Beethoven - Sonatina for mandolin

[Robert Moreau]

Don't know if this one has been seen on the cafe before... just thought it was an excellent performance.~o)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xsAeRqW0xns&feature=related

Cheers,

Rob

[eightmoremiles]

Very nicely done by the young group. There is a recording of this piece by Michael Melford on an early 1976 LP called Mandolin Fantasy (Flying Fish 023). I don't think its on cd. Well worth a listen. Great sidemen; a little bluegrass, a little OT, and a Gnossiene by the enigmatic Erik Satie.
Any free notation on line?

[Susan H.]

Wow! Very nicely done. Thank you for sharing.

[Eric Howard]

I did not check the youtube link that was posted. However, I have seen a youtube video of a Vienna Mandolin orchestra playing the Beethoven Sonatina in C major.

If that's the one:
You'll need software that can open an midi file to do this. Don't despair. There are free downloads available. Coda (i.e., Finale) at one time had a free download for Finale Notepad that would open midi files.

Check out Classical Music Archives. http://www.classicalarchives.com/

You'll have to register as a user (it's free), but then you can download a midi file for the Sonatina in C Major. It will have to be cleaned up a little bit, since the midi software does not interpret the tremolo all that well. But if you're familiar with the piece, you'll know what's going on.

Or, you could go to the music library at your local university and find the complete collection of works by Beethoven (seriously, I've done this twice now). It will be there around somewhere between volume 23 to 25 (it's been awhile, sorry) and obtain a copy that way.

[Jim Garber]

I don't know if this is obvious to everyone, but these Beethoven pieces were never originally scored for orchestra but were for solo mandolin and keyboard. They have been recorded by practically every classical mandolin soloist alive or dead. Along with the Vivaldi two concertos, they are the most well known of classical mandolin pieces.

[Daithio]

I have it on a recording by Diego Fasolis and Duilio Galfetti. This was a favorite recording of mine in high school--beautiful piece altogether. And hey, this is my first post here.