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Hi There,
I know this appears to be an old post, but thought I'd share some info.
I was recently doing a search on Vicari, and instruments he owned. My grandfather, a musician, settled in NY from...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71kTcq8zeyg

Let's see . . . A decade has passed. It seems about time to resurrect this old thread. I picked up another Vega mandolin about 1.75 years ago, not knowing anything about it other than it was a nice...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qeQSVLNDeGk&t=5s

Please accept my humble first offerings to this part of the forum to show that Italian music is alive and well.:mandosmiley:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg2PX4wAH1s ...

I have just come across a cache of mandolin sheet music, some dating circa 1915. I have no idea how much "good stuff" is in here, but sitting right on top is an arrangement of Tschaikowsky's "Chanson...

Beautiful, performed with good technique and taste, it sounds great! Thanks :mandosmiley:

Really enjoyed your write up and the musical sunshine! Couldn't help but notice your inspiration on the shelf, poor Yorichino!

Fun stuff, Paco. Thank you for sharing.

I enjoy the split screen accompaniment.

Both tunes I love and enjoy playing, particularly Aida. Your guitar really grounds it.

I've got a Manjolin...

Calace is in the shop, so the Ellis will have to suffice. Trying not to forget over here.


https://youtu.be/OmfQjMqhjeI

It. Is. Finished! The world's first recording of the complete Bach Cello Suites on mandolin is done! It's not perfect, but it's complete! If I had tried for the perfection of Chris Thile, or Carlo...

Sounds great. And you have a great feel for the music.

A side question. Do you know where the case is from? It looks smaller the standard A5 cases.

What a lovely instrument!

I particularly like those sort of mandolins...192032

Great sound and build !

Oh my! Beautiful instrument in sound and looks. Love the tailpiece.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xhr2D6AZSy4

189723I’ll jump back in. My last post, some 10 years ago, I wrote about the Bernstein Vivaldi Mandolin Lp with Mr. Vicari & Mr. de Filippis. & there was a photo on Mr. Vicari’s wall. I recently...

Hi, folks - just wanted to share this recording that my students and I put together at the end of the past Spring semester - it's finally ready to go. There will be at least one more soon- and I...

The old Forum software has been reinstalled. But I wasn't done meddling just yet. I saw some things in the other version and decided they had their place here so changes have occurred in the...

Thanks, Jim, for connecting Frankie with us.
And thanks, Frankie, for the information and for the enjoyable videos. I liked your takes on both the blues tunes and the Italian music. Sorry for the...

Frankie is a phenomenal musician. We spent an afternoon together and playing a bunch of instruments neither of us could afford at RetroFret in Brooklyn a few months ago. Fun stuff.

I’m jumping into this discussion late, but Frankie mentioning my former teacher, Maestro Giovanni Vicari, prompted a response. Yes, Frankie on his Tra Veglia, he shows who’s the “boss”.
I enjoy...

I have a hard time determining what should be starting points and/or excellent examples of the style, as they often overlap.

I will offer these tunes as some of my personal faves out of the...

Here in San Francisco there used to be an Italian mandolin culture that started with the mandolin orchestras dating perhaps as far back as the 1890s. We still have the wonderful Aurora Mandolin...

I've just added some new titles to the Tesio folder. Since it's been a while, I am going to post new links and new Indexes that update what is now housed. If you're new to this thread, I have all...