened 1718 with Scanderbeg by Vivaldi. From 1765 under the rule of Habsburg archdukes; more interest in Viennese symphonic and chamber music than elsewhere in Italy. From 1865 until '71 the capital of united Italy. Giovanni Battista Lulli (=Lully) °1632, Luigi Cherubini °1760, Pietro Nardini †1793. - Important festival Maggio Musicale Fiorentino since 1933.
it6.6001
P div. C K
Piazza Santa Croce, Firenze
Santa Croce
Graves of Vincenzo Galilei, Pietro Nardini, the instrument maker Cristofori (> 6602) and Rossini (since 1887) - Cherubini monument - organ by Tommaso Fabbri from 1702.
it6.6002
Cristofori
Via de' Benci 9, Firenze
San Jacopo tra i Fossi
The inventor of the pianoforte in 1609, Bartolomeo Cristofori (1655-1739), was buried here; but his remains were trandfered to Santa Croce. Today a Methodist church.
it6.6003
L 'Camerata'
Via de' Benci 5, Firenze
Palazzo Bardi
> The Camerata, a group of poets and musicians around count Giovanni Bardi at the end of the 16th c., laid the foundations for the development of opera and oratorio. Meetings were here until 1590, when Bardi left for Rome.
it6.6004
O Rinuccini
Via de' Rustici 2, Firenze
Plaque of Ottavio Rinuccini (1561-1621), member of the Camerata and the librettist of the first operas Dafne (Peri) and Euridice (Peri and Caccini). Later he provided Monteverdi with some libretti.
it6.6007
O Caccini
Via Gino Capponi 42, Firenze
Plaque (1914) of Giulio Caccini (1545-1618), who died in a forerunner of this house.
it6.6009
E Isaac, Caccini
Piazza della S.S. Annunciata, Firenze
Basilica della S.S. Annunciata
Graves of Giulio Caccini, his composing sister Francesca and the Flemish master Henric Isaac (c1450-1517).
it6.6011
FO Cherubini°
Via Fiesolana 20, Firenze
Birthplace of the composer Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842).
it6.6013
H Pergola
Via della Pergola 18-32, Firenze
Teatro della Pergola (1718)
Historical theatre, built in 1656 as court opera, opened for public in 1718. Vivaldi appeared here; FPs of operas by Donizetti, Bellini and Verdi (Macbeth1847) - numerous restorations. Today mainly concerthall.
it6.6015
H historical theatre
Via Ricasoli 3, Firenze
Teatro Niccolini
Historical theatre, built in 1650. FP of Handel's Rodrigo in 1707. Today concert hall.
it6.6017
L Rossini
Via Camillo Cavour 13, Firenze
Palazzo Pucci
Giacomo Rossini lived in this palace of the fashion house Pucci some years around 1850. Via de' Pucci 6. Or Via Cavour 13.
it6.6019
B - Dufay, C Squarcialupi
Piazza Duomo, Firenze
Santa Maria del Fiore / Duomo
Dufay worked here; his Nuper Rosarum Flores sounded at consecration of the dome in 1436 - Antonio Squarcialupi (1416-1480) was organist here from 1433 until his death.
it6.6022
N A J instruments
Piazza delle Belle Arti 2, Firenze
Cons. di Musica 'L. Cherubini'
Music academy from 1849, then named after its first director Giovanni Pacini. With rich archive and collection of instruments
it6.6023
J - instruments
Via Ricasoli 60, Firenze
Museo dell' Accademia
Exhibition from the collection of the Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini - 50 instruments, a.o. of Amati, Stradivari, Christofori
it6.6025
A library
Piazza San Lorenzo 9, Firenze
Biblioteca Laurentiana (1571)
Famous music Manuscripts, like the Medici Codex and MS Squarcialupi, the richest source of 14th century Italian music.
it6.6026
E Landini - O Gagliano
Piazza San Lorenzo, Firenze
San Lorenzo
Grave (very fine gravestone!) of the composer Francesco Landini, (c 1325-1397). Plaque of maestro di cappella Marco da Gagliano in the chapter room
it6.6029
F - O Peri
Via Tornabuoni 16-20, Firenze
Palazzo Corsi
Meetings of the Camerata after 1590 - plaque of Peri's (lost) opera Dafne, performed here in 1594.
it6.6031
E Peri
Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Firenze
Santa Maria Novella
Grave of the first opera composer Jacopo Peri (1561-1633).
it6.6033
O Mozart
Piazza dell'Olio 3, Firenze
In the former Albergo dell' Aquila, Mozart stayed 30.III-6.IV.1770 - meetings with Thomas Linley.
it6.6035
F O Veracini°
Via Palazzuolo 30, Firenze
Birthplace and house of Francesco Maria Veracini, (1690-1768). He lived here until 1713 and again from 1723 to 1733.
it6.6036
E Veracini
Piazza Ognissanti, Firenze
Basilica dei Ognissanti
Family grave of Veracini: Antonio (†1733), Francesco Maria (†1768)
it6.6039
O Lully°
Lungarno Amerigo Vespucci 34, Firenze
At this location was the birthplace of Giovanni Battista Lulli, better known as Jean Baptiste Lully (1632-1687), the leading composer at the court of Louis XIV.
it6.6042
Q H teatro, auditorium
Piazza Vittorio Gui 1, Firenze
Teatro comunale
The old Teatro Comunale from 1862 at Corso Italia, the main venue of the Maggio Musicale, was replaced by a brand new theatre in 2011 (1400 seats); a concert hall with 110 seats was added.
it6.6043
C stage ornament
Viale Fratelli Rosselli 1, Firenze
An abstract sculpture, used on stage during a performance of the opera Agnese di Hohenstaufen by Spontini in 1774, was placed here; still present?
it6.6050
Mendelssohn
Firenze
'Schneiders Hotel'
Felix Mendelssohn stayed in this renowned hotel, facing the old city, during the last week of October 1830. Closed in 1845, later on demolished.
it6.6053
R Berio
Via Pisana 77, Firenze
'Tempo Reale'
Research institute for musical technology, established in 1987 by Luciano Berio after the example of the Boulez's IRCAM in Paris.
it6.6056
F Pizzetti
Via de' Serragli 117, Firenze
House of the composer Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) between 1908 and '24.
it6.6059
L Franchetti
Via Dante da Castiglione 4, Firenze
Villa Franchetti-Nardi
The composer baron Antonio Franchetti (1860-1942), best known from his opera Cristoforo Colombo, lived here for some time.
it6.6061
FO Dallapiccola
Via Romana 34, Firenze
Last house of the twelve tone composer Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975).
it6.6063
M - Peri, Mozart a.o.
Piazza dei Pitti, Firenze
Palazzo Pitti
Six performances of Peri's Euridice in 1600 - Mozart was here on 1.IV.1770 - The composing Archduke Rudolph (1788-1831), pupil of Beethoven, was born here
it6.6066
E Leoncavallo
Salita del Monte alle Croci, Firenze
Cimitero delle Porte Sante
Grave of the composer of Pagliacci, Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919).
it6.6069
L Cavalieri
Via di San Leonardo 13, Firenze
Villa Spelman
Villa of Emilio de' Cavalieri (1550-1602) from 1588 to 1600. He was linked to the Camerata, his Rappresentazione di Anima e di Corpo (1600) was the first oratorio.
it6.6075
L - Mozart, Nardini
Firenze
Villa Poggio Imperiale
Concert by Mozart with the famous violinist Pietro Nardini on 2.IV.1770
it6.6081
FO Caruso
Via delle Panche 146, Firenze
Largo Caruso Enrico
House of the singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) from 1904.
it6.6101
O Paisiello
Via Vecchia Fiesolana 72, Fiesole (FI)
Performance in 1875 of L'Idolo Cinese by Paisiello in the former Accademia dei Generosi.
it6.6111
Peri
Rostolena (FI)
The composer Jacopo Peri (1561-1633), who wrote the first operas (1597, 1600), had a farm/country house in this village - no traces found.
it6.6121
Händel
Via Fiorentina 276, Pratolino (FI)
ex Villa Demidoff
Visits by Handel in 1709, then in the sevice of Ferdinando dei' Medici. The villa of his time was demolished but the chapel and some annexes are extant and the fine park can be visited.
it6.6131
F Pizzetti
? Vicchio (FI)
Villa I Fantasmi
House of Pizzetti.
it6.6141
O Zipoli
Via Bologna 77, Prato (FI)
Birthplace of the Jesuit brother and composer Domenico Zipoli °1688, †1726 in Argentina, where he lived from 1717.
it6.6143
C Zipoli
Piazza San Domenico, Prato (FI)
Chiostro San Domenico
The 'Urna Zipoliana', an Andes-marble urn with soil from Zipoli's burial place was donated by the municipality of Cordoba (Argentina) in exchange for an urn with Prato soil.
it6.6151
G Caruso
Via Bellosguardo, Lastra a Signa (FI)
Villa Bello Sguardo
Opulent villa of the great tenor singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) with numerous memorabilia.
it6.6171
G Busoni - A
Piazza della Vittoria 16, Empoli (FI)
Birthplace of the pianist, teacher and composer Ferruccio Busoni (1866-1924). Museum and 'Centro Studi Musicali Ferruccio Busoni'.
it6.6211
Manfredini
Via della Provvidenza, Pistoia
The violinist and composer Franceso Manfredini (1684-1762) lived in this street.
it6.6213
#W Manfredini - K
Piazzetta San Filippo, Pistoia
San Filippo
Manfredini was maestro di cappella from 1727 until his death - organ by Tronci and Caccioli from 1745.
it6.6215
N K I
Via Amati 16, Pistoia
Accademia di Mus. It. per organo
Organ school with collection of seven cabinet organs from the 18th century and Manfredini's spinet (1731).
it6.6217
E Manfredini
Via della Madonna, Pistoia
Basilica Madonna dell'Umiltà
Francesco Manfredini was buried in this church in 1762.
it6.6221
F O Leoncavallo
Via Giannini 20, Montecatini Terme (PT)
Ruggiero Leoncavallo died here in 1919.
it6.6223
F - O Verdi - J Puccini
Viale Giuseppe Verdi 2, Montecatini Terme (PT)
Various sojourns of Verdi between from 1876 onwards. Further up a monument of Puccini. Also Catalani and Toscanini visited the spa.
it6.6225
O Vittorio Bellini
Piazza Giusti, Monsummano Terme (PT)
Osteria dei Pellegrini
Plaque of Vittorio Bellini (1835-1921), composer of marches and polkas, working in Monsummano. The music school and the local orchestra are namend after him.
it6.6231
F Pasquini °
Via Bernardo Pasquini 4, Massa e Cozzile (PT)
Birthplace of the keyboard player and composer Bernardo Pasquini (1637-1710) in former Massa da Valdinievole.
it6.6234
K - Pasquini
Via Francesco Martini 2, Massa e Cozzile (PT)
San Giacomo Maggiore
The young Pasquini played the beautifully painted and sculptured 16th century organ.
it6.6251
E Pacini
Via del Monte Est, Monte a Pescia (PT)
SS. Bartolomeo e Andrea
Grave of Giovanni Pacini, †1867 (Born in Catania, Sicily, in 1796)
it6.6253
F O Pacini
Via San Domenico, Pescia (PT)
Villa Marianna
Last house of the composer Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867), from 1855.
it6.6255
C Pacini
Piazza Duomo, Pescia (PT)
Cattedrale
Pacini monument.
it6.6257
J - Pacini
Piazza San Stefano 1, Pescia (PT)
Pal. Galeotti - Museo Civico
'Sala Pacini' with memorabilia and authentic pieces.
it6.6261
F Puccini
Via delle Pille, Uzzano (PT)
Villa Castellaccio/Anzilotti
Giacomo Puccini stayed here in the summer of 1895 (La Bohème)
it6.6300
musical history
Lucca
Members of the families Dorati (1550-1650), Guami (with nine musicians, 1590-1650) and Puccini (six generations from 1743 until end of 19th c.) provided numerous composers, singers, organists and maestri di cappella. Renowned composers born here: Geminiani, Boccherini, Catalani, G. Puccini; the latter left his mark on the whole province (thus Terra Pucciniana).
it6.6301
C Puccini
Piazza Citadella, Lucca
Monument of Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924), the last and greatest of five generations of musicians, who worked in Lucca since ca. 1720. The whole Lucca province is strewed with Puccini traces.
it6.6303
G Puccini °
Corte San Lorenzo 8, Lucca
Birthplace of Giacomo Puccini with original furnishings, mementos, manuscripts. Paternal home, sold in 1889 and repurchased by the composer in 1894.
it6.6305
B K Puccini
Via San Paolino, Lucca
SS. Paolino e Donato
The young Puccini worked here as organist (organ still extant). In 1877 sounded a motet in honour of S. Paulino, his first composition.
it6.6307
Duomo - K
Piazza San Martino, Lucca
Duomo
Several generations of Guami and Puccini worked here - organ cases by D. di Lorenzo (14th c.) and Ravani (1615)
it6.6311
Q H theatre
Piazza del Giglio, Lucca
Teatro del Giglio
Built in 1693/1819/1923; opera, ballet, concert. - FP Edgar by Puccini (1891) and other operas of his performed under supervision by the composer
it6.6313
N Conservatorio A
Piazza San Ponziano 6, Lucca
Istituto Mus. Luigi Boccherini
Former Istituto Pacini, music academy. Puccini and Catalani studied here. Archive
it6.6315
C Angelini
Piazza della Magione, Lucca
Monument of Carlo Angelini, director of the Conservatorio and teacher of Puccini and Catalani.
it6.6319
FO - Puccini a.o.
Via Fillungo 58, Lucca
Antico Caffè Di Sino già Caselli
Caffè Storico Letterario', the habitual café of Puccini; his seat was under the clock. Also Catalani and Mascagni have visited this café.
it6.6321
F O Boccherini °
Via Fillungo 71, Lucca
Birthplace of the composer and cellist Luigi Boccherini (1743-1805). He stayed here until 1756, teached by his father, a double bass player.
it6.6322
E Boccherini - O Geminiani
Piazza San Francesco, Lucca
San Francesco
Grave of Boccherini (†1805 in Madrid) - Plaques for Francesco Geminiani (*1687 in Lucca,†1762 in Dublin) and Puccini
it6.6326
FO Catalani °
Via San Giorgio 27, Lucca
Birthplace of the opera composer Alfredo Catalani (1854-1893). Plaque around the corner. His opera La Wally is still popular.
it6.6328
FO Paganini
Via San Frediano 8, Lucca
Paganini stayed in this house in 1809, having lived in Lucca since 1801 as violinist in the local orchestra and from 1805 in the service of Napolon's sister Elisa Baciocchi.
it6.6331
L - Puccini
? Vicopelago (LU)
Monastero delle Visitazione
Puccini found inspiration here for his opera Suor Angelica(1918); his beloved sister Iginia was one of the nuns. He donated a harmonium to the convent (extant?).
it6.6341
#W Puccini
Via Casinò Municipale 66, Bagni di Lucca (LU)
Casinò Municipale
The young Puccini worked as a pianist in the Casino and theatre - several later visits in Bagno.
it6.6344
F Puccini
Via Brennero, Abetone-Boscolungo (PT)
Lo Scoglietto / Villa Imperatori
Puccini bought this house in the mountains in 1903 and used it as summer house until 1912
it6.6347
FO - Puccini
Monsagrati (LU)
Villa Mansi
Puccini, being a guest of marquis Raffaello Mansi, worked here in 1898 at the first act of Tosca.
it6.6348
F Puccini
Chiatri (LU)
Villa Puccini
Puccini bought this villa in 1898, but stayed only sporadically: it was too remote. Only in 1908 he stayed longer, composing a part of La fanciulla del West.
it6.6351
G Puccini family
Via Meletori 27, Celle dei Puccini (LU)
Ancestral home of Puccini. He was present at the inauguration of the plaque in October 1924, shortly before his death in Brussels. Many memorabilia.
it6.6356
G E Puccini
Viale Puccini 266, Torre de Lago Puccini (LU)
Villa of Puccini from 1901 until 1921. Original furnishings, mementos, shotguns and hunting trophies; his grave in the house chapel.
it6.6357
C Puccini - Q
Piazzale Belvedere, Torre de Lago Puccini (LU)
Puccini monument - Summer festival in the open-air theatre since 1966, devoted to Puccini's operas.
it6.6361
FO Puccini
Piazza Puccini 12, Viareggio (LU)
Last house of Puccini, 1921-24; he had left Torre del lago because of noise and odour nuisance from a peat factory.
it6.6366
J instruments
Via Macchiavelli 2, Viareggio (LU)
Musei civici di Villa Paolina
Musical instruments, collected by Giovanni Giuffreda; 400 pieces.
it6.6368
E Franchetti
Via Marco Polo, Viareggio (LU)
Cimitero monumentale
Grave of the composer Alberto Franchetti (1860-1942) - > it1, Turin.
it6.6371
K 1606 I
Via della Chiesa 1, Massarosa (LU)
Pieve San Michele Archangelo
Organ by Vincenzo Colonna, 1606, I/p/24, paited doors. In 1808 moved here from Lucca (San Francesco).
it6.6381
FO Gasparini°
Via Vittorio Emanuele 173, Camaiore (LU)
Birthplace of the composer Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727).
it6.6401
C Verdi
Piazza Gramsci, Carrara (MS)
Verdi monument out of Carrara marble by G. dell'Amico, 1919.
it6.6411
FO V. Galilei
Borgo stretto 36, Pisa
The musician and theorist Vincenzo Galilei (1520-1591), the father of Galileo, lived here from 1562 until 1572.
it6.6413
K 1737 I
Piazza dei Cavalieri, Pisa
Chiesa dei Cavalieri di S. Stefano
Organ by Della Ciaia 1737, originally 5 manuals incl. harpsichord; altered in 1839 - recitals
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QH theatre
Via Palestro 40, Pisa
Teatro Verdi
Built after the model of the Florence Pergola theatre and opened in 1867. - operas and classical concerts.
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Liszt
San Rossore (PI)
Liszt stayed here in the summer of 1839 with Marie d'Agoult and her five children. Traces wiped out.
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O Mascagni °
Piazza Cavallotti 4, Livorno
Original plaque of the birthplace of composer Pietro Mascagni (1863-1945). The building itself (photo) was demolished in 1980.
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C Mascagni
Viale della Libertà 30, Livorno
Park 'Villa Fabbricotti'
Bust of Mascagni (1942). - A Mascagni museum at Via Calzabigi 54 was dismantled at the beginniing of this century.
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F Mascagni
Viale di Antegnano 103, Livorno
This villa was a property of Mascagni but he didn't live here but intended it for a museum with all his belongings; never realized.
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E Mascagni
Via dell' Ardenza 5, Livorno
Cimitero della Misericordia
Final grave of Mascagni, †1945; at first he had been buried in Rome (Verano)
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QH theatre
Via Goldoni 83, Livorno
Teatro Goldoni
Built in 1847, 950 seats. 'Progetto Mascagni': all his 16 operas performed between 1990 and 2006.
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F - Puccini
Via della Tagliata 6, Ansedonia (GR)
Torre della Tagliata
In this hunting lodge Puccini stayed in 1919-20; the Maremma district was favourable for shooting. - plaque inside, not accessible (militairy ground).
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F - O Puccini
Pescia Fiorentina (GR)
Casa Magrini
Puccini stayed with the befriended family Magrini in 1920. - plaque from 1921
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J - Puccini
Borgo - Castello, Capalbio (GR)
Palazzo Collacchioni
Puccini visited the Clacchioni family around 1920. In the 'Sala Puccini' is a fortepiano by Conrad Graf, played by Puccini.
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O Guido
Via Cesalpino 47, Arezzo
Palazzo Comunale
Plaque of Guido monaco, elswhere named Guido of Arezzo (c 992-1030s). He is the father of our musical notation..
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J Guido°
Via della Castellaccia 6, Talla (AR)
Museo della musica
Assumed birthplace of Guido monaco. Museum about the hey-day of plainchant, 10th to 13th century, and Guido's role in the development of notation.
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musical history
Siena
From the Middle Ages music-drenched public festivities; during the Palio (horse race) the streets are filled with Canti delle Contrade and the 19th century Marcia del Palio.
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B Duomo - Agazzari, Wagner
Piazza del Duomo 8, Siena
Cattedrale di S. Maria Assunta
The composer and theorist Agostino Agazzari (1578-1640) was organist here from 1607. Wagner stayed in 1880 in the Villa Torre Fiorentino (demolished). His idea of the Grail temple in Parsifal was inspired by Siena cathedral.
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N A H J O Chigi
Via di Città 89, Siena
Palazzo Chigi Saracini
Accademia Musicale Chigiana, with concert hall, important library and exhibition of instruments. Two plaques, one concerning a Vivaldi celebration in 1939.
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QH theatre
Piazza il Campo 1, Siena
Teatro dei Rinnovati
The theatre in the Palazzo Publico has medieval roots. Its present shape goes back to the design of Antonio Galli Bibiena, opened in 1753, with 600 seats.
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QH theatre
Piazza Independenza 15, Siena
Teatro dei Rozzi
Another beautiful theatre, opened in 1817. The more popular repertoire includes ballet.
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K 1607
Piazza Chigi 9, San Quirico d'Orca (SI)
Collegiata
Organ by Cesare Romani, 1607, I/pdp/7 - In 2022 the Dutchman Winald van der Putten built a 15th c. style organ, based on an intarsia image in this church.
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festival
Montepulciano (SI)
Cantiere Internazionale d'Arte, set up in 1978 by the German composer Hans Werner Henze. Workshop model: next to celebrities, many citizens of all ages participate.
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FO Poliziano
facing Via del Poliziano 10, Montepulciano (SI)
House of Angelo Ambrosini detto Il Poliziano (1454-1494). His play Favolo d'Orfeo, performed in Mantua with music, is considered the first forerunner of opera.
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J - Poliziano
Via Ricci10, Montepulciano (SI)
Palazzo Neri-Orselli
Museum with exhibits concerning the poet and humanist 'Il Poliziano'.
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K 1600
Viale Calamandrei 1 km. Montepulciano (SI)
Santa Maria delle Grazie
Organ, often dated from 1600 but probably by Agostino Buratti, 1713-'17, I/pdp/7. All pipes are made of cypress wood. Restored in 1983.
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Q - O Mascagni
Via Garibaldi 50, Chiusi (SI)
Teatro Comunale
Theatre in fascist style, opened in 1938 in the presence of Pietro Mascagni.