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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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