Rondo Galante, released

[vkioulaphides]

Dear mandolinist friends, worldwide,

I am delighted to share with you my Rondo Galante, a mandolin duet I composed a couple of years ago for Mike Marshall and Caterina Lichtenberg.

It is a lighthearted composition, based on a lovely theme by Viennese-turned-French master Ignaz Pleyel, perhaps the most unreservedly charming composer of all ages. It is not terribly difficult to play, and (hopefully) enjoyable to listen to.

So I share it with you all in the hope that you will enjoy playing it as much as I enjoyed composing it. Please feel free to also share it, if you wish, with your students, colleagues, and friends.

If interested, please just send me an email, and I will happily reply with the score in PDF format. It is entirely gratis. My home email is the same as my username at the Café, at earthlink, dot net.

With warm, collegial regards to each and every one of you,

Victor

[KristinEliza]

Thanks Victor! Already glanced at it, will probably give it a read this evening.

[vkioulaphides]

You are very welcome, Kristin! This piece is easy enough to be sightread, and should keep a couple of mando-loving friends happy for an evening.

Pleyel was truly adored by his audiences, both Viennese and French tastes converged in loving his music dearly, there were Pleyel Societies stretching well past his own lifetime. Considering my... *ahem*... ~entirely~ unbiased opinion that the mandolin is the most charming of instruments I thought, quite logically, "Why not write something simply to charm, to enchant, a gilded music-box of sorts?"

So that is what this piece is all about: nothing profound, nothing earthshaking, nothing heart-wrenching; simply a sweet, gentle, smiling musical gift from me to two of the greatest mandolinists of our times— and now, to the entire, global mando-community.

Cheers to one and all,


Victor