Guest guest Posted March 29, 2009 Report Share Posted March 29, 2009 grazie, grazie mille for sharing this Dharam Singh! the interview is actually in English, so for those of you who don´t speak Italian, go right ahead. wahe guru!blessings, peace and joyparmatma k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 1, 2009 Report Share Posted April 1, 2009 Sat Nam Parmatma Kaur, You're most welcome! Yes, it is in English but initially Massimo only posted it on Youtube overdubbed with Italian, which I don't understand, except for an occasional word. ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS6EQfUFE84 ). At my request he gave me an an undubbed copy only a few weeks ago. He has since posted that same original English/undubbed version on Youtube. I'm guessing you play gong(?). Are you Italian? Do you know of the Gong and Bell makers in Tuscany? They are UFIP (Unione Fabbricanti Italiani Piatti) and do some amazing work. Check the info link below. Blessings all around, Dharam Singh www.gongsongs.com HISTORY and TRADITION - go to this link and click on the pictures!! http://www.ufip.it/uk/company/htm/chi_siamo.htm UFIP (Union of Italian Cymbal Makers) started on the 6th of January 1931, but the roots of its history go much further back. Since 1732, in fact, the Tronci family have been producing pipe organs and after about a century they started to make them equipped with set of chimes, bells, bass drums and ... Turkish cymbals. In the second half of the 1800s, with the progressive decline in the production of great classical organs, the Tronci family were becoming ever more interested in the working of bronze. Large tubular bells and gongs were produced. The great composer Giacomo Puccini commissioned large gongs for the performance of his works Turandot and Madame Butterfly; and the Ricordi company of Milan bought these instruments on behalf of the composer and placed them at the disposition of the orchestras who were to perform his repertory. A lively and frequent interchange with Giacomo Puccini, Giuseppe Verdi and Pietro Mascagni, gave rise to the creation of tam-tams, gongs, hand bells, sleigh bells, rattles and symphonic cymbals. There began a close collaboration with the great symphonic orchestras which continues vigorously to this day. More on their process - http://edmann.info/UFIPPISTOIA.html Parmatma Kaur wrote: grazie, grazie mille for sharing this Dharam Singh! the interview is actually in English, so for those of you who don´t speak Italian, go right ahead. wahe guru! blessings, peace and joy parmatma k Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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