Nearly 120 years after Italian composer Giuseppe Verdi called it his `most beautiful work`, ageing musicians still play out their days at his Casa Verdi retirement home. Piano music resonates down the corridors of the sumptuous Milan palazzo, while a singer performs in the vast main room for dozens of pensioners, who were once professional musicians themselves. With around 60 residents who have all dedicated their lives to music, the sound of music in one form or another is everywhere. `This place is paradise,` says Marisa Terzi, 79, who arrived four months ago. `For me, music is everything, and I didn`t expect to find such a fantastic place.` `It`s everything but a rest home! It`s a holiday home,` she laughs. `Time flies... in the morning there`s a pianist, and everyone comes to listen, even those in wheelchairs. `We all sing together, it`s so
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