Central Italy

ITEMNUMBER

REGION OR CITY,

special

SHORTINFO

 

UMBRIA

 

 

it7.7011

Orvieto (TR)

 

FO Mancinelli°

it7.7013

Orvieto (TR)

 

QH

it7.7021

Collescipoli (TR)

 

K 1678 I

it7.7101

Todi (PG)

 

E Jacopone

it7.7111

Spoleto (PG)

 

Festival I

it7.7113

Spoleto (PG)

 

G Menotti

it7.7121

Trevi (PG)

 

K 1509 I

it7.7130

Assisi (PG)

 

musical history

it7.7131

Assisi (PG)

 

Černohorský, Tartini

it7.7141

Brufa di Torgiano (PG)

 

F Bontempi

it7.7150

Perugia

 

musical history

it7.7153

Perugia

 

O Morlacchi

it7.7155

Perugia

 

J instruments

 

LE MARCHE

 

 

it7.7200

Pesaro

 

musical history

it7.7211

Pesaro

 

G Rossini °

it7.7212

Pesaro

 

C Rossini

it7.7214

Pesaro

 

N A C Rossini

it7.7215

Pesaro

special

J Rossini

it7.7217

Pesaro

 

Q theatre

it7.7219

Pesaro

 

F Zandonai

it7.7310

Ancona

 

Tartini

it7.7321

Jesi (AN)

 

O Pergolesi °

it7.7322

Jesi (AN)

 

C Pergolesi

it7.7324

Jesi (AN)

 

QH theatre

it7.7331

Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

G C Spontini

it7.7332

Maiolati Spontini (AN)

special

G A Spontini

it7.7333

Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

E Spontini

it7.7334

Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

K (Spontini)

it7.7335

Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

O Céleste Pleyel

it7.7341

Cupramontana (AN)

 

O Spontini

it7.7351

Castelfidardo (AN)

special

J accordeons

it7.7354

Castelfidardo (AN)

 

C Verdi

it7.7411

Recanati (MC)

 

FO Gigli °

it7.7412

Recanati (MC)

 

J Gigli

it7.7413

Recanati (MC)

 

E Gigli

it7.7416

Porto Recanati (MC)

 

FO Gigli

it7.7421

Macerata

 

Q theatre

it7.7431

Tolentino (MC)

 

FO Vaccai °

it7.7461

Ascoli Piceno

 

QH theatre

it7.7471

Grottamare (AP)

 

F - O Liszt

 

ABRUZZO-MOLISE

 

 

it7.7501

Giulianova (TE)

 

G Braga

it7.7511

Torricella Peligna (CH)

 

FO C Bellini

it7.7521

Ortona sul Mare (CH)

 

E Tosti

it7.7522

Ortona sul Mare (CH)

 

J A Tosti

it7.7531

Castel di Sangro (AQ)

 

O Tosti

it7.7561

Agnone (IS)

 

R J bells

it7.7571

Scapoli (IS)

special

J bagpipes

it7.7572

Scapoli (IS)

 

bagpipes

LAZIO

it7.7601

Arpino (FR)

 

J plucked instruments

it7.7604

Arpino (FR)

 

O Carlo Conti

it7.7612

Itri (LT)

 

J Fra Diavolo

it7.7621

Ninfa (LT)

 

Caetani/Liszt

it7.7701

Marino (RM)

 

Carissimi °

it7.7702

Marino (RM)

 

O Carissimi

it7.7716

Grottaferrata (RM)

 

A Byzantine music

it7.7721

Tivoli (RM)

special

G - O C Liszt

it7.7731

Zagarolo (RM)

 

F Petrassi °

it7.7735

Palestrina (RM)

 

O Palestrina °

it7.7736

Palestrina (RM)

 

C Palestrina

it7.7741

Guadagnolo (RM)

 

L E Kircher

it7.7751

Subiaco (RM)

 

Berlioz

it7.7771

Arsoli (RM)

 

J traditions

it7.7784

Riofreddo (RM)

 

FO Donizetti

it7.7791

Cerveteri (RM)

 

Händel

it7.7811

Vignanello (VT)

 

Händel

it7.7831

Nepi (VT)

 

O Stradella

it7.7851

Cività Castellana (VT)

 

Mozart

it7.7011

FO Mancinelli°

Via Pedota 3, Orvieto (TR)

 

Plaque of the cellist, conductor and composer Luigi Mancinelli (1848-1921) and his elder brother Marino, also musician.  - Birthplace? School? - not clear.

it7.7011

it7.7013

QH

Corso Cavour 122, Orvieto (TR)

Teatro Comunale Mancinelli

Elegant theatre for opera and concerts, opened in 1866; 560 seats. Busts of the Mancinelli brothers.

it7.7021

K 1678 I

Collescipoli (TR)

Collegiata di Santa Maria Maggiore

Organ by Willem Hermans from 1678, I/pdp/13; restoration 1995. Concerts (annual Hermans festival). Picturesque village, now a part of Terni.

it7.7021

it7.7101

E Jacopone

Piazza Umberto I, Todi (PG)

San Fortunato

Grave and relics of Jacopone da Todi, †1306, the probable creator of Stabat mater dolorosa. Innumerable settings into music; outstanding are those by Pergolesi, Rossini, Dvořák, Szymanowski and Poulenc. - Jacopone's monument is on the square.

it7.7111

Festival I

Via Vaita S. Andrea 9, Spoleto (PG)

Fondazione Festival dei due Mondi

The Festival dei due Mondi was established in 1957 by the composer Gian-Carlo Menotti (1911-2007) and held annually (end of June, beginning of July). Performances in the Teatro Nuovo (at nr. 20 of this street), other venues and open air.

it7.7113

G Menotti

Via dell'Arringo 1, Spoleto (PG)

Casa Menotti

In this house Menotti stayed when in Spoleto. Documentation centre of all the festivals since 1958.

it7.7121

K 1509 I

Via Lucarini, Trevi (PG)

Chiesa di San Francesco

Renaissance organ by Paolo Pietro di Paolo di Montefalco, 1509; last restoration 2005. I/pdp/10, of which 3 of later date.

it7.7121

it7.7130

musical history

Assisi (PG)

 

Saint Francis (13th century) and his followers, the friars minor, were ardent promoters of the singing of Laude spirituali, religious songs in vernacular being popular into the 19th century; at first monophonic, from the 15th c. also in polyphonic settings.

it7.7131

Černohorský, Tartini

Assisi (PG)

Sacro Convento

The Czech composer Bohuslav Černohorský, the 'padre Boemo', teached Giuseppe Tartini here between 1710 and '14.

it7.7141

F Bontempi

Brufa di Torgiano (PG)

Chiesa di Sant'Ermete

Grave of the castrato singer, composer, thatre architect and writer Giovanni Andrea Angelini-Bontempi (1624-1705). He worked in Venice and Dresden - admired by Schütz - and wrote about history and theory of music.  From 1680 he lived in Brufa (Castello, destroyed).

it7.7141

it7.7150

musical history

Perugia

 

Leading centre of Laude spirituali during the late Middle Ages. The renowned trecento composers Niccolo and Matteo da Perugia lived around 1400. - Today annual festival Umbria Jazz (July).

it7.7153

O Morlacchi

Piazza IV Novembre, Perugia

Catedrale di San Lorenzo

Plaque of the composer Francesco Morlacchi (1784-1841), born in Perugia. Theatre and Conservatorio were named after him. From 1810 Morlacchi worked in Dresden and became a rival of Weber.

it7.7155

J instruments

Perugia

Cassero di Porta di Sant'Angelo

Fortification from 1325, now museum of musical instruments. Concerts.

it7.7200

musical history

 

 

Music flourished during the Malatestian era; Dufay and de Lantins were active here. - Gioacchino Rossini, the 'Swan of Pesaro', sets the greatest stamp on the musical life of the last centuries. His name turns up everywhere, even on restaurant menus. Rossini Festival since 1980 (annual, in August).

it7.7211

G Rossini °

Via Rossini 34, Pesaro

 

Birthplace of Gioacchino Rossini (1792-1868).  Exhibits include the spinet from his childhood.

it7.7211

it7.7212

C Rossini

Piazza del Populo, Pesaro

 

Rossini monument.  During the annual Festival (since 1980, August) performances can be seen on a large TV screen.

it7.7214

N A C Rossini

Piazza Olivieri 5-6, Pesaro

Conservatorio 'G. Rossini'

The Liceo Musicale, the present Conservatorio, could be built according Rossini's testament and opened in 1882. Mascagni and Zandonai were among its directors. Monumental  'Tempietto Rossiniano' in courtyard. Research centre, rich archive/library.  

it7.7215

J Rossini

Via G. Passeri 72, Pesaro

Museo Nazionale Rossini

Rossini museum in the Palazzo Monteni Antaldi, formerly housed in the Conservatorio.

it7.7215

it7.7217

Q theatre

Piazzale Lazzarini, Pesaro

Teatro Rossini

Theatre built in 1818, replacing the forerunner of 1637. It was opened with Rossini's La gazza ladra. 860 seats. 

it7.7219

F Zandonai

Strada San Bartolo 4, Pesaro

Villa San Giuliano

House of the composer Ricardo Zandonai, from 1916 to '44 director of the Conservatorio.

it7.7310

Tartini

Ancona

 

In 1714, playing in the orchestra of the (former) opera, Giuseppe Tartini discovered the acoustic phenomenon of the 'third sound' or difference tone.  - annual jazz festival (July)

it7.7321

O Pergolesi °

Piazzetta Angelo Ghislieri 2, Jesi (AN)

 

Plaque at the location of the birthplace of the composer Giovanni Battista Pergolesi (1710-1736)

it7.7322

C Pergolesi

Piazza Pergolesi, Jesi (AN)

 

Pergolesi monument in art nouveau style.

it7.7322

it7.7324

QH theatre

Piazza Repubblica, Jesi (AN)

Teatro Pergolesi (1798)

Theatre opened in 1798 - opera, concert  -  Busts and memorial rooms of Pergolesi and Spontini.  -  www.teatropergolesi.org

it7.7324

it7.7331

G C Spontini

Via Nazario Sauro, Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

Birthplace of the composer Gasparo Spontini (1774-1851). Spontini monument and two plaques in the garden.

it7.7331a
it7.7331b

it7.7332

G A Spontini

Via Gasparo Spontini 15, Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

House of Gasparo Spontini during the last year of his life (1850-1). Here is the Spontini museum and archuive.

it7.7333

E Spontini

Via Gasparo Spontini 15, Maiolati Spontini (AN)

Chiesetta San Giovanni

Grave of Spontini in the chapel of the 'Ospizio di Carità' which was established by him. His heart  is in Paris.

it7.7334

K (Spontini)

Via Gasparo Spontini 84, Maiolati Spontini (AN)

San Stefano Protomartire

Don Antonio Spontini obtained this nice 18th c. organ by Callido from his brother Gasparo.

it7.7335

O Céleste Pleyel

Parco Colle Celeste Maiolati Spontini (AN)

 

Plaque of Spontini's wife, Céleste Pleyel, and a Madonna statue erected by Céleste in 1858.

it7.7341

O Spontini

Via Marianna Ferranti 30, Cupramontana (AN)

 

House of Spontini's teacher Niccolò Bonanni. Plaque from 1883.

it7.7351

J accordeons

Via Ciriaco Morbini 1, Castelfidardo (AN)

Museo della Fisarmonica

Large collection of accordeon instruments, pictures and curiosities. Castelfidardo has a great tradition of accordeon making, beginning with Paolo Soprani in 1863. 

it7.7351a
it7.7351b

it7.7354

C Verdi

Piazza Leopardi 7, Castelfidardo (AN)

 

A Verdi plaque was erected on his 100th birthday; no details known.

it7.7411

FO Gigli °

Piaggia Castelnuovo 13, Recanati (MC)

 

Birthplace of the singer Beniamino Gigli (1890-1957).  The family soon moved to a house on the Piazza del Duomo.

it7.7411

it7.7412

J Gigli

Piazza Giacomo Leopardi 26, Recanati (MC)

Museo Beniamino Gigli

Museum of Gigli in the townhall (bust, costumes, documents etc.)

it7.7412

it7.7413

E Gigli

Via Dalmazia, Recanati (MC)

Cimitero comunale

Grave of Beniamino Gigli in 'Egyptian' style.

it7.7416

FO Gigli

Colle di Montarice, Porto Recanati (MC)

Villa Beniamino Gigli

Pompous villa of Gigli from 1937.  Address unclear; in Loreto?

it7.7416

it7.7421

Q theatre

Piazza Nazario Sauro, Macerata

Sferisterio

Impressive arena, built in 1829 for bullfights,   -  opera performances

it7.7431

FO Vaccai °

Piazza Stambi / Corso Garibaldi, Tolentino (MC)

Palazzo della Corona

Birthplace of the famous singing teacher Nicola Vaccai (1790-1848).

it7.7431

it7.7461

QH theatre

Via del Trivio 44, Ascoli Piceno

Teatro Ventidio Basso

built 1846 - opera, concert  ?

it7.7471

F - O Liszt

Via Cavour 3, Grottamare (AP)

 

Franz Liszt stayed here during July and August 1868. Two plaques.

it7.7471

it7.7501

G Braga

Corso Garibaldi 123, Giulianova (TE)

 

House of the cellist and composer Gaetano Braga (1829-1907). The exhibition includes documents and a valuable art collection.

it7.7511

FO C Bellini

Corso Umberto I, 14, Torricella Peligna (CH)

 

Birthplace of the father of Vincenzo Bellini.  At the same street a Bellini monument.

it7.7511

it7.7521

E Tosti

Via del Cimitero, Ortona (CH)

Cimitero Comunale

Grave of the popular song composer Paolo Tosti (1846-1916). He lived and worked in Britain from 1880 to 1912 and became 'sir'.

it7.7522

J A Tosti

Corso Mateotti, Ortona (CH)

Palazzo Corvo

Istituto Tostiano: museum and archive of Paolo Tosti, born in Ortona (house destroyed in war)

it7.7531

O Tosti

Via Porta Napoli 46, Castel di Sangro (AQ)

Teatro comunale Tosti

Plaque of Paolo Tosti on the theatre named after him.

it7.7561

R J bells

Via F. D'Onofrio 14, Agnone (IS)

Pontificio Fonderia Marinelli

Bell foundry, established in 1040 and taken ocer in 1339 by the Marinelli family which still runs the  firm  -  Museum (Museo Campane).

it7.7561

it7.7571

J bagpipes

Via Santa Maria 1, Scapoli (IS)

Il Museo della Zampogna

Municipal bagpipe museum; mostly new instruments from Scapuli and all over the world.

it7.7571a
it7.7571b
it7.7571c

it7.7572

bagpipes

Corso Kennedy 10, Scapoli (IS)

Circulo della Zampogna

The organisation organises a local bagpipe festival, established in 1975, and has an own competing collection of bagpipes.

it7.7601

J plucked instruments

Corso Tulliano 49, Arpino (FR)

Palazzo Felluca/Merolle

Museum of plucked instruments, with emphasis on Arpino-made Engbergher-Cerrone mandolins. The collection includes tools and documentation too.

it7.7604

O Carlo Conti

Corso Tulliano 12, Arpino (FR)

 

The composer Carlo Conti (°1796 and †1868 in Arpino) was director of the Conservatorio of Naples.

it7.7612

J Fra Diavolo

Corso Appio Claudio 268, Itri (LT)

Museo del Brigantaggio

Museum about the bandit Marco Pozza (1772-1829), called Fra Diavolo and the protagonist of the opera of that name by Auber.

it7.7621

Caetani/Liszt

Via Nimfina 68,

Giardino di Nimfa, Antico Municipio

In the former town-hall of Nimfa is a piano Liszt gave to his godchild, the composer Roffredo Caetani. The latter started the reconstruction of the ruined city of Nimfa, a 'medieval Pompeii', and created a marvellous park.

it7.7701

Carissimi °

Via Giacomo Carissimi, Marino (RM)

 

The composer Giacomo Carissimi (1605-1674) was born in this street. He was a pioneer of the early oratorium.

it7.7701

it7.7702

O Carissimi

Piazza Cesare Ottaviano Augusto 1, Marino (RM)

Palazzo Comunale

Plaque of Giacomo Carissimi.

it7.7702

it7.7716

A Byzantine music

Corso del Populo (1)28, Grottaferrata (RM)

Abazia Greca de San Nilo

Forty manuscripts of Byzantine music from before 1600, saved from defunct monasteries.  The abbey, existing since 1004, follows the Greek rite.

it7.7721

G - O C Liszt

Tivoli (RM)

Villa d'Este

Several sojourns of Liszt from 1860;  plaque in the courtyard, bust in the throne-room.

it7.7721a
it7.7721b

it7.7731

F Petrassi °

Corso Vittorio Emanuele 62, Zagarolo (RM)

 

Birthplace of the composer Goffredo Petrassi (1904-2003).

it7.7731

it7.7735

O Palestrina °

Corso Pierluigi 52, Palestrina (RM)

 

Pierluigi da Palestrina (1525-1594) was born in this area. He was active as a musician in the town until 1551.

it7.7735

it7.7736

C Palestrina

Piazza Regina Margherita, Palestrina (RM)

 

Monument of Pierluigi da Palestrina (A. Zocchi, 1921)

it7.7736

it7.7741

L E Kircher

Guadagnolo (RM)

Santuario della Mentorella

Grave (heart) of Athanasius Kircher, who spent his last years in this convent. Kircher was a music theorist, but his writings are full of speculations and fantastic inventions.

it7.7741

it7.7751

Berlioz

Subiaco (RM)

 

Berlioz started his wanderings through Lazio in 1831 from a pension near the castle.

it7.7771

J traditions

Corso Borgo San Bartolomeo 63, Arsoli (RM)

Museo delle Tradizioi Musicali

Museum devoted to religious and secular musical traditions of the region, opened in 2006 in a former granary. Instruments, documents, archive. 

it7.7771a
it7.7771b

it7.7784

FO Donizetti

Via Valeria 60, Riofreddo (RM)

 

Gaetano Donizetti stayed here with the jurist Luigi Vasselli.

it7.7784

it7.7791

Händel

Piazza Santa Maria, Cerveteri (RM)

Palazzo Ruspoli

George Frederick Handel gave a performance of his cantata Diana Cacciatrice (HWV 79) in February 1707.

it7.7791

it7.7811

Händel

Via dell'Uliveto 200, Vignanello (VT)

Castello Ruspoli

Residence of the Ruspoli family. Several short and longer sojourns by Händel during the years 1707-08; composition of a part of La Resurrezione

it7.7811

it7.7831

O Stradella

Via Mateotti 29, Nepi (VT)

 

The composer Alessandro Stradella (1639-1682) allegedly was born here, but today Bologna is considered for having been his birthplace; in that case he lived here temporarily.

it7.7831

it7.7851

Mozart

Piazza del Duomo, Cività Castellana (VT)

Duomo

Mozart played the organ from 1752 on 11.VII.1770  (present organ: Alessi 1890) - Grave of the composer Virgilio Mazzocchi (1597-1646). He was born here, like his brother Domenico (1592-1665), who died in Rome.

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