Casa natale di Guido Monaco
Small museum in the medieval core of Talla, in the probable birthplace of Guido d'Arezzo, devoted to the origins of musical notation.
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About the museum
The museum is located in the Castellaccia, the oldest core of Talla, within the remains of a probable fortified site. The village has always identified this place with the birthplace of Guido Monaco, the Benedictine monk born between 992 and 995 and regarded as the inventor of modern musical notation. The identification rests on fragments of documents, the opinions of scholars and, above all, an ancient local tradition.
According to tradition, Guido received his first education at the nearby abbey of Santa Trinita in Alpe, deepened his spiritual life at Pomposa and around 1025 moved to Arezzo, where he taught music and singing at the episcopal school under Bishop Teodaldo. He is credited with an antiphonary in which the melodies are written on a staff, and with the famous mnemonic device of the “Guidonian hand” with the syllables UT, RE, MI, FA, SOL, LA.
The display is documentary and educational in character: it features musical instruments and interactive and descriptive panels that trace the origins of musical notation. The museum is linked to the Ecomuseo del Casentino, and a route called “Via Musicalis”, with installations (some of them interactive) inspired by the Guidonian hand and by instruments of the past, connects the Castellaccia to the village.
Highlights
- Probable birthplace of Guido d'Arezzo (Guido Monaco)
- Musical instruments and interactive panels on musical notation
- The Guidonian hand and the six syllables UT RE MI FA SOL LA
- The “Via Musicalis” trail between Talla and the Castellaccia
- Medieval core of the Castellaccia
Permanent exhibition
- Allestimento sulla notazione musicale di Guido Monaco – Musical instruments and interactive and descriptive panels on the history and characteristics of the musical notation devised by Guido Monaco.
- Operated by
- Comune di Talla (Ecomuseo del Casentino)
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Plan your visit
| School programs | yes |
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| Good to know | The museum offers educational activities linked to Guido Monaco, with a teaching workbook from the project “Guido Monaco dacci il cinque!”. |
