Italian Mando

**lbracale** · Apr-08-2006, 7:37pm

I didnt see a topic for Italian Mando so I thought I would create one. I am hoping there are some players at the cafe who like/play and have resources for italian music. I am looking for the music for lazy mary....and others. Anyone??

**Jim Garber** · Apr-08-2006, 8:32pm

You are in the wrong genre area. Try here, try the classical section or do a general search for Italian

What is lazy mary?

I have some tunes in sheet music notation here. Some are Italian.

Jim

**brunello97** · Apr-08-2006, 10:35pm

Jim
A good chance to jump in and say thanks again for this great resource. It is time for me to come to terms with Speranze Perdute (in more ways than one.)
Mick

**lbracale** · Apr-09-2006, 9:25am

Cool. Thanks. I was wondering if that is where I should be. I'll check it out. And thanks for the link!!

**lbracale** · Apr-11-2006, 8:28am

Lazy Mary is one of the Italian songs that Im looking for.

**lbracale** · Apr-11-2006, 8:31am

Mick You said:
"It is time for me to come to terms with Speranze Perdute"...
So, who is Speranze Perdute? Forgive me for not knowing, i am still a newbee.

**Martin Jonas** · Apr-11-2006, 8:46am

[Bluegrassers, please forgive the off-topicness...]

Speranze Perdute is one of the tunes from the popular Italian repertoire. The sheet music for the melody/lead instrument part is at Jim Garber's site, as linked above. It's a lovely minor key waltz, full of melancholy, wailing tremolo, cool runs and arpeggios, just a wonderful tune to play on mandolin. We play the full multi-part arrangement with our semi-classical bowlback ensemble in just about every one of our weekly get-togethers/rehearsals. Our tempo is quite slow on it, but the two recordings I've heard are fairly brisk. Both interpretations suit the tune.

As I said, you can get the lead part from Jim's site. The tune is also in Sheri Mignano's epic Italian tunebook, details of which are in this thread, which is probably where this post belongs.

Martin

**Jim Garber** · Apr-11-2006, 11:37am

There is a wonderful recorded rendition on a CD put out by Global Village recordings. I can't recall the player since I am not at home at the moment.

Jim

**Martin Jonas** · Apr-11-2006, 1:28pm

Indeed, that's one of the two recordings I mentioned; the other one is by Matteo Casserini and can be found as free (and somewhat muddy-sounding) MP3 here.

Martin

**lbracale** · Apr-14-2006, 8:56pm

Cool. Thanks for all the info on this. I have been a musician for many years (piano) and I can't tell how much the mando has opened my ears to new and exciting music. I never played a string instrument before so this is all very new ground for me. Thanks for your postings.

**Mandophile** · Apr-17-2006, 1:51pm

Originally Posted by (lbracale @ April 11 2006, 09:28)

Lazy Mary is one of the Italian songs that Im looking for.

"Lazy Mary" #has been sung as the closing ensemble tune for the singers at Caffe Trieste--since the mid 70s. #Hilarious lyrics. #I believe it's Italian-American in origin--and not Italian per se. #But I'll look thru my sheet music and see if I can't get you a copy. Shall I fax it? #Sheri

**Mandophile** · Apr-17-2006, 3:10pm

I guess I should clarify and add that the "Lazy Mary" has its roots in an old Italian folk song but received tremendous popularity here in the states. It's original title is "Luna e Mezzo Mare" aka "Oh! Mamma!" I'll look for it tonight when I get home. Sheri