Don Giovanni

[cbarry]

I went to see the opera Don Giovanni Saturday night at Opera San Jose. There was a scene in which Don Giovanni impersonates his servant and seranades a woman while playing (or rather pretending to play) a mandolin. The orchestra had a mandolin player doing the part from the pit.
Does anyone know this piece, or where I could get it, preferably in TAB?
Chuck

[Plamen Ivanov]

Hello Chuck,

Every classical mandolinist and every person attending the classical section knows the "Deh, vieni alla finestra" aria. It`s one of the most popular classical mandolin pieces in general. I cannot provide tab. I have a standard notation and can mail it to you, if you are interested.

Good luck!
Plamen

[Plamen Ivanov]

Oh, and you can listen to a short .mp3 sample of it by clicking #here (http://www.plami.com/temp/Canzonetta.mp3). It`s me and my guitar colleague and it`s just the instrumental part. There`s a good recording of the aria by Caterina Lichtenberg and Sabina von Walther (Music Instruments of the Ferdinandeums CD). And, of course, much more recordings. I`m sure the other fellows will provide more information.

[Jim Garber]

You can get the sheet music (notation in pdf) and a rather hyperactive midi here (http://www.free-scores.com/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=55). I would listen to Plamen's version which I always enjoy.

You don't need tab: this piece is primarily mostly scalar with some arpeggios. You can hear the rest in the music. No more difficult than a fiddle tune.... really!

Also... I found another version on Fabio Machado's site (http://www.fabiomachado.com/PARTITURAS/mozart3.zip).

Jim

[cbarry]

Hey, thanks for the quick responses everybody. I might just give it a try. I've been messing around with all kinds of styles anyway. My wife will be so impressed! "...and Chuck is now playing operatic music on the mandolin!" Lah dee dah.
Chuck

[an uncalloused fingertip]

You can find this tune in the Mel Bay book "Mandolin Classics" or ... maybe it it "Classics for the Mandolin". This book also has a couple of Mozart songs with mandolin acccomp. It costs about 10 or 12 bucks, and there are also two mandolin concertos of Vivadi, pieces by Hasse, Hummel, and sonatas (or is it sonatinas) for the mandolin by none other than BEETHOVEN himself, who the book says owned and played the mandolin when he was younger.

There's another Mel Bay book that's pretty good too. This one has all baroque tunes for the mando. Their website is pretty thorough, and I'd check it out when you have a little time.

Gene