Music of Italy
Genres:	Classical: Opera Pop: Rock (Hardcore) - Hip hop - Folk - jazz
History (Timeline and Samples)
Awards	Italian Music Awards
Charts	Federation of the Italian music industry
Festivals	Umbria Jazz Festival - San Remo Festival - Ravello Festival - Festival dei Due Mondi
Media	Music media in Italy
National anthem	Il Canto degli Italiani
Regional styles
Calabria - Campania - Friuli - Liguria - Lombardy - Naples - Piedmont - Puglia - Rome - Sardinia - Sicily - Tuscany - Valle d'Aosta - Veneto - Venice
Related topics
opera houses - music conservatories

The Music of Calabria Like other regions in southern Italy, Calabria for many centuries was an integral part of the kingdom of Naples, and, as with other regions, the musical life tended to be overshadowed by the important activities in the capital city to the north--the conservatories there, the composers, the vast amount of music performed in churches (see also Music of Naples). Yet, modern Calabria has developed a vibrant musical life based on its history and, as well, a dedication to building new musical and theatrical facilities, many of which are of the type termed polivalenti in Italian--that is, multi-purpose. There are five provinces in the region of Calabria: Catanzaro, Cosenza, Crotone, Reggio di Calabria, and Vibo Valentia. 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Time line for Music of Italy Dates for musical periods such as Baroque, Classical, Romantic, etc. ... FIMI Federazione dellindustria musicale italiana (Federation of the Italian music industry) is an umbella organization that keeps track of virtually all aspects of the music recording industry in Italian. ... Italian music festivals Below is a list of major music festivals in Italy with links to the appropriate external websites: Arena di Verona Outdoor opera during the summer months in the Roman amphitheater in Verona. ... Palazzo dei Priori in Perugia The Umbria Jazz Festival is one of the most important venues for Jazz in Europe and has been held annually since 1973, usually in July, in the city of Perugia, Italy. ... The Festival della canzone italiana (in Italian: Festival of the Italian song) is a popular Italian song contest running since 1951 and held annually in the city of Sanremo. ... The annual Festival of Ravello is a popular music venue in Italy. ... Cathedral of Santa Maria dellAssunta in Spoleto The Festival dei due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) is an annual summer festival in the city of Spoleto, Italy. ... Music media in Italy There is an abundance of print, on-line and broadcast media in Italy that cover all kinds of music. ... A national anthem is a generally patriotic musical composition that is formally recognized by a countrys government as their official national song. ... Il Canto degli Italiani (The Song of the Italians) is the Italian national anthem. ... Music of Campania The capital city of the Campania region of Italy is Naples; there is a separate article dealing with the Music of Naples. ... The complete name of this Italian region is Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ... Ciao, Raggazi Music of Naples is very cool ... The Piedmont (Piemonte in Italian) has played an important role in the development of music, in general, in Italy, due to the presence of medieval monasteries in that area, institutions that were great preservers of mansucripts in the Middle Ages as well as being geographically well located to connect to... Probably the most culturally distinct of all the regions in Italy, Sardinia is an islated island known for the tenores polyphonic chant, sacred songs called gozos and launeddas, a type of bagpipes. ... Sicily is home to a great variety of Christian music, including a cappella devotional songs from Montedoro and many brass bands like Banda Ionica, who play songs from a diverse repertoire. ... The development of music in the Valle dAosta region of Italy, similar to nearby Piedmont, has much to do with the presence of medieval monasteries that preserved important musical manuscripts from the Middle Ages and also served as conduits of information and influence from areas to the north. ... (This article is about music in the Veneto region of Italy, other than the city of Venice. ... The Venetian state and the city of Venice in Italy played an important role in the development of the music of Italy. ... Credit: Ahoerstemeier (outline), Sascha Noyes (other stuff), 2004 Info: Map of the regions of Italy with the individual region highlighted. ... Below is a list of major Italian opera houses with appropriate external links to their websites: Bologna Teatro Comunale Catania Teatro Bellini Florence Teatro la Pergola Genova Teatro Carlo Felice Florence La Scala Naples Teatro San Carlo Parma Teatro Regio di Parma Palermo Teatro Massimo Rome Teatro dellOpera Torino... 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• Catanzaro: The Teatro Politeama, a new version (2002) of an older theater. It is run by the Catanzaro Foundation for the Politeama Theater and is solidly dedicated to continuing a great operatic tradition; they have already staged Franco Zeffirelli's version of Aida as well as production of Rigoletto. There is a secondary theater called the Tearo Masciari, once famous as a vaudeville house; then, after the inevitable post-war decline a modern rebirth as a multi-purpose facility.
• Cosenza: The Teatro Rendano is the only truly traditional theater in Calabria. It was built in 1909, severely damaged by the aerial bombardments of WW2, closed, rebuilt and finally reopened. It has a reputation of fine acoustics and of being, quite simply, a beautiful venue for performers and audiences alike. Two associations are connected with the very active performance schedule--the Associazione Quintieri and Associazone Jonica. The city is the site of the Stanislao Giocamantonio music conservatory, housed on the premises of the old Santa Maria delle Grazie convent.

• Crotone: Particuarly given to emphasizing its Greek history (Crotone was the site of the ancient academy of Pythagoras), the city takes advantage of some impressive archaeolgy as venues for music. Best-known is the Aurora Festival on the grounds of the ancient temple of Hera Licinia, which recently featured a festival dedicated to the music of Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis.

• Reggio di Calabria: the Teatro Comunale Cilea was built in 1818 and was orignally one of the great royal opera houses in the Kingdom of Naples. It was severely damaged by the devastating earthquake of 1908 and again by bombing in WW2. It has has been rebuilt and reopened and pursues an active operatic schedule. The city of Reggio Calabria is also the site of the Francesco Cilea music conservatory, named for the "favorite son" composer.

• Vibo Valentia: The Fausto Torrefranco music conservatory is located here. The Solisti Calabri is an active chamber music ensemble, and the Cilea Association sponsors regular concerts.

(Source: Most of the information on the music activites, theaters and other venues for music in this region is taken from Guide Cultura, i luoghi della music (2003) ed. Touring Club Italiano.) Gianfranco Corsi (born February 12, 1923), better known as Franco Zeffirelli, is an Italian film director. ... Aida is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi to an Italian libretto by Antonio Ghislanzoni, based on a story by Auguste Mariette. ... Giuseppe Verdi, by Giovanni Boldini, 1886 (National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome) Rigoletto is an opera in four acts by Giuseppe Verdi. ... Pythagoras (approximately 580 BC–500 BC, Greek: Πυθαγόρας) was an Ionian (Greek) mathematician and philosopher, founder of the mysterious religious and scientific society called Pythagoreans, and is known best for the Pythagorean theorem which bears his name. ... Mikis Theodorakis Mikis Theodorakis (Greek: born July 29, 1925) is perhaps the most important Greek music composer of the 20th Century and one of the most significant in the world; politically, until the collapse of the military junta in 1974, he identified with the left; in the 1980s he became... Francesco Cilea, (Palmi, near Reggio Calabria, July 26, 1866 - Varazze, near Savona, November 20, 1950) was an Italian opera composer, whose early success was not sustained, as taste in music changed. ...

external sites

• Cosenza music conservatory
• Rendano Theater, Cosenza
• Reggio Calabria music conservatory
• Aurora festival, Crotone