Nay, no earth-shattering developments. Aye, that was a good thread.
Nay, no earth-shattering developments. Aye, that was a good thread.
Such a thread would be fun.
Giovanni Fouchetti's (1771) Méthode pour Apprendre Facilement à Jouer de la Mandoline à Quatre et à Six Cordes did explicitly name the type and did give it a cursory definition but didn't really give...
That would be big fun, especially fingerstyle.
This was a standard type (mandolino genovese: e, a, d', g', b', e'') of which there are several extant instruments, the luthier Cristiano Nonnemacher often associated with the type. This was the...
That their works were for 4-course/4-string, fifth-tuned mandolin is the general consensus for Beethoven and Mozart. That's why commercial recordings on 6-course mandolins don't exist. However,...
Elsewhere, mandopops lamented:
I began reply . . . Lots of recordings of the Vivaldi works on 6-course instruments. Some of my favorites are by Il Giardino Armonico primary soloist Duilio...
I feel compelled to comment a bit on the content of this url. It states that "the [six-course mandolino] was no longer used after around 1740. Only recently has the Mandolino been revived."
This...
Here's my anon. French mandolin, likely from the first half of the 19th c. It's only a little anachronistic, and I still apply the historic stringing from the 18th-c. method books to it. Not easy...
Neil notes that "Among the composers [Gualdo] played was Emanuele Barbella." Barbella often designated his works for "violino o mandolino," and his music was written for and certainly fits the...
The only recording of op.94 I have in my own collection is by Raffaele and Maria Calace themselves. I have the aforementioned recording of op.95 by Cristiano Pistone, Stefano Maciga, Fabrizio...
An example of a piece that Calace set for a few different ensembles but that is almost never performed or recorded (the only commercial recording of which I'm aware was by a quartetto romantico...
Many of you are likely familiar because the "owner" was one of the guest artists at this fall's CMSA convention (aside: I'm so looking forward to retirement and more time for personal travel...
I don't know that Pettine's instructional material will get you more than those other two resources combined, but it will certainly get you a different perspective. It might be a perspective that...
I'm a huge fan of Artemandoline's recordings, but note that (1) they weren't the "dicoverers" of the Paris manuscript (I'm not certain that I'm recalling correctly, but I believe that credit belongs...
Those discussions happened during my occasional hiatus . . . es from the Cafe. Too bad. I would have enjoyed the chat there.
Late to this party, but back in 2013, I compiled a reference document on "classical" mandolin for distribution when I occasionally lecture on mandolin for classical guitar programs. I feel obliged...
Tonight! . . . If you happen to be near central Ohio. I'm among the "friends" in this tremendously diverse chamber-music-with-guitar concert: Karl Wohlwend and Friends. My time on stage will be...
I have fine recordings of many of Calace's liuto cantabile works performed by Calace himself, Giudice, Orlandi, Kisseljow, etc. Still wanted are recordings of Calace's 13° Preludio, op.148 and 3°...
An occasional lament: I have fine recordings of many of Calace's liuto cantabile works performed by Calace himself, Giudice, Orlandi, Kisseljow, etc. Still wanted are recordings of Calace's 13°...
I hadn't intended to give that article this much effort, but referencing the article's own bullet points:
1. Four Beethoven works for mandolin and keyboard have survived, but none of the works he...
Well, don't read too much into my description of "naive." The essence of my intent was that they didn't express anything like the technical acumen that his showpiece violin works—or even his...
This is the set of variations by Bertucci. It might be hard to find the CD at this time. (I'm fortunate to have a copy.)
EDIT: i just checked, and an Amazon affiliate does have a single copy...
Paganini's set of variations was actually one of the pieces (excerpted) posted to the Russian Virtuosi Project site decades ago. Alas, that site is long gone. All that I can find left of their...
Of course, play well under tempo in practice to work out tricky bits and synch issues. Some of the 18th-c. trio works for two mandolins and basso continuo work pretty well as duos if you don't have...