Jacobs' folio of classics, vol. 1

[John Goodin]

I finally had the chance last weekend to digitize another collection of light classics, this time Jacobs' Folio volume 1. Here's the link to the page:
http://academic.luther.edu/~goodinjo/mandolinPD3.htm

I had access to good copies of parts for 1st and 2nd mandolins, guitar and tenor mandola (or 3rd mandolin). I didn't have any mandocello or bass parts but the cueing is pretty good so I think many groups could make use of these arrangements for fun. There are 15 one page arrangements, including pieces by Verdi, Dvorak, Saint-Saens, Grieg, Brahms, etc. Feel free to download. At 50c per book this music would have cost you $2 total back in 1914.

John G.

[JeffD]

Wow, great stuff!!

Our gratitude will never be enough.

[trebleclef528]

John,
I would very much appreciate it if you could send me a good photograph of the front of the Louis Tocaben’s Complete Method for the Mandoline, 1885, and perhaps any pictures of "how to hold the mandolin etc". Also who the publisher is.

This would help me with my research into mandolin methods, i now have over 200 and have started work on "The history of the mandolin in Britian" with a particular section on "world" mandoline/mandolin methods from 1700,s to 1930.
(I have some beauties including hard backs of Ranieri and Bickford and many originals including the complete Branzoli)

If you can help could you send to my email at mandolinscotland@yahoo.co.uk

Many Thanks... and keep up the good work
Ian

[John Goodin]

Ian,

I've sent you an email. Good luck with that research you're doing. If, in your investigations, you come across any information that might help explain what James Oswald was referring to with the term "Mandelin" I would be very interested.

(see my article Oswald article for the lengthy background to that comment)
http://academic.luther.edu/~goodinjo/oswald1.htm

John G.

[John Uhrig]

John,
Thanks so much for making this available. A lot of this music is hard to come by. We all appreciate it.

[Martin Jonas]

John,

Many thanks for the scans -- two mandolin sections, tenor mandola and guitar is our configuration, so this is great stuff for us. We had a go at sight-reading the Elgar last night, with so-so results, but I'm sure we'll be able to make a fist of it after a couple more tries.

Martin

[John Goodin]

John and Martin, thanks for the thanks. Martin, maybe your quartet could make a recording of the Elgar, when you're ready, and share it with us?

John G.

[Linda Binder]

Another thank you John! I've already forwarded the link to several people who have asked me about music.
--Linda

[csemiczky]

hi,
does anyone happen to have the scores of J.A. Hasse's G Maj Concerto?
thanks

[John Craton]

does anyone happen to have the scores of J.A. Hasse's G Maj Concerto?
Wolfhead Music (http://www.wolfheadmusic.com) publishes the concerto in a piano reduction. If you need an orchestral score, contact me privately and I might be able to send you one. (I think I still have the files somewhere on my work computer ... am at home now and can't check.)

[harper]

csemiczky,
The score and parts for the Hasse Concerto for Mandolin in G are available at Sheetmusicplus. Please see my reply under the U of R digitized music thread.