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Montecatini cradle of Music
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Montecatini has always been the setting for the inspiration of great protagonists of musical history.
Gioacchino Rossini LINK TO THE CARD, spent long periods in Montecatini, staying at the Locanda Maggiore, where his "music room" is still preserved.
Giuseppe Verdi was a regular guest from 1882 for the following nineteen years.
Arrigo Boito LINK TO THE CARD often came to the city, collaborating with the genius from Busseto.
Giacomo Puccini LINK TO THE CARD assiduously frequented the spa town.
Ruggero Leoncavallo LINK TO THE CARD, moved there permanently, becoming for many years one of the most significant animators of the cultural and musical life of the city until his death.
Montecatini was then the city of musicians. Friendships were born and consolidated here and the city was the place for exchanges of opinions between the great musicians of the time.
Among the guests of Montecatini we can also count other “music greats” such as Pietro Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Alberto Franchetti (who frequented Montecatini with D'Annunzio) Umberto Giordano, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Riccardo Zandonai. In the following years the tradition was carried on by important musical associations of the city.
Gioacchino Rossini LINK TO THE CARD, spent long periods in Montecatini, staying at the Locanda Maggiore, where his "music room" is still preserved.
Giuseppe Verdi was a regular guest from 1882 for the following nineteen years.
Arrigo Boito LINK TO THE CARD often came to the city, collaborating with the genius from Busseto.
Giacomo Puccini LINK TO THE CARD assiduously frequented the spa town.
Ruggero Leoncavallo LINK TO THE CARD, moved there permanently, becoming for many years one of the most significant animators of the cultural and musical life of the city until his death.
Montecatini was then the city of musicians. Friendships were born and consolidated here and the city was the place for exchanges of opinions between the great musicians of the time.
Among the guests of Montecatini we can also count other “music greats” such as Pietro Mascagni, Richard Strauss, Alberto Franchetti (who frequented Montecatini with D'Annunzio) Umberto Giordano, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Riccardo Zandonai. In the following years the tradition was carried on by important musical associations of the city.
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