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♛ Emperor Waltz ♛ Johann Strauss jr. ♫ Free Sheet Music ♫ for Mandolin Orchestra

I have recently added a scan of the Emperor Waltz (Kaiserwalzer) by Johann Strauss jr. arranged for mandolin orchestra to my score catalogue at musicaneo. This arrangemet of the famous waltz for mandolin orchestra was made by Ferdinand Kollmaneck. The waltzes by Johann Strauss have always been very popular and have often been played by mandolin […]

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Beethoven – March from the Opera Fidelio – Free Sheet Music for Mandolin Orchestra

The sheet music by Ferdinand Kollmaneck (11.2.1871 Wien – 13.7.1941 Leipzig) is in the Public Domain since the beginning of this year. Kollmaneck was a zither player and composer who has composed pieces for mandolin orchestra and has published arrangements for mandolin orchestras in his publishing company Hella in Leipzig. I own several pieces composed

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“Love’s Dream after the Ball” ♫ Waltz / Intermezzo by Alphons Czibulka ♫ Free Sheet Music for Mandolin Orchestra

Some days ago I have made a scan of a nice piece for mandolin orchestra and have uploaded it to my website mandoisland and to the IMSLP site. It’s a composition by Alphons Czibulka with the great title: Songe D’Amour Apres le Bal / Liebestraum nach dem Balle / Love’s Dream after the Ball This

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Free Download of Mandolin Methods by C. Fischer & J. Pietrapertosa ❉ UR Research ❉ Archive of the University of Rochester

Some days ago I have discovered two very interesting mandolin methods in the digital archive of the University of Rochester. The mandolin methods can be downloaded for free. In this archive I have also discovered a collection of Neapolitan Songs from the 19th century collected by Vincenzo De Meglio. The first method is C. Fischer’s

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David Grisman – Tipsy Gypsy – A Great Swing Tune for Mandolin

A great swing tune by David Grisman – Tipsy Gypsy. This is a great tune if you want to start with jazz or swing mandolin. You can find free TABs and sheet music on the Mandozine homepage. David Grisman played and conducted this with participants of the Mandolin Syposium 2006 – a great performance: Dawg

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Herbert Forrest Odell – Method for the Mandolin – Free Download

I have just prepared a scan of the first book of the Odell Method for the Mandolin by Herbert Forrest Odell (1872 – 1926) and added it to my homepage mandoisland.de for free download. Herbert Forrest Odell is mainly known as the publisher of the famous magazine The Crescendo which was published in Boston between

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Giovanni Gioviale – A Great Italian Mandolinist of the Past

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

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Music and Sheet Music for Christmas

In three weeks we will have Christnmas, everywhere the special Christmas fairs have opened, people are drinking “Glühwein”, and the snow has brought a nice Winter feeling. So I thought it’s time to present some videos with Christmas music. This is an mandolin orchestra from Japan who plays the famous Sleigh Ride by Leroy Anderson:

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