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1911 recording
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Pataphysician
Re: 1911 recording
Though Wikipedia describes Demetrius C. Dounis, the performer in this recording of Calace's Op. 45, no. 1 prelude, as a violinist and musician's doctor, Paul Sparks, in The Classical Mandolin, writes that Boston's "most famous [mandolin] soloist was Demetrius C. Dounis (to whom Calace dedicated his Prelude No. 2, Op.49)". Thanks for the opportunity to hear this performance!
Joe Bartl
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Registered User
Re: 1911 recording
Great playing on both items! Thanks for posting.
I've only known Dounis as the author of a series of books of exercises and studies for violinists, including this one I worked through (on guitar) long ago:
The Absolute Independence of the Fingers in Violin Playing on a Scientific Basis (in 2 Books), Op. 15 (1924)
Some real finger-busting exercises there. Nice to know that the author really was a fine virtuoso player as well as a scientific pedagogue.
Last edited by Bruce Clausen; Nov-08-2019 at 4:19pm.
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Weirdo a pizzico
Re: 1911 recording
Dounis was a fine composer of unaccompanied mandolin solos in his own right. You can get some taste of that here: http://www.neilgladd.com/Publications/NGP%201002.html.
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Re: 1911 recording
I have compiled some information about Dounis including sources/clippings from The Crescendo in my German blog http://www.gezupftes.de/?p=14703
It's based on a thesis about Dounis: https://open.bu.edu/handle/2144/12231
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