If there were a way to measure "music per capita" the Music of Umbria would rank very high. There are fewer than one million inhabitants in the entire region, yet there are 70 community bands, 110 community choirs, and about 20 secondary music schools, not counting the music conservatiory. The region is famous for its music festivals, including the Festival dei Due Mondi (Festival of Two Worlds) in Spoleto and the Umbria Jazz Festival. The music of Italy is well-known, and includes numerous musical types, ranging from parish street bands to symphony orchestras, modern rock and pop and opera houses. ... // Art Music Art music is a somewhat broader term than classical music and may be defined for the purposes of this article as establishment music (either religious or secular) that is composed for pubic or private performance. ... Italian opera can be divided into three periods, the Baroque, the Romantic and the modern. ... 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Musical venues and activities

The city of Perugia has the fascinating Oreste Trotta Phonoteque, a collection of autographed recordings donated by many of the musicians who have performed in Perugia over the last 50 years. Perugia also hosts the autumnal Sagra Musicale Umbra, an annual music festival. Auditoriums include the Sala dei Notari, the Teatro della Sapienza, the Oratorio di Santa Cecilia and the Teatro Moriacchi. The town of Città di Castello, in the province, is the site of the Francesco Morlacchi music conservatory. Spoleto, is the home of the Two Worlds Festival. Other towns in the province—Foligno, Gubbio, Marsciano, Nani, Norcia, Panicale, Spelo—all have significant theaters as venues for music. The town of Todi also sponsors a new annual music festival, TodiMusicFest. The renowned Umbria Jazz Festival takes place at various sites throughout the region. Perugia is the capital city in the region of Umbria in central Italy, near the Tiber river, and the capital of the province of Perugia. ... Città di Castello is a town in the northern part of the Umbria region of Italy. ... Spoleto (Latin: Spoletium), 42°44′ N 12°44′ E, an ancient town in the Italian province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 385 meters (1391 ft) above sea-level on a foothill of the Apennines. ... 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. ... Foligno, (Latin: Fulginiae, Fulginium) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in east central Umbria, at 233 meters (764 ft) above sea-level, on the Topino river where it leaves the Apennines and enters the wide plain of the Clitunno river system. ... Gubbio is a town and comune in the far northeastern part of the Italian province of Perugia, (Umbria), 43°12′N 12°34′E. At 522 m (1713 ft) above sea-level, it clings to the first slope of Mt. ... Nani can mean: A character from the animated Disney movie Lilo & Stitch. ... Norcia, (Latin: Nursia) an ancient town of Italy, in the province of Perugia in southeastern Umbria, at 42°48N 13°06E, at 604 meters (1982 ft) above sea-level in a wide plain abutting the Monti Sibillini, a subrange of the Apennines with some of its highest peaks, near the... Todi Todi, town and comune (township) of the Province of Perugia (Umbria) in Italy. ...

Terni's original Teatro Verdi was destroyed in WW2 but was rebuilt and reopened in 1948. It is the main "music place" in the province of Terni and hosts its own provincial jazz festival as well as symphony concerts and opera. It is also the site for the annual Casagrande International Piano Competition. Also, a Roman amphitheater in Terni is the site of outdoor concerts. Terni, (Latin: Interamna Nahars) an ancient town of Italy, capital of Terni province in southern Umbria, 42°33N, 12°39E, at 130 meters (427 ft) above sea-level in the plain of the Nera river. ... German soldiers at the Battle of Stalingrad World War II was the most extensive and costly armed conflict in the history of the world, involving the great majority of the worlds nations, being fought simultaneously in several major theatres, and costing tens of millions of lives. ... A symphony is an extended piece of music usually for orchestra and usually comprised of several movements. ... The foyer of Charles Garniers Opéra, Paris, opened 1875 Opera refers to a dramatic art form, originating in Europe, in which the emotional content or primary entertainment is conveyed to the audience as much through music, both vocal and instrumental, as it is through the lyrics. ... The name amphitheatre (alternatively amphitheater) is given to a public building of the Classical period (being particularly associated with ancient Rome) which was used for spectator sports, games and displays. ...

Reference

• Guide Cultura, i luoghi della music (2003) ed. Touring Club Italiano.

External links

• Perugia music conservatory
• Concerts today in Umbria
• Umbria Jazz Festival
• Festival of Two Worlds, Spoleto
• Todi Music Festival