Barcarolle, from the opera "Oberon, or The Elf King's Oath" (1826) by Carl Maria von Weber (1786-1826).
This is a well-known piece of incidental music from the opera "Oberon" by the German Romantic composer Carl Maria von Weber. This duet arrangement for two mandolins is from the 1920s - probably first in the BMG Magazine - and was reprinted in 1975 in the collection "A Variety Of Mandolin Music", with an introduction from (and possibly edited by) Hugo d'Alton. For my recording, I have doubled the second mandolin part an octave lower on tenor guitar. It's a very simple (and easy) piece of music, but very evocative and I think the arrangement is quite effective.
Mandolin 1: Ceccherini
Mandolin 2: Embergher
Guitar: Ozark tenor guitar
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