Montanaro/ Pesce/ Gabriel - France - ProvenceA look at the past of the galoubet tambourin but also at it's future: a musical anthology from the Middle Ages to today and tomorrow, through the baroque, classical and traditional repertoires, led by Michel Montanaro and Andr Gabriel. During the Middle Age and the Renaissance, the practice of whistle and drum playing developed throughout Europe, at all levels of society. The inhabitants of the New World, in their turn, were introduced to this

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