That's just plain lovely, Frank. You don't need to play a million notes a minute to make good mandolin music.
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That's just plain lovely, Frank. You don't need to play a million notes a minute to make good mandolin music.
Been there, done that.
The Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra is looking to unload (i.e., profitably sell) some old 78 records, and we're looking for advice about the best place/way to do that. Mostly classical, some not. A...
Jim, I've been in touch with Paul too, but I don't believe I asked him about this particular thing. Thanks for thinking of it. It might be worth a try.
Jim B.
Thanks for the post, Mandophile. I had already seen that blurb in the Cadenza too. I never did get the American Guild program I was looking for though...*sigh*
Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra concert featuring lyric soprano Beatrice Gilbert on Sunday, May 5.
For the fifth year in a row, the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra will perform at Immaculate Heart of...
Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra concert tomorrow.
This will be the BMO's first public concert with our new music director, Mark Linkins. The program will include a march by the orchestra's founder, a...
Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra concert on Maryland's Eastern Shore
The Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra, under the direction of Dr. Kristin Turner, is delighted to be returning to the historic and...
Tamara Volskaya and her Russian Trio will perform with the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra on Sunday, May 6, at 4:00 p.m. at Immaculate Heart of Mary Church in Towson, MD. (Go to Calendar and check out...
Hello everyone,
Do you play mandolin, mandola, mandocello, guitar or mandobass (or string bass)? The Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra always welcomes new players, and we are currently looking to...
I found it, Mark. It was an "unpublished monograph." I have Walter Carter's book.
Good suggestions, mandogio, thanks, but I've already looked through Cadenzas (Crescendo didn't start until 1908). I'm researching a Baltimore concert mandolinist named C. J. Levin. He performed at...
I'm interested in getting photocopies (or digital images) of the concert program(s) - and any other related material - for the Second Annual Convention of the American Guild of Banjoists,...
Anybody happen to have the music for a mandolin piece called "The Royal Two-Step?" It was written in 1897 by one C. J. Levin and published by P. J. Lammers & Co. I'm interested in getting a copy of...
Plectrum banjoist BUDDY WACHTER will appear with the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra on Sunday, April 30th. Buddy is a Baltimore native, but this will be a rare appearance, because he hasn't played in...
Hello NEH57,
Thanks for your response. I have seen those old ads at newspapers.com that C. J. Levin took out for mandolin instruction. And I've also seen the article you quoted. I guess that's...
Hi Jim,
I'm doing some research on early mandolin groups in Baltimore and I came across his name in the old Baltimore newspapers. He was quite a prominent mandolin soloist, teacher and conductor...
Does that name sound familiar to you? Charles Jerome Levin, classical virtuoso mandolinist and teacher from Baltimore. He performed ca. 1895-1915. Does anyone have any information on him? I'd...
Anyone have a copy of Walter Kaye Bauer's book "The Mandolin in America" (1973) that you'd be willing to loan me for a little while? I'm researching mandolin groups in Baltimore during the "Golden...
Outstanding tone and sustain! It just sings. Love it.
Carlo changed their Paganini selection to the Sonata No. 5 in E Major. (I couldn't edit my original post.)
Jim B.
Carlo Aonzo and Rene Izquierdo will appear in concert with the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra on Sunday, April 24th, at 4:00 p.m. They will perform Vivaldi's Concerto in G for Two Mandolins...
It's a guitar. Russian seven-string guitars are pretty common. Here's another Paserbsky, a harp guitar:
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Many thanks to Andy Boden for doing this for us!
Jim B.
Thanks. I already PM'd Alex, waiting for a response.