Toscana (Tuscany)


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TOSCANA  [Tuscany]

 

 

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Firenze

 

musical history

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Firenze

 

P div. C K

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Firenze

 

Cristofori

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Firenze

 

L 'Camerata'

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Firenze

 

O Rinuccini

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Firenze

 

O Caccini

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Firenze

 

E Isaac, Caccini

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Firenze

 

FO Cherubini°

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Firenze

 

H Pergola

it6.6015

Firenze

 

H historical theatre

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Firenze

 

L Rossini

it6.6019

Firenze

 

B - Dufay, C Squarcialupi

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Firenze

 

N A J instruments

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Firenze

 

J - instruments

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Firenze

 

A library

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Firenze

 

E Landini - O Gagliano

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Firenze

 

F - O Peri

it6.6031

Firenze

 

E Peri

it6.6033

Firenze

 

O Mozart

it6.6035

Firenze

 

F O Veracini°

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Firenze

 

E Veracini

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Firenze

 

O Lully°

it6.6042

Firenze

 

Q H teatro, auditorium

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Firenze

 

C stage ornament

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Firenze - Oltrarno

 

Mendelssohn

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Firenze - O

 

R Berio

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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.

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Firenze- O

 

E Leoncavallo

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Firenze - O

 

L Cavalieri

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Firenze - O

 

FO Tchaikovsky

it6.6075

Firenze - O

 

L - Mozart, Nardini

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Firenze - O

 

FO Caruso

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Fiesole (FI)

 

O Paisiello

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Rostolena (FI)

 

Peri

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Pratolino (FI)

 

Händel

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Vicchio (FI)

 

F Pizzetti

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Prato (FI)

 

O Zipoli

it6.6143

Prato (FI)

 

C Zipoli

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Lastra a Signa (FI)

 

G Caruso

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Empoli (FI)

 

G Busoni - A

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Pistoia

 

Manfredini

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Pistoia

 

#W Manfredini - K

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Pistoia

 

N K I

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Pistoia

 

E Manfredini

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Montecatini Terme (PT)

 

F O Leoncavallo

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Montecatini Terme (PT)

 

F - O Verdi - J Puccini

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Monsummano Terme (PT)

 

O Vittorio Bellini

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Massa (PT)

 

F Pasquini °

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Massa (PT)

 

O Pasquini

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Cozzile (PT)

 

K - Pasquini

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Monte a Pescia (PT)

 

E Pacini

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Uzzano (PT)

 

F O Pacini

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Pescia (PT)

 

C Pacini

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Pescia (PT)

 

J - Pacini

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Pescia (PT)

 

F Puccini

 

TERRA PUCCINIANA

 

 

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TERRA PUCCINIANA 

 

musical history

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Lucca

 

C Puccini

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Lucca

special

G Puccini °

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Lucca

 

B K Puccini

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Lucca

 

Duomo - K

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Lucca

 

Q H theatre

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Lucca

 

N Conservatorio A

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Lucca

 

C Angelini

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Lucca

 

FO - Puccini a.o.

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Lucca

 

F O Boccherini °

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Lucca

 

E Boccherini - O Geminiani

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Lucca

 

C Boccherini

it6.6326

Lucca

 

FO Catalani °

it6.6328

Lucca

 

FO Paganini

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Vicopelago (LU)

 

L - Puccini

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Bagni di Lucca (LU)

 

#W Puccini

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Abetone-Boscolungo (PT)

 

F Puccini

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Monsagrati (LU)

 

FO - Puccini

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Chiatri (LU)

 

F Puccini

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Celle dei Puccini (LU)

special

G Puccini family

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Torre de Lago Puccini (LU)

special

G E Puccini

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Torre de Lago Puccini (LU)

 

C Puccini - Q

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Viareggio (LU)

 

FO Puccini

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Viareggio (LU)

 

O Puccini

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Viareggio (LU)

 

J instruments

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Viareggio (LU)

 

E Franchetti

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Corsanico (LU)

 

K 1606 I

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Camaiore (LU)

 

FO Gasparini°

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Carrara (MS)

 

C Verdi

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Pisa

 

FO V. Galilei

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Pisa

 

K 1737 I

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Pisa

 

QH theatre

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San Rossore (PI)

 

Liszt

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Livorno

 

O Mascagni °

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Livorno

 

C Mascagni

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Livorno

 

F Mascagni

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Livorno

 

E Mascagni

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Livorno

 

QH theatre

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Ansedonia (GR)

 

F - Puccini

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Pescia Fiorentina (GR)

 

F - O Puccini

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Capalbio (GR)

 

J - Puccini

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Arezzo

 

O Guido

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Arezzo

 

C Guido

it6.6721

Talla (AR)

 

J Guido°

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Talla (AR)

 

C Guido

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Siena

 

musical history

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Siena

special

B Duomo - Agazzari, Wagner

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Siena

 

N A H J O Chigi

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Siena

 

QH theatre

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Siena

 

QH theatre

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San Quirico d'Orca (SI)

 

K 1607

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Montepulciano (SI)

 

festival

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Montepulciano (SI)

 

FO Poliziano

it6.6835

Montepulciano (SI)

 

J - Poliziano

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Montepulciano (SI)

 

K 1600

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Chiusi (SI)

 

Q - O Mascagni

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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O Caccini

Via Gino Capponi 42, Firenze

 

Plaque (1914) of Giulio Caccini (1545-1618), who died in a forerunner of this house.

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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).

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FO Cherubini°

Via Fiesolana 20, Firenze

 

Birthplace of the composer Luigi Cherubini (1760-1842).

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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. 

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H historical theatre

Via Ricasoli 3, Firenze

Teatro Niccolini

Historical theatre, built in 1650. FP of Handel's Rodrigo in 1707. Today concert hall.

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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. 

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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.

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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 

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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

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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.

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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

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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.

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E Peri

Piazza Santa Maria Novella, Firenze

Santa Maria Novella

Grave of the first opera composer Jacopo Peri (1561-1633).

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O Mozart

Piazza dell'Olio 3, Firenze

 

In the former Albergo dell' Aquila, Mozart stayed 30.III-6.IV.1770 - meetings with Thomas Linley.

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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.

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E Veracini

Piazza Ognissanti, Firenze

Basilica dei Ognissanti

Family grave of Veracini: Antonio (†1733), Francesco Maria (†1768)

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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.

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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.

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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?

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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. 

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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.

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F Pizzetti

Via de' Serragli 117, Firenze

 

House of the composer Ildebrando Pizzetti (1880-1968) between 1908 and '24.

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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.

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FO Dallapiccola

Via Romana 34, Firenze

 

Last house of the twelve tone composer Luigi Dallapiccola (1904-1975).

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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

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E Leoncavallo

Salita del Monte alle Croci, Firenze

Cimitero delle Porte Sante

Grave of the composer of Pagliacci, Ruggiero Leoncavallo (1858-1919).

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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.

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FO Tchaikovsky

Via di San Leonardo 64, Firenze

 

In this house Tchaikovsky stayed in 1878

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L - Mozart, Nardini

Firenze

Villa Poggio Imperiale

Concert by Mozart with the famous violinist Pietro Nardini on 2.IV.1770

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FO Caruso

Via delle Panche 146, Firenze

Largo Caruso Enrico

House of the singer Enrico Caruso (1873-1921) from 1904.

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O Paisiello

Via Vecchia Fiesolana 72, Fiesole (FI)

 

Performance in 1875 of L'Idolo Cinese by Paisiello in the former Accademia dei Generosi.

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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.

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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.

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F Pizzetti

? Vicchio (FI)

Villa I Fantasmi

House of Pizzetti.

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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.

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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. 

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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.

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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'.

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Manfredini

Via della Provvidenza, Pistoia

 

The violinist and composer Franceso Manfredini (1684-1762) lived in this street.

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#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.

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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). 

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E Manfredini

Via della Madonna, Pistoia

Basilica Madonna dell'Umiltà

Francesco Manfredini was buried in this church in 1762.

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F O Leoncavallo

Via Giannini 20, Montecatini Terme (PT)

 

Ruggiero Leoncavallo died here in 1919.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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O Pasquini

Piazza Mateotti 7, Massa e Cozzile (PT)

Palazzo Pretorio

Pasquini plaque.

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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.

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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)

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F O Pacini

Via San Domenico, Pescia (PT)

Villa Marianna

Last house of the composer Giovanni Pacini (1796-1867), from 1855.

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C Pacini

Piazza Duomo, Pescia (PT)

Cattedrale

 Pacini monument.

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J - Pacini

Piazza San Stefano 1, Pescia (PT)

Pal. Galeotti - Museo Civico

 'Sala Pacini' with memorabilia and authentic pieces.

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F Puccini

Via delle Pille, Uzzano (PT)

Villa Castellaccio/Anzilotti

Giacomo Puccini stayed here in the summer of 1895 (La Bohème)

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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).

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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. 

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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.

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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.

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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)

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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

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N Conservatorio A

Piazza San Ponziano 6, Lucca

Istituto Mus. Luigi Boccherini

Former Istituto Pacini, music academy. Puccini and Catalani studied here. Archive

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C Angelini

Piazza della Magione, Lucca

 

Monument of Carlo Angelini, director of the Conservatorio and teacher of Puccini and Catalani.

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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.

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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.

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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

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C Boccherini

Piazza Suffragio, Lucca

 

Monument of Boccherini by Daphne du Barry, 2008.

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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.

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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.

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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?).

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#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.

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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

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FO - Puccini

Monsagrati (LU)

Villa Mansi

Puccini, being a guest of marquis Raffaello Mansi, worked here in 1898 at the first act of Tosca.

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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.

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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.

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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. 

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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. 

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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.

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O Puccini

'La Passeggiata', Viareggio (LU)

Gran Caffè Marguerita

Habitual café of Puccini. 

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J instruments

Via Macchiavelli 2, Viareggio (LU)

Musei civici di Villa Paolina

Musical instruments, collected by Giovanni Giuffreda; 400 pieces.  

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E Franchetti

Via Marco Polo, Viareggio (LU)

Cimitero monumentale

Grave of the composer Alberto Franchetti (1860-1942) - > it1, Turin.

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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).

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FO Gasparini°

Via Vittorio Emanuele 173, Camaiore (LU)

 

Birthplace of the composer Francesco Gasparini (1661-1727).

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C Verdi

Piazza Gramsci, Carrara (MS)

 

Verdi monument out of Carrara marble by G. dell'Amico, 1919.

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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.

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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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C Guido

Piazza Guido Monaco, Arezzo

 

Monument of Guido monaco.

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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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C Guido

Piazza Landi, Talla (AR)

 

Monument of Guido monaco by J.U. Steiger, 1994.

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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.