L. Oricchio: Toreador - Waltz
Published by P. Tesio and by A. Paolilli, New York, c. 1920
This is another Italian waltz, written by an unknown (to me) composer writing for the Italian-American community in New York. As is typical for these dance tunes, the original music was published as trio with two mandolin parts plus guitar accompaniment. I have played the original three parts, and have added a mandocello part extracted from the guitar bass line.
For some reason, this waltz was published identically (including a prominent mistake in the second mandolin part -- the B part should resolve to either D or F, but not E as written) by two separate publishers, P. Tesio and A. Paolilli, with Tesio claiming an arranging credit which is not mentioned on the Paolilli edition. It's in Sheri's Dropbox folders for both Tesio and Paolilli (although the Paolilli edition still has Tesio's guitar part). No date from either publisher. I'm attaching the Paolilli version for easy reference.
Despite the title, this waltz has nothing to do with Bizet's Carmen, and doesn't sound in the least Spanish. It's pretty straightforward to play -- not a single note shorter than a quarter in the entire score.
1890s Umberto Ceccherini mandolin
Mid-Missouri M-0W mandolin
Vintage Viaten tenor guitar
Suzuki MC-815 mandocello
Martin
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