Delirio d'Amore - Mazurka (O. Di Bella)

[Martin Jonas]

This is an Italian mazurka, written and published in 1917 by Onofrio Di Bella in New York. The original sheet music has been uploaded by Sheri in her Dropbox thread.

It's a fairly straightforward tune, which I'm taking at a brisk tempo. I'm playing the original parts for two mandolins and guitar, with an added mandocello bass line.

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

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Martin

[Mandophile]

It's a very rainy evening in the San Francisco Bay Area, and I'm delightfully comforted and entertained. This is one of the most endearing, sweetest mazurkas to come out of that fantastic first decade of the di Bella publishing house. I can imagine how delirious the dancers were as they listened to the slightly melancholic melody. Another great hit, Martin. thank you!