Recorder
Object number2015.82.25
Date1987
OriginSorrento, Italy
MediumWood; Paint
Credit LineGift of Anna Marie Fiori
DescriptionWood recorder. Painted red. Seven fingerholes down front, each is surrounded by star design. One thumb hole on back at center.Dimensions11 × 1 in. (27.9 × 2.5 cm)InscriptionsText down sides “SORRENTO” and “RICORDO”.
Translation:
RICORDO” = Recorder or Memory
Historical NotesThe donor Anna Marie Fiori held onto a majority of the instruments used by the group in their performances, including this recorder made in Sorrento, Italy. All instruments from Italy were acquired during the group’s tour of Italy in 1987. Collection includes handmade dolls, ceramic conga (quartara), copper conga, Sardinian flute and pan pipe, ram’s horn, conch shell horn, wrist and hand castanets, Jew’s harp, triccheballacche, concertina, various handmade noisemakers, tambourine, and recorder. I Campagnoli was an Italian American folk troupe from the Pittsburgh area comprised of approximately 40 core performers with a focus on Italian folk singing and dancing. Originally directed by Lorenzo “Larry” Malfatti and Eugene Richards (and later Jane Ferro) and sponsored by the Italian Sons and Daughters of Italy, the group formed in 1964 and performed throughout the Mid-Atlantic region, as well as in Italy and at the opening of the Italian Village in Epcot Center and Busch Gardens.
Related institution
I Campagnoli
Related person
Anna Marie Fiori
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Chicago Musical Instrument Company
c. 1987
Renwal American Sundries Company
