GYEC LEGGENDE INGLESE

CLASSES IA IB IC OF THE SCHOOL
I.C. “MAZZINI” CASTELFIDARDO
PRESENT …
…STORIES AND LEGENDS
OF THEIR REGION
MOUNT CONERO
MOUNT SIBILLA
THE LEGEND OF THE “ TWO SISTERS”
During the long winter evenings farmers gathered around the fireplace
telling their children scary stories, tales.
A legend tells that between Numana and Sirolo, along the coast south of
Mount Conero, a beautiful mermaid enchanted sailors with her songs!
Come,
come
here!
The sailors were chained to the walls of a cave and a sea
monster tortured them.
Help me!
Aiuto!
Sauve-moi!
One day the monster, due to
his wickedness, was split into
two parts and turned into
stone.
...and it is still there , transformed into two stacks, called the “two
sisters”... no one is scared of the monster any longer.
THE SLAVES’ CAVE
Between Numana and Portonovo, in front of the two stacks called the
Two Sisters there is a profound cave called “The Slaves’ Cave”.
The pirates used the cave to keep
their treasures.
Some centuries ago a beautiful Venetian
princess was taken prisoner into the cave.
The young lady’s relatives didn’t have the
money to pay the large ransom so the pirates
killed her after a long captivity.
The tears she shed formed a stream
that, from the rock, flows out into
the sea.
THE SIBYL’S CAVE
The Sibyl was a good fairy, a
prophetess. She lived in a cave that
was her kingdom, the “Sibyl’s Cave”.
The grotto is inside the Mount Sibilla
on the Sibillini Mountains, 2175 high.
A knight- errant who was looking for
his parents went into the cave. The
grotto was lighted by thousand of
torches.
Suddenly a beautiful queen, wearing
splendid clothes and jewels,
approached him and warmly welcomed
him.
The queen was very kind to the knight
who, enchanted by her, spent there a
long time; the knight knew that he
couldn’t stay there more than one
year otherwise he would have
remained in the cave for ever and
would have been damned.
But he managed to escape and he
finally found his parents.
In the town of the accordion the expert hands of craftsmen make this instrument
following the old tradition to reach perfection but also using the new technologies.
Nowadays more than 500 artisans are involved in the manufacturing of the
accordions and in preparing and assembling its parts.
Different kinds of accordions are made; those for the amateur players or for the
professional and most demanding musicians.
The small, medium sized and big companies of the town manufacture about 20000
accordions that reach every part of the world.
Everyone who has an accordion made in Castelfidardo, either an old or a new one,
should be aware and proud to have a musical instrument which is a masterpiece of
high craftsman technology, an instrument where thousand of parts form an
incomparable mosaic of skills, intuition and sensitivity and when someone expands
the bellows, joyful notes come out for the pleasure of the ear but above all for the
delight of the spirit.
This important inheritance is due to PAOLO SOPRANI’s brilliant
intuition, the pioneer of the accordion manufacturers 150 years ago.
ago
THE STORY OF PAOLO SOPRANI AND OF THE ACCORDION
…YEAR 1863…
A little medieval village called
Castelfidardo lies upon a hill,
a few miles away from the
Adriatic sea.
An Austrian pilgrim carrying a
mysterious “musical box” with him is
walking to the Sanctuary of the “Black
Madonna” of Loreto.
He arrives in the territory of Castelfidardo.
At sunset he asks for hospitality for the night at a farmhouse.
The Soprani family lives in the farmhouse.
It is composed of Antonio, his wife Lucia and their three sons Paolo,
Settimio and Pasquale.
This family offers the foreign pilgrim hospitality.
During the night the young Paolo disassembles and studies the instrument
with great curiosity.
The next morning the pilgrim is very grateful for the hospitality he received.
So, according to the tradition, he gives Paolo Soprani that instrument as a
present. This will change Paolo’s destiny as well as the future of
Castelfidardo.
After a long work Paolo creates his first accordion which was successful
immediately afterword.
The instrument is in great demand, so Paolo asks his brothers and
other people to work with him in his workshop.
In 1909 Paolo Soprani opens the new factory where 600 people work.
Accordions manufactured in Castelfidardo are now sold all over the world
Western Europe:
Scandinavia
Germany,
60%
Austria,
Switzerland,
France,
Spain.
2%
Latin America
Australia
21%
Eastern Europe:
Poland,
Russia
Japan,
China
North America: 13%
COMPANIES MANUFACTURING
ACCORDIONS
25
Turnover
32,6 million euros
People employed
About 320
COMPANIES AFFIXING THEIR QUALITY TRADEMARK :
Bulgari Armando S.r.l.
Dino Baffetti & C. S.r.l.
Fisart di Vignoni Giancarlo & C. S.n.c.
Fratelli Alessandrini di Alessandrini Tonino & C. S.n.c.
Giustozzi di Giampiero Giustozzi
International Music Company S.r.l. (marchio PIERMARIA)
Mengascini Nello S.r.l.
Suoni S.r.l. (marchi SCANDALLI, PAOLO SOPRANI e SEM)
Ottavianelli Ovido di Mariani Piera
Pigini S.r.l.
Victoria Accordions Company S.r.l.
Zero Sette S.r.l.
Companies producing components for instruments
(decorations, carvings, shoulder belts, metal components,
keyboards, veneers, bellows, cases, boxes)
41
Turnover
60 million euros
People employed
More than 460
INTERNATIONAL PRIZE AND AWARD “CITTA’ CASTELFIDARDO” FOR
ACCORDION SOLISTS, BANDS, AND ORCHESTRAS
Artists coming from all over
the world gather in
Castelfidardo during this
renowned international prize.
INSIDE THE MUSEUM
This museum is located in the
basement of the town hall, in a
suggestive seventeenth-century
setting.
The museum is dedicated to the
accordion, an instrument which
was almost entirely produced in
Castelfidardo for over a
century.
Not only the museum shows the
history of accordions, it also
pays tribute to the many
craftsmen and manufacturers
whose hard work contributed to
change the culture of this area.
There was such an economic
growth which was unthinkable
before in a rural world.
THE BIGGEST ACCORDION IN THE WORLD (GUINNESS RECORD)
WAS MADE IN CASTELFIDARDO, where you can see it !!!
CLASSES 1°A- 1°B – 1°C
I.C.”MAZZINI” CASTELFIDARDO
CLASSE 1°A
Bartoli Diego
Brandoni Ludovico
Breccia MArtina
Canalini Nicola
Chitarroni Elia
Colantuono Elvira
Governatori Caterina
Guerrini Thomas
Hamza Sameh
Karadaku Arnold
Longo Emily
Machì
Machì Sofia
Mazzieri Lorenzo
Menghini Eleonora
Minnozzi Matteo
Morichi Endy
Muzi Lucrezia
Olivieri Lorenzo
Pira Aziz
Pizzichini Federico
Rushani Xhuljana
Santinelli Luca
Shahini Elton
Soprani Irene
Tombolini Michele
Tremonti Nazarena
Doda Klaudia
CLASSE 1°B
Biondini Maila
Bontempi Davide
Brandoni Matteo
Carella Federica Maria
Cirillo Marika
Fioretti Jacopo
Francucci Andrea
Gabbanelli Marco
Galassi Claudia
Gemini Filippo Maria
Guercio Andrea
Guzzi Rosaria
Lasca Thomas
Luconi Michele
Magnaterra Giulia
Montecchiani Serena
Nicolini Ilaria
Paganini Augustin
Pesaresi Nicolò
Picciafuoco Giorgia
Rushani Ervis
Scopini Emily
Scotti Covella Nicola
Zekiri Votim
Zela Iris
CLASSE 1°C
Alla Artur
Andreaggi Mattia
Bazzi Noemi
Bella Denny
Bianchi Francesca
Frati Michele
Freddoni Sara
Habib Sobhi Renata
Khurshid Sundas
Leccese Emanuele
Lima Mariarosaria
Magnaterra Marco
Malatini Riccardo
Motta Anna
Palombo Michele
Picchio Francesco
Sancesario Federico
Scandali Leonardo
Schiavoni DEnnis
Senesei Michele
Serenelli Noemi
Serrani Giulia
Taffu Diego
Valente Alessio
Zuccarello Davide