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, ...

A 15th century Italian banker named Cosimo de’ Medici, in addition to creating a financial empire, collected and preserved music from Florentine composers. The Newberry Consort will share music that ...

All of these instruments were made by Antonio Stradivari, and are valued above $15 million.

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 ...

There’s no question that a list of classical music’s greatest hits would include several from Vivaldi. But that list likely would also include works by other composers of the Italian Baroque, ...