Learning about another culture is a multisensory experience at the Musical Instrument Museum. On June 4-5, guests have the chance to experience Italian culture through different styles of music, food, ...

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 ...

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.