Museo etnomusicale “Celestino Coscia e Antonio Bocchino”
Museum in Montemarano dedicated to the Montemarano tarantella: traditional instruments, costumes and a tribute to the musicians who handed it down.
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About the museum
The Museo etnomusicale “Celestino Coscia e Antonio Bocchino” opened on 21 February 2004, during the Carnival, with a conference on the relationship between tradition and the museum. The name recalls two protagonists of Montemarano’s folk music: Celestino Coscia, a player of the double cane flute, and Antonio Bocchino, maker and player of the tambourine and the scacciapensieri (jew’s harp).
The museum tells the story of the Montemarano tarantella, the dance and song of the village Carnival, and pays tribute to other performers who reworked and handed it down, such as Domenico Ambrosino on the clarinet, Domenico Picariello on the accordion, and the duo Giacomo and Francesco Erricolo, with ciaramella and accordion.
Besides traditional costumes, the display includes numerous musical instruments made and played by the village’s elders: double cane and elderberry flutes, a flute and a trumpet made of chestnut bark, the ciaramella, clarinet, harmonica and the bagpipe known as the “surdolina”, which recalls the last player of the Christmas Novena in the 1930s.
Highlights
- Traditional instruments made and played by the village’s elders
- Double cane flute, ciaramella and the “surdolina” bagpipe
- Traditional Carnival costumes
- Tribute to the players of the Montemarano tarantella
Permanent exhibition
- Strumenti e costumi della tarantella montemaranese – Traditional musical instruments and costumes linked to the Carnival of Montemarano and to its musicians.
- Founded
- 2004
- Visitors per year
- approx. 800
Admission & discounts
Admission is free.
Free admission according to Musei Italiani.
Accessibility
- Wheelchair accessible: no information
- Elevator: no information
- Accessible restroom: no information
- Accessible parking: no information
- Service dogs welcome: no information
- Tactile models & exhibits: no information
- Sign language tours: no information
- Easy-to-read materials: no information
- Audio description: no information
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