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Our
House
Villa Mustafà is nestled is the countryside just outside
of the renaissance town of Montefalco. Its name derives from
the first owner the Maestro Domenico Mustafà. The Maestro was
a cantor, soprano at the Sistine Chapel Choir and a brilliant composer. When he left Rome, "he retired to his mansion a few
kilometers from Montefalco where often his old friends went
to visit him."
"Those
who met this singular person in the last years of his life,
lived in the country, realized, through the precious conversations
with the Maestro, his deep knowledge of the classics, of voice
manipulation and the extravagances due probably to his exceptional
physical being ". A story in its own is the reason why he
developed the exceptional soprano timbre. The story horrors
we but we prefer it to the barbaric customs that in other
eras were not punished in order to have these sublime singers.
His conversation was most pleasant rich in anecdotes, for
his competence in his arguments and for his personality.
(Excerpt from Archimede Cimatti).
In
the Montefalco cemetery, there is a beautiful monument in
white marble positioned by the Maestro himself before his
death. It shows him directing a large choir. Domenico Mustafà
passed away in Montefalco in 1912 at the age of 83 leaving
wonderful memories with those who met him. He left us, Roberto
and Paola, who had the chance of knowing about him through
books and stories told the honor of living in his country
home named after him.
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