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Ignazio Bitelli (1916): "Dolci carezze" - Gavotta
In: "Il Mandolino", 30 July 1916

This is an Italian gavotte for mandolin (two mandolins and guitar), written in 1916 and published in "Il...

Ignazio Bitelli (1916): "Conchita" - tango
In: "Il Mandolino", 30 July 2016

This is an Italian tango for mandolin quartet (two mandolins, mandola in G and guitar), written in 1916 in the middle...

Ferdinando Francia (d. 1904): "Bocca profumata" - Valzer, Op. 192
Published in "Il Mandolino", 30 August 1897

This is a lovely Italian waltz for two mandolins and guitar, written by Ferdinando...

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Here's a video from May 20, 2019 of the Regina Mandolin Orchestra performing a piece that I wrote for them over last winter. I was honored to be asked to write them some music for...

Das Badische Zupforchester has just published two new videos which were filmed last year.

Battalia - Heinrich Ignaz Franz Biber


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aPZbgiE85XQ

Domenico...

Not sure whether this has been posted on the Cafe before -- I've just come across a full transcription of the Punch Brothers arrangement of Debussy's Passepied, from their album The Phosphorescent...

Here is our version of the lovely Sinfonia in G Maj as recorded live recently by the BBC.

https://soundcloud.com/fretfed/sinfonia-in-sol-maggiore-carlo-cecere-1706-1761

This is an arrangement...

A postscript: Another option is to just play both parts simultaneously on a guitar, :))

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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xG-X1wFSsRo

Interesting instrument

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Once again excellent & passionate players capture the spirit of Scarlatti .....

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I was checking Andy's website the other day to download his new La Follia variations and came across this lovely Interlude which I had forgotten about. Here is my home recording on a vintage...

Thanks for this lovely seasonal offering, Andy. Here is my recording of your setting, on two mandolins, tenor guitar and mandocello.

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Martin

Here are the rest of the Nakano scores.


Martin

Dear Mandolin Friends,

Here is my fifth folio of free mandolin trio arrangements for winter. I included 6 carols this year, all of them beautiful and most not well-known. All but two are new...

Here is our version of this beautiful song. Hope you like it


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cr_LRIzzvhA&feature=youtu.be

Many thanks for that, Andy. It's a lovely piece - fun and pretty straightforward to play. I've made a home recording on mandolin, mandocello and tenor guitar, and I think this would also make a...

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Thomas Morley (1557-1602): Canzonets To Three Voyces

1. Lady Those Eyes, Those Eyes Of Yours - 0:00
2. Love Learns By Laughter First To Speake - 1:49
3. See Mine Own Sweet Jewel - 3:24
4....

Many thanks for this, Andy: that's a really nice piece and it works beautifully on mandolin. Good performance parts, as well!

I've just recorded my version of your arrangement, on two mandolins,...

Lovely piece, Andy, and thanks for link to your score.

That's very pretty, Andy!

Here's a rendition on mandolin by Avi's countryman, Alon Sariel. Equally nice IMHO.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uy3FUwJpCAQ

I couldn’t figure out how to move the recording to the end where Avi is playing but here is a video of his playing the Chaconne:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lz02NIZQah4

I still maintain...

I've just added a page to my Mandotopia website for James Oswald on the Ohio, a new piece inspired (as are so many of my tunes) by the work of the great 18th century Scottish composer.

After a...

Some time ago I noticed a volume published by John Walsh in London from 1757 which mentions the "mandelin" as an alternative instrument (likely the volume was intended mainly for the English guittar,...