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I'm in. I look forward to hearing this, John!

Barry

Fortune My Foe is a fine melancholy song melody that might work. There are a couple of arrangements of it on the IMSLP site. The one for viola da gamba in the Manchester Gamba Book is very nice but...

Here is a very basic set of instructions on reading mandolin tab-- http://www.users.csbsju.edu/~eknuth/mandotab/how2read.html

Barry

Here, I think, is the thread that you were looking for, Barney: Mandolin in Colonial America

Barry

There was a missing colon in the link, here is a working version, http://www.infinityluthiers.com/blog/archives/336

Thanks, John!

Barry

Hi, John, Do you have scores and/or parts for this? The Hampton Roads Mandolin ensemble is always looking for a good rag to play.

Best,

Barry

John, I think that "cute" is the perfect word for much of the music published for mandolins in the late 19th and early 20th century. Sometimes I think that it is perhaps more fun to play than to...

Just noticed one transcription error, the half note chord in mandolin 1, measure 65 should be tremolo.

B

I was taking advantage of the hurricane-enforced day off to sort through a collection of mandolin music from the turn of the 20th century that was given to me by the children of a member of the...

It is owned by three libraries in the US, including UC Santa Barbara, and might be available through interlibrary loan....

In addition to the two very fine Paul Sparks books mentioned above, you may also want to have a look at Philip Bone's The guitar and mandolin : biographies of celebrated players and composers for...

Thanks, Michael!

I had not thought of that. I have been making my own for the guittar, but it might be nice to have some ready-made as well. Thanks for the suggestion.

And you as well, Eugene! I have been reading but not posting much lately. Lately playing a lot of English guitar, though I have some early mandolin shows proposed for the coming year.

Very exciting. Thanks for sharing, Eugene!

Barry

Bill, there are a number of pavanes in the works of Anthony Holborne for cittern as I recall. There was a collection made and published by Harvard in the 1970s that you might keep an eye out for....

My pleasure!

The notes on this arrangement of Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, in the digital collections at the Oviatt Library at California State University, Northridge support the 1961 date:

"Notes: To Ronald...

Here is some additional information on the vessel:

"Upon commissioning, Fürst Bismarck was assigned to the German East Asia Squadron. She arrived at Qingdao in August 1900, under the command of...

I believe that the next to last word in the caption is "Jahre" meaning "year" indicating the photo was from the year 1901.

Barry

On September 29th at 3pm, I will be playing a concert of 18th century mandolin music along with two colleagues as part of Colonial Williamsburg's Early Music Festival. We will be playing two sonatas...

My pleasure, Stephen. You can also find some music for mandolin(s) in various combinations at the IMSLP Petrucci Music Library.

Best,

Barry

Hi, Stephen,

There is a lot of interesting 18th c. mandolin music for one or two mandolins and continuo that I think fit the definition of "chamber music.". Pieces, by Barbella, Eterardi,...

I should have said late 16th century for Ravenscroft who published these collections right at the beginning of the 17th c. Sorry for any confusion.

Barry