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Georgiana Brummell @[email protected] · 2025-06-19 · 14:58 UTC

Since I am pinning this to my profile, I am shortening it dramatically. To read the post in its entirety and understand exactly what I am seeking and the research I have done so far, please go here.

https://dandylover1.dreamwidth.org/249903.html

I love opera singers from prior to the 1950's. My favourite is Tito Schipa, and I am attempting to learn what he taught and how he learned. I have his ten vocal exercises but not the booklet that came with them. I wrote to Seth Riggs, who studied under him, but he never responded. I am now researching one of Schipa's most famous teachers, Alceste Gerunda (1847-1917) since he studied with him for six years. Gerunda's teacher was Saverio Mercadante. Gerunda himself taught at the Convitto Palmieri, which now olds the Bernardini Library, prior to opening his own school in his home. I wrote to the library but never heard from them. They have two books that interest me, namely "ALCESTE GERUNDA E LA SCUOLA LECCESE DI CANTO" by Silvia Mandurino (ITES 1969) and "IN MEMORIA DEL MAESTRO ALCESTE GERUNDA NE L'AVVIVERSARIO PRIMO DE LA SUA MORTE" by Giulia) Lucrezi (Palumbo. (I found the first online, and while it is fascinating, it doesn't contain what I need.) What I am seeking is anecdotes regarding his lessons, notes he may have written, books he may have used, the pedagogy he followed, etc. I am totally blind and live in New Jersey, America, so it's not possible for me to travel to Lecce. I posted to their subreddit, but I will leave this here in case anyone in the wider community can help. If you or someone you know teaches real bel canto (no scientific or modern ideas), I would love to hear from you.

#AlcesteGerunda #Apulia #BelCanto #education #Lecce #lessons #Italy #opera #music #pedagogy #Puglia #research #SaverioMercadante #singing #teacher #teaching #TitoSchipa #VocalPedagogy #VoiceLessons

#alcestegerunda #belcanto #italy #lecce #opera #saveriomercadante

Ives @[email protected] · 2025-01-31 · 14:43 UTC

There's someone at the window...

Cattedrale di #Otranto, in #Apulia, #Italy. It was consecrated in 1088 (!) and also has beautiful 12th century mosaic floors.

Not your typical #Fensterfreitag .

#otranto #apulia #italy #fensterfreitag

EXTREMEWEATHER.CLUB @[email protected] · 2024-09-08 · 18:24 UTC

Beautiful #shelfcloud in Casamassima, #Apulia, #italy by Walter Rose. Taken on September 5, 2024 ⚡ More #storm photos from Walter https://bit.ly/walterrose

#europe #clouds #photooftheday #photographylovers #thunderstorms #stormchasing #stormchaser

#shelfcloud #apulia #italy #storm #europe #clouds

Erotic Mythology 🌹 @[email protected] · 2024-09-04 · 08:06 UTC

It's the Day of Hermes aka Mercurius Day aka #Wednesday! 🐏

"He [Hermes] cast upon the dogs which were guarding them [the guard dogs of the cattle of Apollon] a stupor and strangles, so that the dogs forgot the cows and lost the power of barking."
#Hesiod, The Great Eoiae Frag 16

🏛 Red-Figure Kylix depicting #Hermes with a dog by the Iliupersis Painter, ca 375–350 BCE, #Apulia in Magna Graecia

@mythology @antiquidons
#DayOfHermes #Mythology #GreekRomanArt