I have found Fabrizio Furci in facebook, and in his facebook profile I have found 2 videos of the Orchestra a plettro Città di Codroipo. Codroipo is located in the North-East of Italy, close to Udine. This orchestra has been founded in 2005. It has a great homepage with information about the history of the […]
A concert with the mandolin orchestra “Orchestra a plettro Città di Codroipo” – Italy Read More »
Sweet Melancholy Op. 235 is part of a collection of four pieces by Carlo Munier. This collection can be found as Nelly Album in the Nakano library. The first two pieces have the main titles in English, with subtitles in French and Italian. The four pieces are: Sweet Melancholy ❉ Douce Mélancoli ❉ Dolce Mestizia,
Enrico Marucelli (1877 – 1907) was a bass player, guitarist, mandolin player, conductor and successfull composer. He was born in Florence and played in the Reale Circolo Mandolinistico Regina Margherita where he met several other famous mandolin players like Bianchi, Graziani-Walter, Matini and Carlo Munier. During the 1890s he went to London as a popular
I was surprised to find a set of ca. 20 video clips from a concert in Monterosi – a place close to Rome – from a concert with traditional Roman and Neapolitan songs played with mandolin, violin and guitar. I had found a note about a concert for mandolin and guitar in Rome with Damiano
Some time ago I have discovered a site with a collection of free sheet music for the fisarmonca – the accordeon. Its mainly a collection of Italian tunes, folk songs, folk dances and also some opera melodies. When I visited this site again I looked at some Tarantellas and decided to write a post about
The Tarantella – A Famous Italian Folk Dance Tune Read More »
Giovanni Gioviale was a famous Italian mandolin player during the beginning of the 20th century. A detailed biography of Giovanni Gioviale can be found on the site of the Federazione Mandolinistica Italiana. Between 1926 and 1929 Gioviale stayed in New York, and during this stay he recorded many of his pieces. David Grisman has compiled
Giovanni Gioviale – A Great Italian Mandolinist of the Past Read More »
Pierangelo Fevola Pierangelo Fevola has studied the mandolin at the conservatorio Pietro a Majella in Napoli. He does also play the violin and viola. Pierangelo obviously tries to bring back the mandolin to its hometown. He uses every occasions to play the mandolin in Napoli in concerts and other events. In his programs he plays
Pierangelo Fevola – Duo Toto – The Mandolin in Napoli Read More »
The Duo “Esposito-Ameglio” has made available some videos from a concert given Jan. 29th 2011 in Gennaio. The program included works by Raffaele Calace for mandolin and piano, a beautifull Ave Maria by Caccini and the Concerto for Mandolin by Emanuele Barbella. Paola Esposito Born in Savona in 1978. She brilliantly concluded her mandolin studies
Mandolin & Piano: The Duo “Esposito-Ameglio” – Calace, Barbella, Piazzolla Read More »
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
