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Giuseppe Donati (2 December 1836 – 14 February 1925) was the inventor of the classical
Budrio Ocarina Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donati, Giuseppe 1836 births 1925 deaths Italian musical instrument makers 19th-century Italian inventors 19th-century Italian musicians Ocarina makers Brickmakers
Giuseppe Donati (2 December 1836 – 14 February 1925) was the inventor of the classical ocarina
The ocarina is a wind musical instrument; it is a type of vessel flute. Variations exist, but a typical ocarina is an enclosed space with four to twelve finger holes and a mouthpiece that projects from the body. It is traditionally made from c ...
, a ceramic wind instrument based on the principle of a Helmholtz resonator.
Donati was born in Budrio
Budrio ( Eastern Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is east of Bologna.
Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his pseudonym of Quirico Filopanti, an I ...
. Legend has it that he created his first "little goose" ("ocarina" in Italian dialect) in 1853, aged 17, whilst still working as a brickmaker. His first ocarina-making workshop was in his hometown of Budrio
Budrio ( Eastern Bolognese: ) is a town and ''comune'' in the Metropolitan City of Bologna, in Emilia-Romagna, Italy; it is east of Bologna.
Budrio is the birthplace of Giuseppe Barilli, better known under his pseudonym of Quirico Filopanti, an I ...
. When he moved to larger premises in Bologna in 1878, a fellow musician of the Gruppo Ocarinistico, Cesare Vicinelli, continued the Budrio workshop. Donati died, aged 88, in Milan.
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Budrio Ocarina Museum
{{DEFAULTSORT:Donati, Giuseppe 1836 births 1925 deaths Italian musical instrument makers 19th-century Italian inventors 19th-century Italian musicians Ocarina makers Brickmakers