Some time ago I have found a nice video with a mandolin version of a piece with titel Tango en Skai played by the Japanese mandolin player Kozo Onishi. I had not heard this piece before, but I liked it immediately. This is one of the two videos of Tango en Skai by Kozo Onishi […]
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I have uploaded a new booklet with sheet music to my homepage www.mandoisland.de (free download). This is a booklet with title Repertorio del Mandolinista which does contain opera melodies, marches, mazurkas, polkas and a tarantella. It was published in 1899 by Carisch & Jänichen as vol. 18 of this series with popular melodies for the
I have uploaded a new booklet with sheet music to my homepage www.mandoisland.de (free download). This is a booklet with title Repertorio del Mandolinista which does contain opera melodies, marches, mazurkas, polkas and a tarantella. It was published in 1899 by Carisch & Jänichen as vol. 18 of this series with popular melodies for the
I have uploaded a new booklet with sheet music to my homepage www.mandoisland.de (free download). This is a booklet with title Repertorio del Mandolinista which does contain opera melodies, marches, mazurkas, polkas and a tarantella. It was published in 1899 by Carisch & Jänischen as vol. 18 of this series with popular melodies for the
Repertorio del Mandolinista – Donizetti – La Favorita (free sheet music for mandolin) Read More »
Last week I have got a bunch of old sheet music from France, including a book Mandoline-Album with six tunes composed by Alessandro Morelli. I played the tunes and I liked it immediately. When I tried to find out more about Alessandro Morelli I did not find much information about himself, but I found that
Espoirs Perdus – Speranze Perdute – The Famous Mandolin Tune by Alessandro Morelli Read More »
The complete opera Don Giovanni by W. A. Mozart can currently be viewed on the homepage of Arte. This is a video from a performance in Aix-en-Provence from beginning of July. I like this version very much, and can recommend it to everybody who loves operas by Mozart. Don Giovanni is my favorite opera, and
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The Italian Old-Time Trio plays traditional Italian mandolin music with mandolin, guitar and double bass. It is one of the few ensembles that still plays the traditional Italian mandolin in Italy, the homeland of the mandolin. Last year the trio had been invited to the 8th Korea Mandolin Festival. Several videos of their performance in
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I am currently learning the Jackson Stomp and I have collected some information about this tune. The Jackson Stomp has been recorded in the 1920s by Charlie McCoy and the Mississippi Mud Steppers. Playlist Jackson Stomp A nice version with mandolin: Jackson Stomp I have found another video of the Jackson Stomp from the discussion
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I am just searching for traditional Italian music with mandolin. I have just discovered this video with a musical commedy aboutthe Tarantella Siciliana which was performed in Buonos Aires. It begins with a guitar solo, then the mandolin player arrives late and describes without words why he comes late. He plays a difficult Italian solo
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Some days ago I have found (by a tweet from twitter) the following video of a Japanese mandolin orchestra: じょんがら (translation of the information from the video): guitars mandolin club. Omura, held at City Hall in May, has played up the 54th Music Festival Union High School in Nagasaki Prefecture. Was cut in half the
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