I’m proud to say that as of this week I am the owner of a brand-new mandolino in stilo Napoletano. While I didn’t have time to visit the luthiers in person, Napoli happens to be a hotbed of instrument-making, particularly for mandolins.
I spearheaded a weekend trip which flurried through Napoli, Sorrento, Positano, Agerola, Amalfi, and Salerno, and which probably featured as much time walking/hiking from place to place as was spent on the buses and trains involved. I would have been prudent to mention in my last post some of the musical experiences I encountered on the Basilicata trip, which included an excursion to la Casa Cava and its famed hall nei sassi (underground) and a walk through a narrow street past the conservatorio named for famed film composer Nino Rota, where the sounds of a practicing clarinetist filled the air from above.īut I digress, because this post is going to be a little more about the region of Campania.
