Re: Italian Mandolin music being forgotten ???
Originally Posted by
Eugene
Federica Calvino Prina, Beppe Gambetta's wife, published Traditional Italian Dances, a fine book with CD of audio examples as well (performed by the likes of—conveniently enough—Beppe Gambetta, Carlo Aonzo, the Orchestra a Pizzico Ligure, etc.) back in 2000. My own copy is still in a box after my last move, or I'd offer a more formal citation. (I'm not likely to feel compelled to formally engage in dance or need written references to do so authentically.) I'm sure the curious can easily Google it up. It's worth having for the CD alone.
I may be due for some clarification here, Eug.
I've got Federica's book as well, and if I'm not mistaken her expertise is in traditional Italian dances, which I understand differently from how ballo liscio is described through the frame of the music Sheri is compiling.
Smooth dancing. There's a lot of two steps, paso dobles, tangos, fox trots, beguines, etc. We enjoy going to the village sagras around our place in Liguria and that's the kind of dancing folks still do which I take as begin 'modern' in a way.
Any well raised Texan (of a certain age) can smoothly ease his way onto the dance floor.
There are folks doing folkloric dances, of course, but that collection of tunes from Carlo, Beppe, et al really aren't folkloric tunes by and large, in my estimate.
Maybe I've got this all mixed up but thought to jump in and see what clarity I can come out with.
Mick
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