{"id":60787,"date":"2026-09-21T14:34:31","date_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:34:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/?post_type=ajde_events&p=60787"},"modified":"2026-09-21T14:34:32","modified_gmt":"2026-09-21T14:34:32","slug":"conservatori-in-scena-conservatorio-arlia-di-nocera-terinese","status":"publish","type":"ajde_events","link":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/events\/conservatori-in-scena-conservatorio-arlia-di-nocera-terinese\/","title":{"rendered":"Conservatori in scena – Conservatorio “Arlia” di Nocera Terinese"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The \u201cSaverio Arlia\u201d State Conservatory of Music in Nocera Terinese<\/strong> comes to Cremona Musica 2026 with two events devoted to the tambourine in European art music between the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries: the presentation of Andrea Piccioni\u2019s book Il tamburello in Europa tra 1700 e 1800. Aspetti sociali, performativi e musicologici<\/em> (Squilibri), the first title in the Symphonia<\/em> series, and a concert featuring a complete performance of Muzio Clementi\u2019s Douze Waltzes<\/em>, Op. 38, for piano, tambourine and triangle (London, 1798). The two events are independent and may be scheduled on different days or in different venues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

FIRST PART \u2014 BOOK PRESENTATION<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Speakers<\/strong>
Andrea Piccioni (author) \u00b7 Danilo Gatto (author of the preface; Head of the Department of Traditional Music of the Mediterranean)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Duration and format<\/strong>
Approx. 60 minutes, with projections of iconographic and documentary material \u00b7 venue for 50\u201380 people<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For the first time, the book provides a comprehensive account of the history and development of the tambourine and frame drums in eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Europe, combining archaeological, iconographic, organological, compositional and socio-cultural perspectives. It also documents a repertoire of art music \u2014 including works by Clementi, Steibelt and Dale \u2014 that has remained largely overlooked in musicological literature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Two aspects are of particular interest to the Cremona audience: the instrument\u2019s historical organology<\/strong> (surviving examples made in London and Paris, Joseph Dale\u2019s 1799 royal patent, screw-tensioning systems, calfskin heads and large-diameter brass jingles) and its notation<\/strong>: the book proposes a unified notation system for the tambourine<\/em>, derived from a comparison of the three historical methods by Dale, Frey and Bolton.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SECOND PART \u2014 MUSIC<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n


Muzio Clementi (1752\u20131832),\u00a0Douze Waltzes for the Piano Forte, with an Accompaniment for a Tamburino & Triangle<\/em>, Op. 38 (London, Longman & Broderip, 1798) \u2014 complete performance<\/p>\n\n\n\n


Nico Fuscaldo, piano \u00b7 Andrea Piccioni, tambourine<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Clementi\u2019s\u00a0Douze Waltzes<\/em>, Op. 38, were entered in the register of London\u2019s Stationers\u2019 Hall on 30 June 1798 \u2014 the registration procedure used to protect printing rights \u2014 and published by Longman & Broderip shortly before Clementi took over the firm. The Paris edition by B. Viguerie provides evidence of the work\u2019s circulation on the European continent.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The collection is one of the most significant examples of the tambourine\u2019s introduction into European salon music. The performance reconstructs the percussion part according to the system of signs found in the eighteenth-century source, interpreted in the light of the unified key developed in the book. For the triangle part, wooden crotales will be used, in accordance with documented contemporary performance practice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

THE BOOK<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Piccioni, Il tamburello in Europa tra 1700 e 1800. Aspetti sociali, performativi e musicologici<\/em>, Squilibri, Symphonia<\/em> series of the \u201cSaverio Arlia\u201d Conservatory, 2026.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Preface by Danilo Gatto; contributions by Lorenzo D\u2019Erasmo and Lionello Morandi; musical transcriptions by Caterina Chiarcos; revision of the modern tambourine<\/em> notation by Davide Ciafardoni.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The volume is divided into two parts: History, Iconography and Contexts<\/em> (nine chapters, 66 illustrations, 103 bibliographical entries) and Notation, Edition and Transcriptions<\/em> (comparative study, key to strokes, editorial criteria, scores and parts, synoptic table). Format: 15 \u00d7 21 cm; forthcoming.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Danilo Gatto<\/strong>\u00a0\u2014 Head of the Department of Traditional Music of the Mediterranean at the \u201cSaverio Arlia\u201d Conservatory and author of the book\u2019s preface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Nico Fuscaldo<\/strong>, piano \u2014 Professor of Piano at the Conservatory of Nocera Terinese. He graduated with honours and special distinction under the guidance of Filippo Arlia. A prizewinner in national and international competitions, including the Clementi Competition in Spoleto, he has recorded for Sony Classical and Brilliant Classics.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrea Piccioni<\/strong>, tambourine \u2014 internationally recognised as one of the leading exponents of frame drums and the Italian tambourine. He teaches Frame Drums at the \u201cSaverio Arlia\u201d Conservatory, where he established an academic programme devoted to Mediterranean frame drums. He has collaborated with Bobby McFerrin, Richard Bona and Wu Man and is a Master Musician of the Aga Khan Music Programme.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":60788,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"tags":[],"event_type":[807,268,812,808],"event_type_2":[766],"class_list":["post-60787","ajde_events","type-ajde_events","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","event_location-guarneri-room","event_type-conference","event_type-piano-en","event_type-plucked-string-instruments","event_type-presentation","event_type_2-saturday-3"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/60787","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/ajde_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60787"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/60787\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60790,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/ajde_events\/60787\/revisions\/60790"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/60788"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60787"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60787"},{"taxonomy":"event_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type?post=60787"},{"taxonomy":"event_type_2","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cremonamusica.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/event_type_2?post=60787"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}