Italy On This Day

Multi-talented composer of more than 1,000 songs Gorni Kramer was a popular performer for many decades The songwriter, musician and ...

Musician was also a composer and conductor Giovanni Bottesini took up the double bass so he could attend Milan Conservatory The comp...

Founder of the Brescian school of stringed instrument craftsmen The bust of Gasparo da Salò in Salò One of Italy’s earliest violin ma...

Venetian was best double bass player in Europe Domenico Dragonetti: a lithograph from the New York City Public Library collection Th...