This museum is one of a kind. Not only is there a collections of the most beautiful and exotic instruments, there is also original sheet music from the likes of Bach, Mozart and Rossini. The bulk of the collection came form Father Giovani Battista Martini (1706-1784). He was a famous teacher, composer and musical scholar whose students included Bach and Mozart. He attempted to put together a portrait and some original sheet music from all the major composers from the 15th century to the 18th century. The collection is housed in the spectacular Palazzo Sanginetti that boasts an impressive stairway and gorgeous frescos in every room. There is an attached musical library with volumes of music, musical theory and historical works. There are performance areas in the area as well. We were absolutely gob smacked at all the treasures we saw and how beautiful the rooms were.
Passing the Gorilla Ber
No shortage of impressive palazzos in this neighborhood
Fancy barriers to our uninvited entry
We have arrived
Prince would have liked this guitar
This is a first time for us seeing this. There is a service that will sit with your dog as you tour the museum
The entrance is through this grans stairway
Some kind of incredible
Giant carved panels
Three layers up into the ceiling
The harp room
So old that there are tiny holes form some insects
Each room's frescoes out did the last
The ceilings were also painted
The big four! Bach, Mozart, Fux and Puccini
Amadeus Wolfgang Mozart's signature
Look at the keys
The stucco work was very detailed
The bass on the left has only one string
It rotated in the case
A great topper to the one-stringer
Beginner instrument for those one fingered musicians.
A clavichord
14 strings on this lute
Like a race track
Something fishy is going on with this violin
An instrument that can possibly double as a wepon
All portraits of musicians and composers
Name that opera house from 1755
The innards of a piano
Such detail on this harp
A beautiful piano
Of course they have to put a plastic cover on the piano so stop folks from playing
A rare original program for an opera
More sheet music. All of the opera's scores were copied by hand up until mid 1700's
Early bobble head of Rossini, who actually lived in this palazzo while his house was getting redecorated
Rossini's baton
Woodwinds
One exotic trombone
Oh my the oboe
So many woodwinds
The drapes are painted
A fine color for the drapes
Neck issues may arise after visiting this museum due to the need to keep looking up
But why is there a hole in the ceiling?
A much nicer looking hole
More large one stringers
Fantastic wooden ceilings
The row of busts part 1
Part 2
The Bologna Stratocaster
We have made it to the library section, here is some Beethoven
A fine lantern
The banana trees in t he courtyard
So many instruments above the windows outside
Back on the streets
Lovely porticos
A nice transition of the colors
Kanga-who?
Old irons shown in the window of the dry cleaners
Fun street art
An artist out on a delivery run
Wooden columns
A wooden top to this portico. The wood is certainly showing its age
It has been 2 years and 343 days since we began our Migration
