Think of Italy, and you think of food, wine, cheese, and football. For Mario Stefano Pietrodarchi, music is added to the list. Growing up in Atessa, in Southeastern Italy, it was part of the family.

Resounding beauties : the beauty of sound / Franca Falletti -- Mucial instrument collections in Renaissance and Baroque Italy / Renato Meucci -- Italian musical instruments in Europe : the dynamics of ...