Milwaukee, Wisc. — Centerstream Publishers has announced a September 17 publication date for Classical Mandolin For Non-Classical Players: A Practical Approach, by Joseph Weidlich, now available for pre-order through amazon.com.
American mandolin music published in 1900 during the "Golden Age of the Mandolin" in the United States (1885-1920) is the focus of the book
After a brief overview of period mandolin techniques, a variety of popular social ballroom dances are presented in standard notation and tablature, including waltzes, polkas, schottisches, mazurkas, marches and an occasional hornpipe.
Contents
- Table of Contents
- Introduction & Historical Background
- Classic Mandolin Techniques
- Selected Repertoire
- Mandolin Instrumental in C Major
- Mandolin Instrumental in C Major
- Waltz
- Schottische
- Polka
- Rosalie Waltz
- Song of the Nightingale
- Alice, Where Art Thou?
- Souvenir Schottische
- Ideal Mazurka
- The College Hornpipe
- Fisher’s Hornpipe
- The Pickaninny’s Dream
- The Little Soubrette: a Schottische
- Forget Me Not Gavotte
- The Electric Hornpipe
- Hornpipe Polka
- Excelsior Schottische
- Clio Polka
- Merry Maidens (March)
- Contra Dance
- El Trompetero (Mexican Dance)
- Estelle Mazurka
- The Flower Song
- Mandolin Instrumental in D Major
- Laredo March
- Appendix 1: A Tale of Two Arrangements
- Appendix 2: List of Mandolin Methods: 1884-1920
- Appendix 3: More Branzoli Lessons
- Afterword
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