The Pianist of the Bärenplatz Corner (Bern; Switzerland)

Street musicians in a mosaic signed by Dioscorides de Samos, found in the Villa de Cicerón, near Pompeii. National Archaeological Museum of Naples.
Street music is an urban artistic and cultural phenomenon developed since antiquity in the context of street art.1 It can be developed with one or several performers, with or without accompaniment instruments or musical devices. They are offered spontaneously and free of charge but appealing to the generosity of the occasional public viandante.b Its origins seem associated with the group of the most ancestral street shows (jugglers and comedians of the league), As a cultural phenomenon associated with the big cities of the 21st century, is common in the old town of the capitals, pedestrian areas, tourist sites and in public transport facilities (trains, subways, buses), sometimes subject to regulations and Municipal regulations.