Known mostly as a collector, but also a maker.
attended the Conservatory of Piacenza, in 1943 he graduated in violin at the Conservatory of Athens, participate, just graduated, at a concert of the Berlin at the Grande Bretagne in Syntagma Square and engages young in musical jokes with his friend Varesi to RadioAtene during the war years (to be deported by the Nazis after September 8 will receive posthumously the Medal of Honor by the Ministry of Defense).
In the 50s playing violin and saxophone in complex jazz, dance as the Orchestra Diana and Radiorchestra is appreciated as an orchestra at the Teatro Ponchielli in Cremona, offers pieces of music "only" in the cathedral and in different places of worship.
He works as a technician at the factory tuner of pianos "Rings" in Cremona who had acquired the technology FIRST. It has a dear friend of Augustus heel, a major manufacturer of pianos, and Joseph Ferigo tuner emeritus all'Odeion and at the Athens Opera.
The heritage of his moral and luthier Peter Tatar and his dear wife with Santa which will maintain contacts friendship even after his transfer Dougan Place in New York. Teacher at the International School of Violin Making in historical times in which this under the direction of Prof. Sartini, Dean Cusumano, was an integral part and flagship ITIS in Cremona (1940 to 1960). Join with friends and prof.Mosconi arch.Renzi the new reality dell'IPIALL continuing to teach the viola and violin making in schools telling countless lectures concert accompanied by his son Sergio cello and piano by Maestro Baietti. From a distant lecture at the Classic to the exciting meeting in 2006 with the boys Artistry in the publication of the CD made by the Committee Cremasco 60 °-Research Center "Alfredo Galmozzi" - Cream. In 2007 he collaborated with the School Green School Award (National Interuniversity Consortium) at the Ministry of Education, offering his notes on the nature of paints for violin making. In 2008, supported by the enthusiasm of director Dr. Maria Paola Negri, working with the ITIS "Torriani" in the interpretation of ancient paint formulas taken from the manuscripts of Alexis lè Piemontais-1550 (the essay was awarded the Order of Chemists of Parma), participates in the preparation of a working paper on the chemistry of the fresco in the identification of musical instruments played in works of art and published posthumously DVD for schools in the Order of Chemists of Parma, a project that has received Special Commemorative Medal Presidency of the Republic in 2010), the essay, with new notes taken from the voluminous unpublished correspondence of the master, will be repeated in the Lombardy Region Artistry by children engaged in an original teaching of violin making and a reconstruction of the silver lyre of Leonardo (from jig to the pound purple, violet violin ...). E 'among the leading figures of the exhibition Stradivarius of 1937, participates in the exciting opera season of the year, is on the committee of experts and juries historical biennial tools arched with master luthiers Bisiach, Morassi, Rocchi, Sgarabotto and characters of value as D'Alessandro, Azzolina, Stauffer and Zelioli Lanzini, is the protagonist of the so-called "Meetings of Violin Making" (1979). Stauffer The foundation entrusted him with the responsibility of an important music course. Accompanies the baritone Aldo Protti on several occasions music playing in the "Accademia Musicale Cremonese" with Maestro Marco Brasi, the Viola da Gamba and arm with the "Camerata of Cremona" and supports the maestro Ennio Gerelli in the famous concert, widespread Eurovision Villa Olmo in Como in 1958. In the '60s and '70s he performed in the greatest theaters of Europe from Rho in Bologna, Teatro "New" in Milan, Trieste (1957), the "Weeks Siena (1962) at the Palace of Versailles (Gabriel theater - 1967) in Salzburg and Germany with the orchestra "Proarte", the festival of Aix-en-Provence (1970) to the International Baalbeck (1961), Athens (Herod Atticus Theater) to the Piccola Scala in Milan. plays the Viola content (with friends Nino Negrotti, Enzo Porta, Tito Riccardi, Riccardi Alfredo, Franzetti and Ch Jaccotet) in the "Coronation of Poppea" by Monteverdi prepared by RAI and directed by Franco Zeffirelli. boasts moved the thanks of a great artist and friend. Soloist at the Teatro Olimpico in Vicenza, the Teatro Comunale in Florence, he met the violinist Menuin, playing with Maestro Carlo Sforza France, the maestro Gianni Lazzari (choir director of the Accademia Nazionale di Santa Cecilia in Rome) m ° Fausto Regis, m ° Fulvio Fogliazza accompany the beautiful voice of the tenor Stefano Complex in Geneva Monteverdi, the enthusiastic maestro Giorgio Scolari in his Schola Cantorum, the maestro Daniele Lanzi in the Instrumental Group Cremonese and m ° Isidoro Gusberti in the increasingly educated and amazing facilities of the musical group "The Continuous", continues his musical experience with the Camerata at the helm of the good maestro Marco Fracassi. plays the Accademia Filarmonica Romana - Garden of the Villa Medici and the prof. Monterosso in the collegium musicum cremonense and prestigious theater Fraschini in Pavia. Unforgettable Vivaldi to a viola d'amore in Novigrad and Ariosto in the precious temple of Saint Joseph in The Isle, executions supported by a large and attentive audience. receives, together with the maestro Gianandrea Gavazzeni the prestigious "Premio Città di Baveno." Different organological knowledge, music and teaching the urge to create, with the help of children, organizations such as the ALI (ALI collaborate with important exhibitions in the competition), the ANLAI and ACLAP, and friends artisans of luthiers from Cremona and Crema, an extraordinary collection of musical instruments exposed all'ADAFA of Cremona, Milan, Parma, Colorno (Royal Palace), Baveno (Villa Fedora), Padua (House of Venus) Viadana (Gallery Bedoli) San.Quirico d'Orcia (Palazzo Chigi), Spinadesco (Town Hall), Cremona AISM, Perugia (Rocca Paolina), Merate (Palazzo Prinetti), Grosseto (Teatro degli Industri), Rimini (Palais des Expositions ), Grumello, Rho (1979), Caravaggio (home of the BCC Caravaggio), Casalmaggiore. activity of the collection is documented in Fabio Perrone: "Guide to the Collections of Musical Instruments of Italy" in "Restoration, Conservation And Recovery Ancient Instruments. Proceedings of the International Conference (Modena, 2-4 April 1982) "in" La Provincia "of Cremona (the activity of Maestro Maggi is enhanced by journalist Elias Santoro among the first to seek a Cremona Museum of Musical Instruments) of 13.10.1977, 02.19.82, 05.04.82, 11.02.85, 1,8,88; 01/08/98, 17/10/98; --- "World Padano" 1985 - "The Illustrated Sunday's Courier" in 1982; "The Gazzettino of Padua" 27.71989; "Italian Violin Makers of yesterday and today nineteenth today G.Nicolini 1982 Ed LAC; ---" Verbano "of Novara14.8.1991; 14/09/91; ---" The Press "13/09/1989, 11/09/91 ---" The Official Lakes "13/09/91 -" The Journal of Verbania "09/19/91; ---" Catholic Life "7.8.89; ---" The nation "of Siena 6/13/98; ---" People travel "1998, participating in study conference on" Violin Making in Emilia Romagna "26aprile 2002, is cited by the prestigious Londoner" Strad, magazine MMR-USA, the Journal of Violin Society in 1988, and in several daily and weekly newspapers, several publications in Ukraine, and in an encyclopedia giapponese.Alcuni tools have been used in such films as "Stradivarius" (TV movie Vittorio Salerno with the participation of Salvatore Accardo-October 1987) - - "The Betrothed" RAI RAI 1988 --- The Life of Verdi, educated and spontaneous encounters with the local television director Sandro Talamazzini m °. Appears on "Liuteria Lombard '900 'Roberto Codazzi and Cynthia manfredini. E 'in this Telethon2008 with his friend Walter Nicolini.
Publications: Work together with son George in the classification, design, analysis epistemological syncretism between science, art and music, offering events and collaborations with regard to exhibition industry sponsor (show sponsored by Johason Wax recovery in an article in the Courier) and contributing to the publication of specific tests.: "Chemistry and mysteries in paints for Cremonese violin making" The Italian Chemical June 2006, "Chemistry of the fresco and a proposal for a chemical laboratory at the high school" the "Chemical Italian" 2008 "Chemistry and naturalism to reinterpret Caravaggio "Green magazine n ° 10 inter-university consortium in December 2007," The Code of Caravaggio "Chemistry of Violin Making 600, sponsored by the BCC and the City of Caravaggio, 2008; Chemistry fresco (DVD Order of Chemists of Parma), Elia Santoro, Giorgio Maggi "Viole da Gamba and arm between the holy figures of the churches of Cremona" Turris Publishing (1982), "Marginal notes on the Turpentine: from unusual congruences in the chemical nature of magistral and varnishing recipes," timidly "from the outset." ( "Violin Music Culture" magazine of ALI-Anna Lucia Maramotti Politi-President of the Italian Violinmaking.) Other References. Collection collaborates with the Art School "Munari" Crema and Cremona (has a space in the http://www.artisticomunari.it site) and ITIS "Torriani" in Cremona (the site of the public school an internal course of introduction to diagnostic scientific restoration violin making accessible to all: see chemical http://moodle.itistorriani . it /). has participated with the notes of his voluminous correspondence to the publication of analytical essays on the use of water glass in violin making. ("silicates and water glass in the tradition of the Cremonese violin makers" in "The Chemical Italian" n ° 6 - 2010) and "Chemicals in the sublime baroque Po" in Journal of education and culture of the Italian Chemical Society "n ° 1-2011.
The Department of Education - University Roma Tre - Center for Museum Education, since 2000, has made available for consultation teaching materials in the collection Maggi.
On 19 April 2011 the IIS "Torriani" in Cremona dedicated to prof a section of the new Museum Learning: The laboratory of Professor are explained with flash cards that summarize the basic theoretical and practical aspects of the subjects. The laboratories are, painting, sound, graphics and classification
Mario transmits his passion for music to his grandchildren Paul (cello) and Valeria (pupil of Maestro Paolo Beltramini and clarinetist of the Orchestra and San Bassano Trigolo directed by Maestro Vittorio Zanibelli). A moving concert of the band "The Continuous" directed by Maestro Mario Isidoro Gusberti remember a few days after his death.
The collection (157 instruments cataloged in 2002) has a small baroque violin attributed to Antonio and Girolamo Amati, Ceruti harp, harp Grossjean, a rare Melophon, pianos, zither, organ portative, positive, regal, virginal a collection of Cremonese violins of the early '900, boit to musique including some of Serinette 700 (shown nell'Enciclopedie and favored by Mozart), barber organs of both reeds Strings, some curious concertinas. A large section is devoted to the reconstruction of ancient chordophones: stand cetere, rebecks (violet or rebec Ferrara), vielle, hurdy-gurdy, a waterspout, a 5-string cello given a new life with a new bridge, viola d'amore , violets and pansies Renaissance result of the ability of artisans Cremona. The section of wind instruments has historical instruments such as a saxophone Cohn silver and other curious brass ebony. Is not neglected section of ethnic instruments that allowed a fruitful collaboration with the students of the Art School in the identification of elements of cataloging according to Hornbostel Sachs. The collection is completed with antique equipment to manufacture strings for musical instruments (whose sound has been particularly investigated mainly in the production of gut strings) and to calibrate and tune reeds (1) (2) organ, harmonium reeds, regal and accordion. Mario Maggi sent to disabled students skills is related to the tuning of instruments such as pianos, harpsichords and organs (in collaboration with Maestro Bassani of Casalbuttano was invaluable in the reproduction of positive organs and portative). Novello Tolbeque has stimulated specific research theory and technology for example in the organic production with his friend Nazzari of idiophones brand Resonanz of basifonotattiche for mechanical and automatic construction of violas da gamba through the notable differences between the instrument and the Renaissance Baroque revised by his son Sergio (the study of building models, starting from the evolution in time of lire and Lironi "local" to the complexity of violets Praetorius, Zenatto, Stradivari and especially Gasparo da Salò, was fundamental to describe the purpose of organological collection (http://www.artisticomunari.it path and go handouts / programs finoal2007 / science lab / chemistry coatings in lutherie Acasa dell'artistaliutaio. ppt); Sergio continues the path traced by the father of knowledge deepening, with musicians concerned, research on playing instruments such as guitar-pound little studied, positive organ, a portable, regal, waterspout, hurdy-gurdy, harp and arpetta. collaboration between Mario and Sergio is highlighted on the Dictionnaire Universel des Luthiers Rene Vannes and Les Amis de la Musiques, Claude Lebet Tome troisieme and Wrona'S HOUSE OF VIOLINS-New York, dictionary manufacturers plucked instruments in Italy from the fifteenth to the twentieth century. Giovanni Antonini, violin makers in Italy Gualtiero Nicolini. Sergio has been reported to Bologna., and Special Prize at the 1st International Contest of Violin Making in Pisogne presenting a reconstruction of the hurdy-gurdy in the hands of "Blind Musician" (1610) by Georges de La Tour du Mesnil (or hurdy-gurdy Hurdy has been masterfully sonata by Claudio De Micheli (important performer and soloist at the spinet, hurdy-gurdy, bagpipes, flute drum). Renewing collaboration with ensembles (in the 90s Mario offers availability of use of its instruments to complex Tuscan as the "Inchanto") October 31, 2010 at Charterhouse Pavia an important concert of the "Academy of Tenderness" offers Pergolesi original instruments of the collection.
The collection at a glance consists of four major sections: the first includes ancient instruments with harps, violins, mandolins, guitars and mandolins of'' 800 with excellence as Ceruti E., Leclerc, Pastors Testore, the second section is enhanced by tools Mechanical by accordions and concertinas of barbershop music boxes of Italian and European, and the third section is enriched with curious and rare ethnic instruments (used for educational purposes for research on the nomenclature of the organic base), and the fourth section is the most dear to affectively prof. because it contains some reproductions medieval and baroque made with the help of the children, but it also contains early works by students and dear friends makers now become capiscuola of Cremonese violin making and Italian as Amighetti; Belli, Capicchioni, Carubelli, Conia, Exposed, Mathias Osorio; Galletti , Krilov; Morassi; Patterson; Racca; Rodig Giovan; Scolari g., Simoni Franco, Takaschi, Slaviero.
Mario, musician and researcher, has always favored the collection as a collection of "musical instruments necessary to his profession as a teacher" stigmatizing always look venial or more basely "antiquarian" of the objects in his possession.
After about two years after his death, Mario was quoted by "More" magazine (with a nice musicologist Roberto Codazzi), and several times the "Province" and "Small" daily Cremona. His name and the presence of the museum of the violin allITIS have appeared in prestigious journals with international character like:
"Violin Making, Music, Culture" (semi-annual Italian Violin Making Association);
"The Chemical Italian" (quarterly Order of Chemicals);
"Chemistry in the School" (Quarterly of the Italian Chemical Society).
His passion for the school was mentioned in
--- Lessons sites ITIS "Torriani," Liceo IIS Torriani and artistic "Munari" in Cremona;
--- Lombardy Region in the Pirelli building in Milan during the presentation of his son Giorgio, teacher and ITIS Art School, the project "Ariadne's thread" 2011 contact prof.Busico journalist accredited to the Council of Ministers. followed award in memory of prof. Mario Maggi
--- A baroque concerto at the Certosa di Pavia, in San Bernardo (CR) at the Cascina Beretta (director Isidore Gusberti and his choir, soloist Joel Gusberti with a small 5-string cello and instruments in the collection)
--- In the beautiful setting of the International Prize of Pisogne 2011, the President m ° Uto Ughi. During the event, in which Mario was remembered as applied to teaching excellence of the music and the violin, his son Sergio withdrew the 1st Prize, Gold Medal, awarded at the presentation of an extraordinary lira da gamba enhanced by a case study in character organological Brescia on violin making of the sixteenth century., leader Gasparo da Salò.
--- Mondomusica-September 2011. The stand Pianos Tamagni, a valuable collection of papers dedicated to the factory pianos Rings Cremona, the figure of Mario Maggi is valued as a tuner and technician.
--- A stunningly museum dedicated to him in the ITIS "Torriani" in Cremona and desired by the manager Mr. / Ms MPNegri: The project entitled "Technological Laboratory of history, present situation and prospects" was illustrated by Giorgio dell11/09/2011 the Seminar at the University of Bergamo. The magazine "Violin Music Culture" in April 2012 devoted a great article of Professor / ssa Maria Paola Negri at the Museum of prof.
--- Crodaway, the magazine of the same name which has a multinational activities in Cremona, publishes the work of chemical analysis and historical research students ITIS coordinated by Giorgio. The collection of Mario Maggi gave resins, oils and samples for specific analyzes aimed to characterize the chemistry education in the school and to provide background information on the characteristics of ancient paint for stringed instruments used in the Renaissance.
--- Salò, Town Hall, Hall of Superintendents November 12, 2011, the ITIS "Torriani" of Cremona's son George has received a prestigious first prize from the hands of prof. Augusta Busico program coordinator "Ariadne's Thread" for more detailed work related epistemological conception of a Museum of Chemistry ITIS designed for boys. The museum has devoted an entire section to his teacher and his experiences that will continue in the project violin roads. Since August 2012 is shown in Salo, in the hall of Pendulum, the lyre of Gasparo, playing "philological" reminiscent of his son Sergio so his affection for his musician father.
--- Some students of the Faculty of Musicology, Univ. of Pavia and the Milan Polytechnic School of Architecture are facing significant thesis regarding the collection and the relationship between Mario Maggi and musical culture in Cremona in 900, showing the great love, always returned, Prof. Cremona and Cremona.
--- In April 2012 the figure was reminded of Mario - Verona Fiere-classical music world-Conference ALI "Science for violin making" Coordinemento Anna Maramotti Politi (Professor at the Polytechnic of Milan, Univerisità of Ferrara, and 'Cignaroli Academy of Verona). The report was published in Violin Making Music Culture with a fine article by Maria Paola Negri Catholic University of Brescia
--- The May 2012 opened a beautiful exhibition of Contemporary art in the Triangle of Cremona. The maestro Riccardo Bergonzi violin maker and artist, recalled his prof. dedicating moving words. The 27 January 2013 on the occasion of the presentation of the exhibition "The Painted Music" Mariarosa Ferrari Romanini with Peter Giuliano Diotti and Regis made reference again all'ecclettismo music of Mario. During the presentation was offered a lesson in baroque violin that Mario often re-proposed to his future children luthiers.
--- Great success get to visit the museum of chemistry and technologies that ITIS among others remember the experiences of his teacher.
--- The good Pistons First, an important Cremonese maker, I always remember with affection.
--- A Pisogne 22-09 -2012 to 10/06/2012 a beautiful exhibition "Homage to Mario Maggi", edited by his son Sergio, talks about his passion for the violin transmitted as spiritual legacy to their children and students. On May 18, 2013, prof. Nicolini, between the leaders of the 7th competition of Violin Making in Pisogne invited his son George with the luthier Negroni at a conference dedicated to the sound of the violin and in which he will emphasize the laboratory experiments of Mario and restored to the exhibition of Pisogne.
--- November 10, 2012, Salò, the son of George receives for ITIS "Torriani" in Cremona, the first prize for a survey on entrepreneurship in educational purposes violin inspired even from the experiences of Mario.
In February 2013 a project of the University of Bergamo was founded publishing "Making Workshop" by G. Bertagna and the School in which the experience of the laboratories Mario Maggi is mentioned among the elements of matrices teaching entrepreneurship. A March 2013 presentation to the CIS (International Doctoral School. Formation of the person and the job market.)
The beautiful new site dedicated to violin making http://www.archiviodellaliuteriacremonese.it/ and produced by attentive scholar Giampaolo Gregori recalls the master and his important contribution to the history of music.
The prestigious Cremonabooks library, a place of excellence inconto Cremona, fondly remembers the teacher with an exhibition of drawings with etching took in the '80s by Elia Santoro, P.Spotti of Turris and the brilliant Gelmetti art printer. It 'proud of his son Giorgio pose for the engravings reminiscent of ancient and cultured discussion on the origins of violin making.
A chemical equation metaphorical music, then, that the atom of Democritus, the "clinamen" of Epicurus and the stories of Apollo and Marsyas, he wants to tell and give to his students, but otherwise simply, pleasure, methods and evocative memories.
You can give the gift of a dream? And 'what Mario has proposed in Cremona and to those who have appreciated as ... "Propheta at home" (if the exception proves the rule). The spirit of the elderly teacher, jealous of his tools to make music but generous nell'offrirne harmonies, is renewed in these captured events. The response of all has always been extraordinary, enthusiastic choir.
Maggi,Mario
