The Filarmonica Alpina of
Castiglione di Garfagnana
Castiglione di Garfagnana is a medieval walled town and ''comune'' of 1,878 inhabitants in the province of Lucca.
It sits on a hillside above the river Esarulo, a tributary of the Serchio.
The town is renowned for the band Filarmonica Alpina, fo ...
,
Italy
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is a music company associated with the
Garfagnana
The Garfagnana () is a historical and geographical region of central Italy, today part of the province of Lucca, in Tuscany. It is the upper valley or basin of the river Serchio, and thus lies between the main ridge of the Northern Apennines to ...
region.
History
The company was founded in 1858 as the "Fanfara Popolare" by a group of musicians with the purpose of playing music at special events. Such events as religious processions, civil parades, and private functions. Later, in 1874, it became a
communal band.
The Filarmonica Alpina was inactive throughout
World War I
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, it reformed afterwards and has continued uninterrupted ever since. The Filarmonica Alpina represents one of the many living traditions of the Castiglione di Garfagnana and is present on many important occasions in the life of the community. Today the musical group is composed of seventy elements and directed by Silvano Marcalli and its chairman Vittorio Pieroni.
External links
Filarmonica Alpina website
Italian musical groups
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