Drop Box is now available for Italian 'ballo liscio' sheet music.

[Mandophile]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/sdu1c2ton...Ej8iRBRfa?dl=0

Not sure why, but let's try this one. It's the all Bb clarinet folder. Many titles exist in the basic M1 ballo liscio folder. I just tried this link and it works A-OK. Thank you for letting me know.

[DavidKOS]

That time worked fine, thank you.

[Mandophile]

We miss you, Rick. Hope you can join us again, soon!

[Mandophile]

I don't see Canoro's mazurka "La Napoletana" (#151 di Bella). Did I miss that? I would love to hear that one but there's no guitar part as yet. I could come up with the chords if they would help. let me know. I think it is so commendable of you to devote your time and effort to sharing these renderings of the world's finest titles in the ballo liscio dance tradition.The beauty of this music, especially those titles in the early decade are so precious.

[Martin Jonas]

This is another recording I made of the Di Bella tunes posted in his thread: "Wanda", a mazurka written in 1918 by Lorenzo Morelli. I've added a simple bass line on mandocello. The only connection between the images I've selected to go with my recording is that, like the tune, they are all from New York City in 1918.

"Wanda" seems a peculiarly popular name for mazurkas: other mazurkas of this name were written by Carl Bohm, Gustav Lange, Adrien Talexy and Antonín Dvořák -- all quite different from this one.

1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
1915 Luigi Embergher mandolin
Ozark tenor guitar
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello



Martin

[Mandophile]

and it was a popular name for girls at that time, too. perfect images to give context to the music.

[Mandophile]

I added 18 titles in the ballo liscio category (mainly unknown composers, and most are waltzes). There are 1 or 2 non-Italian composers in the bunch: Peter Ostroushka who plays mando on Praire Home Companion is one. I've transcribed his beautiful "Vola, Palumba." He does make it available on his website and seems quite open about sharing it so I don't see any copyright conflict. He probably wrote it 15+ years ago??
Otherwise, everything in this new folder is pretty obscure, from various Alpini villages, and they're fun to play as I've played all of them. Enjoy!

https://onedrive.live.com/?cid=FB33E...19EB633B20!247

[Martin Jonas]

Sheri, that link asks for a Microsoft Live ID login and password -- I don't think it's a sharing link.

Martin

[rebus]

Hey what a collection! Thank you so much, look forward to try some of the tunes

[rebus]

Martin, your recordings are so charming and mellow: a jump back to another time, so nice to listen!

[Mandophile]

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...EB633B20%21247

Thank you Martin! I think I solved it and created a public link. Try it now.

[rebus]

Maybe this has been already pointed out, but I picked this beautiful waltz "Ardenti baci" by Joseph Lo Cascio (published by Pietro Tesio) but the M2 part is actually the same as the M1. Any chance to get the M2 part as well? I promise to post my version when I have learned it (ahhh... but I am not sure you really want to hear that hahaha!)

[Mandophile]

Let me see if I can find out what happened to it. Stay tuned. Thanks!

[Mandophile]

Well, I'm glad to say that I not only was able to upload the Mando 2 part but also Guitar. Both were missing! They're now in the Tesio folder. Thank you for letting me know.

TESIO LINK
https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ge77nkdb8...7XP6wylRa?dl=0

[rebus]

Great! I love the tune, and I am willing to learn it. Thanks a lot Sheri!

[wundo]

FYI
Under the double eagle in the Tesio link has Canora's 1st mandolin in A, while Tesio's 2nd and guitar is in D

[Mandophile]

At first I thought this was a typesetter's problem. Seemed a logical explanation but now, I'm not so sure. Indeed, after I really examined the score, you are indeed correct that Mando 1 (a later publication by di Bella) is not in the original keys published by Pietro Tesio some 20 years earlier.
While uploading so many titles, I sometimes mixed/matched things and this certainly looks like one that should not have been put together.

I will find the correct Mando 1 (in Tesio) to match the Tesio keys and arrangement; that certainly seems to be the most expedient way to solve the problem. Stay tuned. It's not as easy as it sounds!

[Mandophile]

While I still search for the correct M1 part for Under the Double Eagle, here's some new Italian dances. Over the years since I published MM, I've continued to transcribe. Here are some titles housed in this link. You should be able to download all in one simple click! Have fun and let me know what you like. Thank you all for keeping the spirit of ballo liscio alive and well. It pleases me to know that so many of you enjoy playing this music. Grazie mille.

https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resi...eb633b20%21247

[Mandophile]

Under_the_Double_Eagle_M1 is ready for download. It's been transposed to match the original key(s) in the 1902 Tesio edition (D D G). I'm still not quite certain it's in the correct octave but pretty sure it is. Any one wanna' test drive? I can see why the later di Bella edition might have been an improvement a fourth above, especially in the Trio.

https://www.dropbox.com/home/Pietro_Tesio_PDFs

[bluesmandolinman]

thanks mandophile for your hard work, appreciated !

[Mandophile]

Thanks to 'eagle' eyes...we now have two complete sets of "Under the Double Eagle". Tesio and the later di Bella version arranged by Luigi Canora (aka Canoro). Tesio's 1902 trio is in the keys of D, D, & G; whereas, Canora's arrangement is higher: A A & D.
I've updated the publisher and title indexes (dated 4.27.15) to reflect the completion of these titles as a "Trio" (M1, M2 & G)
I appreciate all of you bringing these things to my attention so that we can fix them. Last summer was an intense busy time where several thousand sheets were being collated, scanned, converted to PDFs and uploaded. There may be other titles that need to be checked but so far, I'm pretty pleased that we've managed to go this far with only a few missing parts.
Happy Plucking! Sheri~

[bluesmandolinman]

Hi Sheri

I know this is completely off topic but I thought you may be the one that knows the answer .

Do you know the name of this song :
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHGis4rLffU

I had asked the uploader but got no answer. With a little bit of luck you know the name AND it´s in your list of uploads.
Would love to learn this one.

Thanks René

[Mandophile]

It is, indeed, a most enchanting waltz. It's not an Italian-American song and not in any uploads. I believe it is just called Salento's Popular Waltz but I've contacted a Napoli musician who is a storehouse of regional information. I hope he can tell me something. If not, I will find it for you and there is manuscript score (as you can see in the video) so it's one of those Napoli ballo liscio tunes to come out of the--if I'm not mistaken mid 19th century. I think that's what the Maestro Calsolaro said while introducing the piece. I will find it! I want to be able to play it as well. Thank you for pointing it out to me.

[Mandophile]

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/6v7xfftvf...67_YzZ_ga?dl=0

di Bella link as above. I wonder if I should repost the links?

[rebus]

Beautiful tune! In the introduction he says they are going to play a waltz (it says written before 1900), of those that were played in any kind of feasts in Southern Italy and written between the middle of 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century.