A "hidden" instrument in the classical music world, the mandolin's repertoire of original music remains largely unknown. This book examines the lives and works of the mandolin's great composers and, together with Sparks's earlier The Early Mandolin (Oxford 1989), provides the first comprehensive survey of the instrument's history. The book also explores aspects of technique and looks at present-day orchestras and soloists.
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This book is a winner to me, as one who is devoted to furthering my knowledge of how the mandolin has come to be from 1815 to the recent present. This book is not for the casual reader, but for the interested reader it is well written as a work of considerable scholarship. Paul Sparks has a doctorate in mandolin, and that says it all. As a fellow doctorate in another discipline, I can appreciate the extensive garnering of materials which remain scattered abroad. He has genuinely contributed to my playing and comprehension of this dear little instrument.
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Great book with very detailed historical facts! I highly recommend it to all stringed instruments lovers.
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During the comparatively peaceful and prosperous decades that followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the mandoline and mandolino disappeared almost entirely from the major concert-halls of Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
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During the comparatively peaceful and prosperous decades that followed the end of the Napoleonic Wars in 1815, the mandoline and mandolino disappeared almost entirely from the major concert-halls of Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
plectrum quartet, mandolin repertoire, tenor mandola, octave mandola, mandolin life, plectrum orchestra, mandolin soloist, mandolin teacher, classical mandolin, mandolin orchestra, solo mandolin, duo style, mandolin quartet, plectrum instruments, mandolin concerto, mandolin music, mandolin ensemble, mandolin family, mandolin method, mandolin part, two mandolins, mandolin club, guitar orchestra, classical quartet, leading soloist Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Banjo World, New York, World War, Silvio Ranieri, Carlo Munier, Raffaele Calace, Romantic Quartet, Samuel Adelstein, British Library, Mario De Pietro, Bernardo De Pace, Clifford Essex, Leopoldo Francia, Paris Exhibition, Tetsuro Kudo, Trinity College of Music, Arena Anna, Barry Pratt, Crystal Palace, Ernesto Rocco, Florentine Quartet, Giuseppe Sgallari, Keith Harris, Luigi Embergher, Pasquale Vinaccia New!
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- Don Giovanni in Full Score by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on 4 pages
- Dictionary Of Music And Musicians (9 Volumes)) (Music Book Index) by Sir George Grove in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- The Magic Flute (The Black Dog Opera Library) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 84, and page 181
- Grand Tour by Christopher Hibbert in Back Matter
- The Barber of Seville (Black Dog Opera Library) by Gioacchino Rossini on page 147
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- Musical Instruments: History, Technology and Performance of Instruments of Western Music by Donald Murray Campbell in Back Matter
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