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    Pataphysician Joe Bartl's Avatar
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    Default P. Bianculli?

    A friend who is cataloging his 78's asked if I knew anything about P. Bianculli, a mandolinist on one of his discs. I found this on discogs:

    Pasquale Bianculli
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    Italian-born American mandolin and violin player and occasional conductor (born November 16, 1878 in Marsico Vetere, Provincia di Potenza, Basilicata, Italy – died June 11, 1940 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.A.)

    Bianculli accompanied baritone Carlos Francisco on a 1904 Victor recording. From 1909 to 1927, he worked as a studio musician for the Victor Talking Machine Co., playing in the Victor orchestra and accompanying singers like Enrico Caruso, Emilio De Gogorza, Frances Alda and many others on the mandolin and Olive Kline, Harry Lauder, and Laura Littlefield on the violin.

    And this in Carter's The Mandolin in America (p. 29):

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    Bianculli is mentioned in a note by Sparks, The Classical Mandolin, as an accompanist on Caruso recordings.

    Anyone with more info, up close and personal?

    Thanks.

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    Joe, this is the era Sheri Mignano has documented in her "Mandolin Heroes in America" but unfortunately Bianculli's name doesn't show up there.

    I wonder if she might have some information, though.

    Hopefully, she finds the thread.

    If not you might send her a PM.

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    Default Re: P. Bianculli?

    Thanks, Mick. Yes, I checked Mando Heroes as well as Mandos like Salami. I also checked Bone's The Guitar and Mandolin to no avail.

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    Default Re: P. Bianculli?

    I am sure that I did a search on Library of Congress and got quite a few results for Bianculli: https://www.loc.gov/search/?in=&q=Bi...i&new=true&st=

    Discography and links to the recordings on this site: https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/index.p...00/Bianculli_P

    There is a guitarist of the same name still around but obviously. I wonder if he is named for his grandfather? https://bergmann-edition.com/collect...culli-pasquale

    I am sure that your friend found these link already. I am not sure what else he wants to know.
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