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    I've just checked and if you visit Post #574 in this thread, you will see all the viable links. That's how you can download everything by publisher. Please avail yourselves of that. The Dropbox will close at some point in the autumn months. Thank you, Sheri
    p.s. we will have one final upload in late August/early September but that will be it.
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    Greetings to everyone who has sustained this thread with your interest and enthusiasm. This should be the ultimate post in terms of Italian mandolin trios, mandolin & voice (Neapolitan & macchietta) and mandolin solos & Bb instruments.

    It has been a long, arduous path that started with Norman Giorno-Calaprist back in 2013-2014. He and I combined our archives (his owns a vastly larger and more complete archive). Because his grandfather Luigi Giorno was a multi-instrumentalist and specialized in Bb clarinet and mandolin, he provided his hometown of Philadelphia and other metropolises with dance ensembles, including marching bands for the various Italian holidays. Giorno knew everyone! I do mean everyone! and everyone sent him their best compositions. Thus, you will see some manuscripts in this upload. Many of them became official additions to the well known music catalogs of Di Bella, Pagani, Tesio etc etc.

    I suggest that you all return to the previous post (#408) with preexisting links. These will all disappear soon as I'm closing up shop and will be working with Paul Ruppa to deposit titles with his Bonne Amie Library. THANK YOU PAUL! and yes, I will rinclude all folders links in a subsequent post if some links are deceased & no longer work. Stay tuned.

    A separate folder devoted to Bb clarinet (all Bb instruments) will have a few new titles as well. These are important because mandolin trios did tend to employ Bb instruments to add the sparkle and volume to the fretted instruments ensemble. Obvious case was the talented Giuseppe Tarantola whose compositions center on his quartet with him playing clarinet!

    In addition to the mandolin trios, we've added to the "Neapolitan and Macchietta" folder as well. In some cases, I have uploaded the same new titles to publishers such as Matacea because he specialized in that genre and he has a separate folder devoted to his music catalog. Last, there are plenty of new (now complete!) mazurkas, polkas etc.

    Here're the new Indexes. please download and update your files--as attached:
    1. Publishers Index (mandolin trios by indexed by publisher) (32 pp) !!
    2. Bb Index (titles based on the mandolin trios)
    3. Neapolitan & Macchietta Index (mandolin and voice)

    Please find these new titles under the following publishers or folder titles:

    MISCELLANEOUS folder
    Viva Orlando; Pennino's Maliziosa (piano);

    O. Pagani folder
    Vorrei; Ciciuzza; Forse; L'amore Mezzo al Mare; Le Sirene; Marsala Mia; Maria, Mari; Piccolina Na Graziosa; Sicilia Bella; Lotta d'Amore; Divorziamo; Viva Italian. nice surprise: 5 new Tafarella titles in manuscript form, unfortunately, only M1 in many cases.

    De Stefano folder
    L'Allegrezza; Love's Experience
    P. Tesio folder
    Ti Voglio Sempre Amor; Aida; Dolores; Vittoria Tripoli (piano score to match the preexisting mandolin part)
    A. Matacea folder
    A 'mammurata
    A Partenza
    O. Di Bella folder
    Midnight; Suffragette; L'Abbondonata
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    Neapolitan-Macchietta folder
    Abbascio; Mo Ch'America; O Primmo Reggimento; plus the new Matacea titles
    Bb & Band folder
    Marcia Funebre (Petrella); Marsala Mia;

    That should do it for now. Again, please refer to previous post for links to all the folders
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    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/nqsw18aai...B8rnD3--a?dl=0
    CENTURY PUBLISHING

    This link takes you to Century Publishing (non-Italian stuff); I include it because I bought the collection. However, I can not vouch for these titles at all. There is an index in the folder. Otherwise, I've tested all the links posted and they work just fine and show the new titles in each of the folders. Good Luck. any trouble, PM and I'll see what I can do.
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    Thank you for all your work!

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    A trio of trumpeters showed up during the San Gennaro holiday celebration this weekend in Little Italy; they played Tesio's arrangement of Gabetti's "Royal Italian March." (1900) Rocco de Rocco strolled for tips. He's 86 and was a regular at Pagani's. He knew Teresa Costello (Pagani's partner who took over after he died and cultivated the accordion repertoire). He played Migliavacca and Speranze Perdute (probably Pietro Deiro arrangements from the Pagani catalog). Thank you Rocco, for carrying on the tradition!
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    TODAY: San Gennaro holiday, the band is playing outside the church --La Triestina March by F Gallo. The DiBella edition.
    They played it also in the vestibule of the church--greeting San Gennaro as he was being carried down the aisle towards the street.
    This is the custom in NYC . It must be either La Triestina , or Di Girolamo's Violetta March .....These poor old men....

    Dont know how they can play at all with this mob scene all around them......!!!!! May take refuge in La Bella Napoli for the rest of the day until we leave at dusk.....

    I announced the March before they began to play it on the church sidewalk.... Composed in Montclair NJ in 1919 Dedicated to his dear friend Maestro Onofrio Di Bella, arr by Maestro Luigi Luigi Canoro. Published by DiBella.....!! They made a recording in the church vestibule. (DISPATCH from Norman Giorno-Calapristi)

    Take a listen to "La Triestina" march as played today inside and outside as introduced by Norman with the history of the march.
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    Wow! Thank you so much! You are incredible!

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    https://s3-us-west-1.amazonaws.com/a...__16_00_02.mp3 a radio interview I did with a local community radio station in Sonoma, on Tuesday October 18, 2022.

    This interview is now archived as above and can be accessed by anyone with a computer. Thanks!

    Broken into three 20-minute segments: 1. Caffe Trieste as Italian hub for the dance music, Papa Giotta's family, and Italian immigration; 2. Rudy Cipolla, mentor to David Grisman & Mike Marshall; first mandolin made in America, Paolo Soleri; accordion in vaudeville and mandolin status (legitimacy) & Brazilian accordionist, Tostao. 3. accordion, college, & its use in classroom; Cotati Accordion Festival, Dick & Pete Contino; Flashback: Bucky Fuller and World's Fair 1967; Music's role in commemorating great moments like the demolition of the Berlin Wall; the advantage of being technically proficient (Silicon Valley) and how technology serves the arts. (IOW, we covered some territory for sure!) I even mention Scott Tichenor and this great website. Worth a listten!
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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DejP...adNpC&index=10

    This link takes you to a friend who performed on his Aeolian player piano a mazurka titled "Forse" by Tafarella in November 2015 at his home in Orinda. It's only 49 seconds long as there was a problem but you can certainly see and hear why Tafarella's popularity never wanted.
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    Please light a candle for a beloved friend, multi-instrumetalist, mandolin-loving, and Italian sheet music hoarder. I'm sorry to have to announce the sudden demise of Norman Giorno-Calapristi of Philadelphia late last night. It is a shock to all of us who were fortunate enough to know him. I can't say enough about how his enthusiasm for our ancestors' music became the basis for my own investigations. While Norman wrote the Foreword to "Italian Mandolin Heroes in America", he was really the reason why I began writing that book; in addition, he collaborated and helped to build this ballo liscio dropbox that has welcomed thousands of visitors and taught so many about the dance music as it was reborn on American soil. I'll try to write a more complete obituary at some point. Thank you all for making Norman's dreams come true. His grandfather would have been so happy to know that the music he left behind now lives on amongst us. Sheri~
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    Summer 2016 Normanno and I (and his cousin Donna) made a pilgrimage to Di Bella's, Cardilli's and Pagani's old music store locations. These were very happy moments as he relived his visits accompanying his grandfather and on his own when he was old enough.
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    Please light a candle for a beloved friend, multi-instrumetalist, mandolin-loving, and Italian sheet music hoarder. I'm sorry to have to announce the sudden demise of Norman Giorno-Calapristi of Philadelphia late last night. It is a shock to all of us who were fortunate enough to know him. I can't say enough about how his enthusiasm for our ancestors' music became the basis for my own investigations. While Norman wrote the Foreword to "Italian Mandolin Heroes in America", he was really the reason why I began writing that book; in addition, he collaborated and helped to build this ballo liscio dropbox that has welcomed thousands of visitors and taught so many about the dance music as it was reborn on American soil. I'll try to write a more complete obituary at some point. Thank you all for making Norman's dreams come true. His grandfather would have been so happy to know that the music he left behind now lives on amongst us. Sheri~
    Thanks for letting us know, Sher.

    My condolences to you and to Norman's family, of course.

    I'll be getting down IMHiA and reread his foreward.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Mandophile View Post
    Please light a candle for a beloved friend, multi-instrumetalist, mandolin-loving, and Italian sheet music hoarder. I'm sorry to have to announce the sudden demise of Norman Giorno-Calapristi of Philadelphia late last night.
    This is heartbreaking news, Sheri, but thank you for passing it on. He and I corresponded many times and he was a universe of experience about Italian music on records, too. He will be sorely missed.

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    https://www.dropbox.com/sh/9zhxeekpy...Zb9lDzWUa?dl=0
    Italian Vintage Recordings link. Viewers can download. Updated Index 11/5/2022 (Index indicates 4 new titles). In addition to the mandolin pieces, there is Luigi Giorno's community band's recording of Villoni's "North Pole". These were the last recordings that Norman sent.

    One of the new recordings uploaded. Norman on guitar with Joe Grosso, mandolin. It was his 90th birthday. They played "Rosa Maria" a march that was used as an opener/closer to a Canoro machietta on the old Philly vaudeville stage at the Teatro Vittorio Emmanuele where Norman's grandfather played (clarinet and mandolin) The lyrics were by Canoro's sidekick, Esposito. What a team they made! Of course, this recording does not include vocal, only instrumental parts.

    I attach the updated Index and a photograph of 1-year-old Norman in the arms of his grandfather at one of his Philly gigs. Just too precious.
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    see attached & updated Main integrated Index (32+ pages) for the mandolin trios. I integrated all of Tesio's "Eastern European" (mainly Greek) titles into the Main Index. See attached original Eastern European Index for specific titles. Too many to list.

    Also added one macchietta title ("La Suffraggetta" by A. Parisi) into the integrated Main Index. It is a manuscript with mandolin score & lyrics. It is now housed with the Neapolitan and Macchietta songs for mandolin and voice. Ralph Borelli wrote a lot of the lyrics and may have written these. It is stamped LOC as it's possible it was submitted for copyright purposes. There is a note from the composer to Luigi Giorno, Norman's grandfather. It was nearly disintegrated when it was scanned last month.

    here's the link for the Neapolitan and Macchietta folder to find "La Suffraggetta":
    https://www.dropbox.com/home#:~:text...Tjywa%3Fdl%3D0

    So now you have Di Bella's tribute to the Suffragette movement as a mandolin trio and you have Parisi's macchietta piece made famous in the Philadelphia Italian theatre.

    (Keeping in mind that Macchietta songs (published by Matacea) are separately housed in the Matacea folder).

    The work will continue as there are still band and orchestral arrangements yet to be scanned. Lord help us get through all of it. With profound gratitude to Normanno!
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    Before the holiday crush is upon us, I wanted to add two new titles to the Index. As always the updated Index is attached.

    In a recent post, I shared a photo taken of Normanno and me by his cousin Donna. We made a pilgrimage together to Bleecker Street and other locations in Little Italy. We stood in front of M.V. Cardilli's old store and Pagani's, too. M.V. Cardilli and Flaminio Pignoloni were Normanno's favorites (well, Tesio, too)!

    While it took several years to research and publish the Heroes book, it had to be published without their images. The night before the final PDF was sent, I was contacted by a descendant with an image of Philly's G.B. De Stefano and had to stop the presses (thus, the delay) but it meant everything to display De Stefano's store, Norman's childhood music store, in the book. The portrait of De Stefano and his twin sons on sheet music was fantastic but I was still disappointed. I had not located any images of Cardilli or Pignoloni in time for publication. After the book came out, I continued to scour the earth and in the past two years, I have found portraits and other material. (If I ever publish a second edition, I intend to include).

    To honor Normanno, I'm including their photos here. A tribute to how he inspired me to be tenacious. I never gave up my search to identify the mandolin heroes in America and that will continue. Yes, I sent both photos to him and he rejoiced and was thrilled to see them for the first time.

    In addition, I've uploaded two new titles from my library (see previous posts for the links so you can download them as they reside in the publisher's folder) POST #408 has all the links and they appear to still be viable:
    Matacea folder: "A Seconda Lettera e Surdata" (Italian macchietta, Voice and Mandolin)
    Cardilli folder: "Mentre Soffrivo" Trio

    just a quick note about the Matacea series of wartime songs and this one in particular. I visited Monfalcone (where Papa Gianni's sister Yolanda retired to after 30+ years as barista at San Francisco's Caffe Trieste. She lived downtown but the surrounding Gorizia is a rugged area, to say the least. That province saw the bloodiest Italian losses in WWI. These exchanged letters describe how a soldier is recalled to fight. It shows the indomitable spirit of the Italian army and so much more.

    As to Latorella's waltz, I found out that both Cardilli & Tesio published him. If you consult the Index of names, you can see that he is listed with Tesio, however, I will now have to add Cardilli as his second publisher. A sad note, Latorella died in a mental hospital. Will we ever know the complete story of these heroes? probably not.

    Again, wishing you all a serene holiday season. Take care, Stay Safe, Sheri
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    I'm pleased to introduce two new titles to the ballo liscio archive. Both titles are arranged by Maestro Pignoloni for the Pagani catalog. Juventino Rosas died way too young but he composed the most famous waltz that made a huge hit at all the world fairs. "Over the Waves" is listed as the first title [#1] in the Pagani mandolin trio catalog. There is no date for publication but every music catalog was publishing this classic--roughly between 1906-1911. It is on a par with "Sperenze Perdute". A MUST PLAY!

    I've also uploaded a French edition (not in the ballo liscio archive) but an example of how enduring Rosas' waltz was since it was published in 1950--more than sixty years after Rosas composed the waltz. (see the next post--wasn't able to upload with this post)


    The other is selections from Donizetti's "Don Pasquale" arranged a serenata.

    The new, updated Index is also attached.
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    Rosas' waltz had dozens of publications--everyone eager to have his melody--due to his untimely death.
    American publishers: 1909, Feist, 1910, Witmark and Ditson; 1911, Carl Fischer and Pagani issued another version wth Felice de Matteo as its arranger. Unfortunately, I have not been able to find the Pagani date for this © of the Pignoloni edition. I'm guessing it was well before De Matteo published his, possibly c. 1909.
    Since then, everyone has stolen this melody, and here it is as popularized in France as
    "La Plus Belle Nuit" --The Most Beautiful Night of the Year". It became embedded in the film about Enrico Caruso. This French edition became very popular after WW2 when it was published in 1950.

    Always, big thanks go out to François Ravez, my good buddy who preserves the past so that the future can exist! Merci bc
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    Thanks, Sher!

    One of my first tunes on the fisa....

    Now to go back and enjoy it on the mando.

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    Quote Originally Posted by brunello97 View Post
    Thanks, Sher!

    One of my first tunes on the fisa....

    Now to go back and enjoy it on the mando.

    Mick
    Pignoloni's is the best I've encountered. I believe when Pietro Deiro produced his version in 1920, he showed Pignoloni's strong influence. They were both in Pagani's stable of composers/arrangers so I'm sure they knew the royalties that Ottavio paid. By then, he had hired Theresa Costello who as you know from HEROES, created a tidy little house for the best marketing strategies of any music publisher in Manhattan! Just a second shout out that Pagani knew exactly what he was doing when he chose Rosas' title to launch the debut of his mandolin catalog. Brilliant!
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    Good News! I've found another "Norma". The Dropbox now has 4 different editions of the arias from Bellini's opera "Norma." Tesio's brilliant arranger Domenico Baravalle. Bellini died just before his 34th birthday. Born in Catania, Sicily, his bel canto operas were made for mandolin-playing! Updated Publishers' Index is attached to the next post. I'd like to dedicate this Tesio edition of "Norma" to the late Norman Giorno-Calapristi and his mother Norma Giorno, and his maternal grandfather Luigino (Luigi). We are indebted to Luigi's brilliant musicianship and his enormous contribution to mandolin history in America.
    Grazie mille mia amico, Normanno, and to Luigino and Norma.
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    Publishers Index 5.23.2023. Here it is
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    This waltz is not from an Italian music publisher in America, it was published by
    A. Forlivesi, in Florence. It's an example of the hyper-romantic, "treacley" era, 1889. Fellini & Zenuti co-composed it and this reduction score is by Giuseppe Bellenghi (aka G.B. Pirani) While this score is for piano, there were numerous arrangements for mandolins, guitar, and orchestral instruments. I've never found a recording or any YouTube example. If anyone has that, please let me know. It may not be worth playing but just viewing the cover sheet is worth the time opening the PDF. Maybe save it for Hallowe'en?
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    Those of you just reading this thread. Post #408 contains all the viable links to the publishers. Once you've downloaded the most recent Index, you can organize your library by publishers and access them without having to return to my Dropbox. I was going to close it this summer but as I keep finding things and musicians are still in search, I'm keeping it open. Should I close it, you must already have the titles on your PC. OK?
    I'm adding the Vintage Italian recordings just in case some of you want to listen to authentic renderings:
    https://www.dropbox.com/scl/fo/7ulcs...v6znc8mhs&dl=0 there is a separate index in this folder with the titles of all the pieces with musicians names and venue when known. Enjoy!
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    What better way to celebrate Curti's life than to play his music! I did not include him in the Index or this forum before because he really didn't bother using the Italian American publishers. (Actually two publishers did include "La Tipica" polka). However, his success was almost exclusively tied to mainstream (international) publishers who seemed to market his compositions quite well.

    Recently, I've been fortunate to acquire some sheet music of his ballo liscio dances published by Heinrich Nagel, a very successful publishing house in Mexico City. Most of Curti's compositions are available as parlor piano scores and all can easily be played as a mandolin trio. 2nd mando part is certainly acceptable. The guitar part and chords can be easily transposed from the piano score's bass clef and it is easily read by a guitarist and an accordionist.

    BTW, make sure you catch the back page with his list of ballo liscio dances categorized as waltzes, mazurkas, polkas, schottisches and marches.
    I would love to hear a mandolin trio record this for this year's Christmas present! Thanks, Sheri
    p.s. I'll update the Index as I start scanning and announcing the Curti titles.
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