Museo Storico Musicale del Conservatorio di San Pietro a Majella
Conservatory museum in the former Celestine monastery, with historical instruments, including a harp by Stradivari, and over two hundred portraits of musicians.
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About the museum
The Museo Storico Musicale was inaugurated by the composer Francesco Cilea on 3 December 1925, but its collections had been started as early as 1868. It is a diffuse museum, spread across the rooms of the former Celestine monastery of San Pietro a Majella, today the seat of the Conservatory.
The picture gallery holds over two hundred paintings, including portraits of musicians such as Paisiello, Tosti and Sebastiani, and works by Élisabeth Vigée Le Brun, Gennaro Maldarelli, Filippo Palizzi and Francesco Paolo Michetti. On the first floor of the institute the musical instruments are on display: a harp by Antonio Stradivari of 1681, the harpsichord-piano “Vis à Vis” by Johann Andreas Stein of 1783, the pianos given by Catherine II of Russia to Cimarosa and Paisiello, 18th-century psalteries, Erard and Pleyel harps, and wind instruments, including a horn that belonged to Rossini’s father. A section also traces Neapolitan lutherie of the 18th and 19th centuries.
Highlights
- Harp by Antonio Stradivari of 1681
- Harpsichord-piano “Vis à Vis” by Johann Andreas Stein (1783)
- Pianos given by Catherine II of Russia to Cimarosa and Paisiello
- Picture gallery with over 200 paintings and portraits of musicians
- Horn that belonged to Rossini’s father
- Retrospective on Neapolitan lutherie of the 18th and 19th centuries
Permanent exhibition
- Collezioni del Museo Storico Musicale – Historical musical instruments on the first floor of the institute, and a picture gallery with portraits of musicians, spread across the rooms of the former monastery.
- Founded
- 1925
- Operated by
- Conservatorio di Musica San Pietro a Majella
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Plan your visit
| Good to know | A Conservatory notice from 2022 states that guided tours are booked through the agency Azzurro Service (+39 081 1956 5066, info@azzurroservice.net). Please confirm before visiting. |
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