The ocarina is an italian woodwind instrument of an extended globular shape generally built with terracotta; this kind of instruments, known as arghilofoni (when clay made), are very ancient and common instruments among various old cultures; today it is particurarly used in Trentino Alto Adige’s popular musics. The standard ocarina used in the western music was invented in Italy, at Budrio, during the half of the XIX century by Giuseppe Donati. Its extended ovoid shape remembers the profile of a…
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