The first twoday Bluegrass Festival took place in 1965. It is fantastic, that there are 2 videos from this first festival, with many of the Bluegrass bands popular in 1965: First Bluegrass Festival Fincastle Virginia 1965 featuring Don Reno Clip from the first bluegrass festival in Fincastle Virginia from 1965 featuring Don Reno, Bill Monroe, …
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Benzinho is Chor No. 15 in the Songbook Choro which contains 97 typical Choros from Brazil. This is one of the often played and well known Choros by Jacob do Bandolim. Here are some videos of Benzinho. First I have a typical Brazilian version from a pub with a lot of noise – but thats …
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I knew already, that Charlie Chaplin composed some music. But I did not know, that he did also compose a piece for the mandolin – the Mandolin Serenade used in his movie A King in New York. Recently I have discovered videos with this Mandolin Serenade. The first video is from a record with the …
Heinrich Albert was a German guitar player and composer at the beginning of the 20th century. He was born in Würzburg in 1870. He lived in Gauting for a long time where he died in 1950. During the first decades of the 20th century Alberts composition were regularly played in concerts. Alberts guitar method Lehrgang …
Heinrich Albert and the first Guitar Quartet in Munich around 1909 Read More »