- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 51–52.
Instead of the monotonous, nasal tone...he so manipulated the strings and plectrum...that he opened an enlarged sphere of capabilities for the instrument...It is to Bortolazzi we are indebted for the first revival of the mandolin.
- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 73–74.
In 1764, he made his appearance in Paris as a mandolin virtuoso and was highly esteemed, both as a performer and a teacher.
- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 85.
...was a renowned French mandolin virtuoso and teacher...devoted himself to the popularization of the mandolin, of which instrument he was a consummate artist.
- ^ a b c d "Napoli - Eduardo Mezzacapo". Archived from the original on 16 March 2014.
- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 110–112.
...he toured through Europe as a blind mandolin virtuoso...his repertoire consisted of the concertos of Tartini, the principal works of Pugnani and Ferrari, and several of his own compositions...Giuseppe Bellinghe, mandolinist and composer, has dedicated his excellent variations for mandolin and piano on the Carnival of Venus to the memory of Fridzeri, the blind mandolin player and composer.
- ^ "WEISS, SILVIUS LEOPOLD Sonata No. 20 in D minor, Sonata No. 14 in G minor JOHANN HOFFMANN Sonata in G major, Sonata in D minor. Birgit Schwab, Daniel Ahlert. Naxos". mdt.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
...JOHANN HOFFMANN (1770–c.1814)...and the Viennese mandolinist Johann Hoffmann were considered the greatest virtuosos of their day in their respective fields...
- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 147.
...he made a concert tour through Austria and Germany...where his performances of both instruments (cello and mandolin) were highly spoken of...his public performances attracted considerable notice and won for him an enviable reputation.
- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. p. 175.
...an Italian mandolinist and guitarist of repute, who lived in Naples...the first teacher to give serious instruction on the mandolin to the virtuoso and composer Carlo Munier...produced one of the greatest exponents of the mandolin.
- ^ Bone, Philip J. (1914). The Guitar and Mandolin. Schott and Company. pp. 275–276.
...a mandoli virtuoso of the early school...lived in Paris from 1749...the two brothers [Pietro Sodi]appeared together as mandolinist and harpist at numerous important concerts...engaged in the orchestra of the Comédie Italienne...Com
- ^ Biaggi, G. A. (March 20, 1875). "The Lute and the Mandolin, with some remarks on Sig. Giovanni Vailati in connection with them (reprint from La Gazetta Musicale in Milan)". The Musical World. Vol. 53, no. 12. London: William Duncan Davison. pp. 204–205. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
...like Vimercati, designated the Panini of the mandolin...For Vailati the mandoline no longer presents any difficulties. As an executant he is always sure and always the most correct. In runs and variations on the fifth string, he excites the wonder of everyone. But he prefers plain melody, and in this there are really very few instrumentalists like him.
- ^ "SPECTACLES. Concert spirituel". Mercure de France. France. December 1770. p. 151. Retrieved September 21, 2015.
"It was loudly applauded at Mademoiselle de Villeneuve's execution (performance), who played the mandolin concerto of Mr. Stritzeri with lightness and precision". She should not be confused with French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve who had died on that date. This is one of the first mentions of a woman mandolin virtuoso.
- ^ Biaggi, G. A. (March 20, 1875). "The Lute and the Mandolin, with some remarks on Sig. Giovanni Vailati in connection with them (reprint from La Gazetta Musicale in Milan)". The Musical World. Vol. 53, no. 12. London: William Duncan Davison. pp. 204–205. Retrieved September 20, 2015.
At the commencement of the present [19th] century, Pietro Vermercati enjoyed the reputation of being a most accomplished mandoline-player. He died at a good old age at Genoa, in 1850.
- ^ Paul Sparks. The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Clarendon Press; New York: Oxford University Press, 1995. pp. 193-4.
- ^ Ettore de Mura. Enciclopedia della canzone napoletana. Vol I. Napoli - Il Torchio. 1969. pp. 221-222.
- ^ Shepherd, John; Horn, David; Laing, Dave; et al., eds. (2003). Continuum Encyclopedia of Popular Music of the World Part 1 Performance and Production, Volume 2. A&C Black. p. 444. ISBN 9781847144720.
Curti... form[ed] his own 'Spanish Students' mandolin orchestra, thus starting a grass-roots mandolin orchestra craze.
- ^ "Brooklynite Heads World's Mandolinists". Brooklyn Eagle. Brooklyn, New York. 8 September 1946. p. 10. Retrieved 1 May 2018.
won the International Mandolin Contests...successful in several [Vaudeville] acts...Metroplitan Opera House...hailed in European capitals as the King of the Mandolin...
- ^ "Giovanni Vicari – Occhi di Bambola". excavatedshellac.com. December 22, 2008. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
undisputed mandolin and banjo master...recorded mazurkas, tangos, and folk melodies from Naples and Sicily...rarely left New York's Little Italy...
- ^ "GIUSEPPE ANEDDA, (Cagliari 1/3/1912- Cagliari 30/7/1997)". Archived from the original on September 28, 2015. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
Grazie al M° Anedda, il mandolino acquistava sempre più importanza nel mondo musicale...in tutte le sale da concerto più prestigiose del mondo, dove il mandolino non era mai entrato... Thanks to Maestro Anedda the mandolin is gaining more and more importance in the music world...in all the most prestigious concert halls of the world, where the mandolin had never entered...
- ^ Lamponi, Maurizio (February 3, 1993). ""NINO CATANIA, il mago del mandolino" Un ricordo del celebre mandolinista siciliano e genoano ("NINO CATANIA, the magician's Mandolin ", A reminder of the famous Sicilian mandolin and Genoa player)". La Casana. Banca Carige Spa. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
d aveva da subito iniziato una vera e propria battaglia personale per l'inserimento del mandolino nel mondo fino ad allora proibito della musica "importante". (started a real personal battle for the inclusion of the mandolin in the world of hitherto forbidden "important" music.)
- ^ Foss, Bill (Dec 2007). "Thread: Rudy Cipolla, Re: Rudy Cipolla". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
...another great mandolin player named Matteo Casserino...played marvelous Italian tunes...played at the famous Cafe Trieste in San Francisco's North Beach...
- ^ "Our Artists, Rudy Cipolla". dawgnet.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
...Rudy came into his full creative powers at a time when most composers retire or slow down. In his later years, (from his sixties through his late eighties,) Rudy wrote a prodigious amount...A tribute to him was held ...and featured ...David Grisman, Mike Marshall, Radim Zenkl, Bob Bruen...
- ^ Foss, Bill (Dec 2007). "Thread: Rudy Cipolla, Re: Rudy Cipolla". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
...San Francisco where he spent much of his time composing...Newsweek magazine once called him "one of America's unsung heroes"...I recall a Rudy Cipolla Memorial concert at the Freight & Salvage, where his music was played using his instruments which were played by Bob Bruen, Grisman...
- ^ Simon, Richard B (March 30, 2000). "Grisman And Friends Pay Homage To Late Mentor, Mike Marshall, Darol Anger help form 12-piece mando-orchestra to celebrate Rudy Cipolla". mtv.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
... Mandolinist David Grisman called on fellow acoustic virtuosos to celebrate the music of their mutual mentor, Rudy Cipolla...'Everything Rudy wrote … was all from another place, another era, and wonderfully encapsulated in beautiful melodies that came pouring out of this man'...including Darol Anger...Mike Marshall...Radim Zenkl...Bob Bruen...David Grisman Quartet members...
- ^ Baum, Joan. "An Intrepid Group Plays the Mandolin". educationupdate.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
The New York Mandolin Orchestra...said to be the oldest known continuously performing Mandolin Orchestra in the country... founder Samuel Firstman...
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6.
...made many orchestral arrangements...
- ^ "Obituary of Kurt Jensen in the Magazine Plucked Strings" (PDF). p. 11. Archived from the original on February 27, 2015. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
During the 20th Century two names shone like stats in mandolin circles in Europe: those of the Englishman Hugo D'alton, and the Dane, Kurt Jenson.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Mandolinist and Composer, Yasuo Kuwahara (1946-2003)". 13.ocn.ne.jp. Ensemble Philmusica. Archived from the original on October 29, 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
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...probably the most active guitarist/mandolinist/researcher [in Japan] outside of Tokyo...
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 167.
...mandolinist and guitarist... Taught both instruments... Written many pieces...for unaccompanied mandolin
- ^ Scott, Lauren (October 28, 2010). "Alison Stephens obituary, Britain's leading exponent of the classical mandolin". TheGuardian.com. Retrieved September 24, 2015.
...leading exponent of the classical mandolin in the UK, working...with most of the country's major orchestras...did much to popularise the instrument too...
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 153. ISBN 9780195173376.
composed a total of 114 works for mandolin, many of which he recorded with his own orchestra.
- ^ Sparks, Paul (2003). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 166. ISBN 9780195173376.
...the founding father of modern German plucked-string music...
- ^ "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. 23 August 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
I had an old Bluebird record of Louie Bluie playing "State Street Rag" on mandolin and I found it such a dazzling display of talent.
- ^ Haymes, Max. "I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder (The Mandolin and The Blues)". earlyblues.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
...Although the blues on record started in 1920, it was not until 1924 when Willie Black was included on mandolin as part of Whistler And His Jug Band, from Louisville, Kentucky...
- ^ a b c d e f g Haymes, Max. "I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder (The Mandolin and The Blues)". earlyblues.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. 23 August 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
...Bobbie Leecan, who played with the Need More Band, who was one of the greatest mandolin players...very distinctive style...
- ^ a b Haymes, Max. "I'm Gonna Hang This Mandolin Under My Shoulder (The Mandolin and The Blues)". earlyblues.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
...Almost a year later, Bobbie Leecan who was reputedly from the East Coast, recorded an instrumental "Apaloosa Blues" with his 'Need-More Band'. Alfred Martin's mandolin here taking a supportive role...
- ^ "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. 23 August 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ "Big Road Blues Show 8/26/12, Forgotten Blues Heroes Pt. 6 – Old Time Blues, Four Who Came Back". AllMusic. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
Carl Martin's main instrument was mandolin but he also mastered the guitar, and according to those who saw him perform, could play anything with strings.
- ^ "Charlie McCoy Complete Recorded Works (1928-1932), AllMusic Review by arwulf arwulf". Retrieved September 23, 2015.
remembered as a master of the blues mandolin and guitar.
- ^ "Terry Zwigoff Revisits Louie Bluie". The Fretboard Journal. 23 August 2010. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
...Al Miller, who recorded on Brunswick. He was a great mandolin player, too...
- ^ "Blues Mandolin Legend Yank Rachell". Retrieved September 24, 2015.
But for James "Yank" Rachell..., the mandolin, common in early string bands, nearly died out as a blues instrument
- ^ Rushen, Tom (June 16, 2010). "Johnny Winter Playin Mandolin..." blindman.fr.yuku.com. The Blindman's Blues Forum. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
...playing Johnny Winter's early album 'Progressive Blues Experiment'... It hit me: hokey smokes, someone is playing a very cool mandolin on "Bad Luck and Trouble"...and a check of the liner notes reveals it is Johnny Winter himself playing it!...
- ^ "Big road blues show 8/26/12, Forgotten blues heroes pt. 6 – Old time blues, four who came back". Retrieved September 23, 2015.
...the mandolin played an important role in blues and early rural black music...johnny young was the most famous of the post-war [wwii] mandolin players...
- ^ Wadey, Paul (April 10, 2004). "Obituaries, Charlie Bailey, Half of the Bailey Brothers bluegrass duo who won a cult following". Independent. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
...singer, guitarist and mandolin player...first emerged in the 1930s and went on to enjoy a 40-year career...successfully fused Bluegrass and Old-Timey sounds...
- ^ Russell, Tony (June 9, 2008). "Music: Bill Bolick, Mandolin player and half of hillbilly brother act, the Blue Sky Boys". theguardian.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
Mandolin player and half of hillbilly brother act, the Blue Sky Boys...[the] delicate yet sturdy underpinning of Bill's mandolin and Earl's guitar were heard on radio stations
- ^ "David Grisman and Don Stiernberg Discuss Jethro Burns Legacy". mandolin cafe.com. June 9, 2008. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
...his style of playing has something to offer just about anyone interested in mandolin playing. The ideas are subtle and he made things sound easy. ..If you try to play or transcribe some of his music you quickly find out he contributed a lot to the art of mandolin playing.—Don Stiernberg.
- ^ Chadbourne, Eugene. "John Duffey, Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne". allmusic.com. Retrieved September 23, 2015.
John Duffey was known for his high-lonesome tenor, brilliantly innovative mandolin playing, and the important part he played in establishing the Seldom Scene...
- ^ "Monroe's Cherished Mandolin Finds a Home at the Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 24, 2015.
the 'most famous mandolin ever played'...Bill Monroe's 1923 Gibson F-5 model.
- ^ "Monroe's Cherished Mandolin Finds a Home at the Hall of Fame". Retrieved September 24, 2015.
Western Swing's prized mandolinist...known for popularizing the electric mandolin...in the 40s.
- ^ Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
...Old Timey, Bluegrass
- ^ TSIOULCAS, ANASTASIA (September 25, 2014). "Remembering Mandolin Hero U. Srinivas". NPR.org. National Public Radio. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
brought his Western instrument [mandolin] into the heart of traditional South Indian music...brought a liquid sound to his instrument that is arguably untouched by mandolinists working in any genre.
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 161.
...nowadays considered to the greatest and most original player Brazil has yet produced.
- ^ "Rio Con Brio". mandolinconvention.com. Classical Mandolin Society of America. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
9) transformed the Italian-influenced style of Brazilian mandolin... into a... style of expression which continues to influence younger generations...
- ^ "The Cumberland Ridgerunners..." richsamuels.com.
[1932 WLS Family Album]... Karl Davis and Hartford Conn Taylor (1905–1963), the Renfro Valley Boys, were boyhood pals who secretly practiced on the guitar and mandolin... From left to right, they are: Karl Davis...
- ^ "Hank Garland Biography". Archived from the original on January 6, 2016. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ "Hank Garland". allmusic.com. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ Welky, Ali; Keckhaver, Mike (September 1, 2013). Encyclopedia of Arkansas Music. University of Arkansas Press. ISBN 9781935106609.
... evangelist, singer and mandolinist...
- ^ "Katie Bell Nubin Discography". discogs.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
Katie Bell Nubin & Dizzy Gillespie and his Orchestra - Soul, Soul Searching, Verve Records, 1960
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 155.
the most successful virtuoso at this time to use a Gibson F-5... Became a top vaudeville entertainer.
- ^ "Sinn Sisamouth". khmermusic.thecoleranch.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
would use the mandolin to search for rhythms to songs he was thinking of composing... later would he write the lyrics to match these rhythm
- ^ Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 312. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
...Mike Seeger... Old-Timey
- ^ "Ralf Leenen". mandolin.be. Mandolin orchestra "Royal Estudiantina La Napolitaine", Mandolin orchestra since 1904. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
regularly performs with both mandolin and violin...formed a duo mandolin and guitar together with Yvonne Azaert...has a suite for solo mandolin...author of the book "The Embergher Mandolin"...director and leader of the Royal Estudiantina "La Napolitaine.
- ^ "Oleg Videnov – Mandolin". mandoisland.com. MandoIsland Blog. December 20, 2009. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
tune with variations played by Oleg Videnov from Sofia, Bulgaria on the mandolin...Привечер-В.Хватов Performed by Oleg Videnov(mandolin) and Lachezar Videnov (guitar)...Silvestri-Serenade...Moto Perpetueo – Raffaele Calace
- ^ a b c "Nov' Mandolin Trio - Trois Portraits". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. July 19, 2012. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
...members are teachers and concert performers who have graduated from French and/or Italian National Conservatoires. Nov' Mandolin members divide their time between concerts, training courses, teaching practice and contemporary creations.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Musicians of the International Orchestra". glidemagazine.com. Accademia Internazionale Italiano di Mandolino. August 25, 2015. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
Carlo Aonzo mandolin... Céline Cellucci mandolin... Giovanni Merisi mandolin... Clara Ponzoni mandolin ... Giorgio Borsani mandocello...Freddy Colt mandolin...Miriam Zaniboni mandolin...Cécile Valette mandolin...Sabine Spath mandolin...Giorgio Caneva mandolin... Paolo Stirnimann mandola ...Giorgio Pertusi mandola, mandolin ...Olivia Tarallo mandolin
- ^ frederiquetorres (September 3, 2015). "Enregistrement Vivaldi Concerto en do majeur 1er mouvement". mandolin-tempo-bordeaux.fr. Mandolin Tempo. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
Sous la direction de Jean-Luc Rocchietti (Under the direction of Jean-Luc Rocchietti, Mandolin solo: Annick Robergeau )
- ^ COLONNA, M.E. (January 21, 2015). "NewYork NewYork résonne àl'église Saint-Michel". Monaco-Matin. Monaco. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
Composé de 27 musiciens amateurs âgés de 10 à 65 ans, et dirigé par Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata, l'orchestre de mandolines de l'école de musique municipale de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, accompagné d'un piano, ajoué Vivaldi et Ennio Morricone, des sérénades italiennes et des airs plus contemporains (Composed of 27 amateur musicians aged 10 to 65, and directed by Olivia Tarallo-Valgelata, the mandolin orchestra of the municipal music school in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin...played Vivaldi and Ennio Morricone, Italian serenades and more contemporary tunes...)
- ^ Heil, Tanja (March 27, 2007). "Musikprofessorin Marga Wilden-Hüsgen: Ein Leben für die Mandoline" [Music Professor Marga Wilden-Hüsgen: A Life for the mandolin]. WestDeutsche Zeitung (in German). Germany. Retrieved September 30, 2015.
Bis Ende dieses Wintersemesters war sie die einzige Mandolinen-Professorin Deutschlands und machte damit die Wuppertaler Abteilung der Musikhochschule Köln zum Mekka aller Mandolinisten. (At the end of the [2007]winter semester she was the only mandolin professor in Germany and thus made the Wuppertal Department of Music Academy in Cologne a Mecca of all mandolin.)
- ^ a b c d e "The 9th Osaka International Mandolin Competition – Order of Performance at Final(Category A)". arte-mandolin.com. Arte Mandolinistica. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ a b c d e f g Colt, Freddy (March 26, 2011). "Il mandolino spopola negli Stati Uniti. Successo per la tournèe di Carlo Aonzo". mellophonium.it. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
...Hanno contribuito al successo di questa tournée tutti i membri a partire dal primo mandolino di spalla Clara Ponzoni Borsani (Svizzera), insieme agli altri mandolinisti Sabine Spath (Germania), Giorgio Pertusi (Voghera, Italia), Freddy Colt (Sanremo, Italia), Miriam Zaniboni (Ferrara, Italia), Paolo Stirnimann (Svizzera), Matteo Bonizzoni (Busto Arsizio, Italia)...
- ^ "Mandoline und Gitarre". michael-troester.de.
Steffen Trekel and Michael Tröster constitute an absolute top two this exquisite chamber music Instrumentation...this Mandolin Guitar Duet merge to form a special unit quickly.
- ^ "The Duo TnT – Steffen Trekel and Michael Tröster – Guitar and Mandolin". Mando Island Blog. 12 January 2011. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
The Duo Steffen Trekel (mandolin) and Michael Tröster (guitar) ist definitivly one of the most importand duos for mandolin and guitar in Germany and all over the world.
- ^ Reichenbach, Michael. "Classical Mandolin Players, Detlef Tewes". mandoisland.de. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
...one of the first students of Marga Wilden Hüsgen...played all over the world in more than 2000 concerts...initiated many new compositions for the mandolin...
- ^ "Frances Taylor interview". mandolin.ork.uk. June 2005. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
... pupil of the internationally acclaimed virtuoso mandolinist Ugo Orlandi...studied the Italian school of mandolin playing at Padua Conservatoire...created a special project to introduce young people to the mandolin...
- ^ "Avi Avital Nominated For Classical Grammy Award". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
...being a classical mandolin player...opens a wide field for creative freedom...I feel that I am bringing to light new faces of this unique instrument
- ^ "Jacob Reuven Featured, About Jacob Reuven". mandolin.org.uk. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
one of the leading mandolin players in Israel...has performed with most of the leading Israeli orchestras...
- ^ "Alon Sariel – mandoline, Alon Sariel – Conductor, Mandolininst, Lutenist". geelvinck.nl. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
...recorded for labels such as Naxos, Orlando and Albany Records...founded the Hannover International Ensemble...solo performances with several orchestras in the UK, among them, Imaestri Orchestra, London International Orchestra, Arnold Sinfonia, Airedale Symphony Orchestra, Orchestra of the City...
- ^ "Carlo Aonzo". Steve Kaufman Flatpick Central. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
active scholar of historic mandolinists and mandolin repertoire...teaches popular annual workshops in New York City...founded the International Academy of Italian Mandolin...promoting the art of Italian classical mandolin playing...passion to both champion the mandolin's forgotten past and to develop its classical tradition into the future
- ^ "Andrea Bazzoni". orchestraplettrobreganze.it. Orchestra a plettro di Breganze. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
...Student of Maestro Ugo Orlandi, obtaining the degree of academic degree in mandolin at the "Cesare Pollini" of Padova...directed for three years, the Federation mandolin Veneto ...Researcher of original music for plectrum instruments authors of Vicenza, has found and discovered composers almost unknown...
- ^ "Emanuele Cappellotto, Mandolin // Mandola // Mandolino, Biography". emanuelecappellotto.it. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
...studied mandolin with Ugo Orlandi...has performed as soloist...founder of Venice Mandolin & Guitar Ensemble...
- ^ Yasuo Kuwahara - Improvised Poem for solo mandolin played by Emanuele Cappellotto. Biancade, Treviso, Italy: www.emanuelecappellotto.it. 18 August 2013. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Taylor, Frances (March 28, 2014). The Mandolin Lesson: A journey of self-discovery in Italy. Troubadour Publishing. pp. 5–6, 329. ISBN 9781783067251.
Ugo introduces me to another mandolinist, Donna Frati. She played with Ugo in Dublin...they were soloists in...Vivaldi's Double Mandolin Concerto.
- ^ "Docenti >> Docenti Scelta Elenco >> Docenti Elenco alfabetico >> Miotti Maria Cleofe". Conservatoriopiccinni.it. Conservatorio di Musica N. Piccinni. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ Reichenbach, Michael. "Classical Mandolin Players, Carlo Aonzo". www.mandoisland.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
...Carlo Aonzo hat bei Ugo Orlandi studiert und ist vermutlich nach Orlandi der bekannteste italienische Mandolinspieler...(Carlo Aonzo has studied with Ugo Orlandi and is believed to be, after Orlandi, the most famous Italian mandolinist ...).
- ^ "Roberto Palumbo". mandolinoestense.it. Associazione Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
studied with...André Saint-Clivier, Giuseppe Anedda as well as Mauro Squillante...teaches Mandolin and Classic Guitar at the E.M.E. (Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense) music school in Modena
- ^ "Protagonista il mandolino, Teachers". mandolinoestense.it. Associazione Ensemble Mandolinistico Estense. Retrieved October 13, 2015.
graduated in mandolin in 1993 at the Conservatorio "Pollini" of Padua, where she studied with Maestro Ugo Orlandi...teaches mandolin at some schools in Piedmont
- ^ Reichenbach, Michael (17 July 2012). "Zigeunerweisen – Two great Mandolin Videos from Japan". www.mandoisland.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
The Capriccio Zingaresco by Enrico Marucelli is being played by the young Japanese mandolin player Ryo Aoyama.
- ^ a b Reichenbach, Michael (17 July 2012). "Zigeunerweisen – Two great Mandolin Videos from Japan". www.mandoisland.com. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ^ "Ferdinand Binnendijk". themandolintuner.com. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
The 'Capriccio Spagñuolo' (Op. 276) by Carlo Munier (1859 – 1911) performed by the Dutch mandolinist Ferdinand Binnendijk ...RÊVERIE – Claude Debussy performed by Ferdinand Binnendijk, mandolin...Raffaele Calace – RONDO Op.127 performed by Ferdinand Binnendijk, Mandolin...
- ^ "The 2nd mandolin section". hetconsort.net. Mandolin Chamber-Orchestra Het CONSORT. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
Jesse Buijs, Kitty Wortel-Hendriks, Ferdinand Binnendijk – 2nd concertmaster
- ^ "Index". Follie a deux.
... followed masterclasses from Keith Harris, Gertrud Weyhofen, Detlef Tewes en Caterina Lichtenberg....
- ^ Gonçalves da Cruz, Norberto. "The Mandolin in Madeira, Portugal". The Mandolin World. Retrieved 27 December 2021.
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 181.
Guatavo Batista from Puerto Rico has acquired an ouststanding international reputation as a concert performer, in addition to directing his own quartet and mandolin orchestra. A popular item in his repertoire is El Turia, a medley of waltzes for mandolin and piano composed by Denis Granada, leader of the Spanish Students during their famous American tour in 1880. Batista's concerts are usually a mixture of unaccompanied works and pieces with piano or guitar. They generally include at least one composition by his teacher, the late Jorge Rubiano
- ^ "Batista al rescate de la mandolina [Batista rescues the mandolin]" (in Spanish). San Juan, Puerto Rico: National Foundation for Popular Culture. 24 February 2017.
- ^ Yasuo Kuwahara Rail Road Song. Elena Zabavskaya (elenazabavskaya on Youtube). June 3, 2012. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
- ^ Rizos, Chris (20 May 2014). "Elena Zabavskaya". themandolintuner.com. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
...mandolin virtuoso in Russia...
- ^ "Juan Carlos MUÑOZ, mandolin & baroque mandolin". artemandoline.com. Arte Mandoline Baroque Ensemble. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
- ^ Patterson, Jim; Mayse, James. "Butch Baldassari Takes Bill Monroe to the Symphony". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Winter, 2002]... Baldassari's work is the latest in a building genre that seeks to find common ground between indigenous American music and the European classical tradition.
- ^ Kioulaphides, Victor (November 20, 2011). "Joseph Brent Interview". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
...The faculty were mightily impressed by his mandolin playing,...The only trouble was... there was no mandolin program, no such degree, no such curriculum!......Joe is now the first and only mandolinist in the United States to hold a conservatory position as an instructor specifically of classical mandolin.
- ^ Love, Mickey (March 13, 2014). "Maryland Entertainment, Spectrum: Mandolin soloist David Evans featured at upcoming concert".
In 1982 he joined the Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra and took over as the orchestra's director in 1986, retiring in 2011 after 25 years...In addition to being a solo performer, Mr. Evans plays first mandolin in the Baltimore Mandolin Quartet and teaches mandolin at Goucher College in Baltimore. He has also performed with the Peabody Camerata, Peabody Symphony, Johns Hopkins University Symphony, Providence Mandolin Orchestra, Baltimore Mandolin Orchestra, and as a soloist at Classical Mandolin Society of America conventions.
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 179.
...a significant figure in this revival, in particular his championing of the unaccompanied mandolin.
- ^ "The life and music of marilynn mair". intothebardo.wordpress.com. The Bardo Group. June 13, 2012. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
...professor of music at Roger Williams University at Bristol, Rhode Island...writing is a series of hybrid choro in which Marilynn uses themes from classical music and jazz to creat Brazilian music...
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford University Press. p. 181.
...Developed the duo-style of playing to a very sophisticated degree.
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 181. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6.
Emanuil Sheynkman has continued a successful career as a mandolinist...
- ^ "Radim Zenkle". zenkl.com. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
[self described on artist webpage] ...progressive original and eastern European traditional music flavored with string jazz, new age, bluegrass, flamenco, rock, classical and other...
- ^ Sparks, Paul (1995). The Classical Mandolin. Oxford: Oxford University Press. p. 169. ISBN 978-0-19-517337-6.
exciting young performer...highly idiosyncratic way of playing...adapting classical and bluegrass styles to his own...tunings...techniques
- ^ "Mandolin World Summit, Paulo Sá". marilynnmair.com. Retrieved October 2, 2015.
...has achieved phenomenal success in his adopted country, winning the U. S. National Mandolin Championship in 1992, and performing and recording with Jerry Garcia, David Grisman, Bela Fleck, the Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Dan Hicks, and others. Radim tours extensively as a mandolin soloist, and with the quartet, "A Festival of Four." ...
- ^ Rich, DelGrosso. "Mandolin Blues From Memphis to Maxwell Street, the intro to DelGrosso's book by Hal Leonard Pub". mandolinblues.com. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
the Rolling Stones, started as a blues band... asked Ry Cooder to play Yank Rachell-style mandolin licks...
- ^ Limnios, Michael (March 1, 2012). "Bert Deivert : Blues on the 8 strings". blues.gr. Blues GR. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
repertoire consists of blues classics... Son House, Yank Rachell, Sam Chatmon, Skip James, Johnny Young, Carl Martin, Howard Armstong, Vol Stevens, Will Hatcher, Tampa Red, Sleepy John Estes, Mississippi Sheiks... Delta and country blues... specialties are blues mandolin and slide guitar...
- ^ "Rich DelGrosso Interview". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
...blues mandolinists don't exactly represent a crowded genre... has amassed a stack of national blues organization awards for his playing...
- ^ "Techniques, Rich DelGrosso". mandozine.com.
Rich is a specialist in blues mandolin...A truly great player and teacher, he has taught music for over 25 years...
- ^ McCarty, David. "Andra Faye - First Lady of Blues Mandolin". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Winter 2012-2013]...Blues mandolin... has always been the domain of a few determined, extraordinarily talented players...Andra Faye... moves the blues mandolin needle even higher.
- ^ Morthland, John (September 3, 2003). "The Hypnotic Banjo, Otis Taylor's spooky, trance-inducing blues". slate.com. Slate. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
...His largely acoustic music is blues, or at least blues-based, in that he often echoes the dark, doom-laden one-chord boogie patterns ...in addition to guitar, Taylor himself plays mostly banjo and mandolin...
- ^ Dacaire, David (December 19, 2001). More Blues Singers: Biographies of 50 Artists from the Later 20th Century. McFarland. pp. 222–223. ISBN 9780786410354.
'Mandolin Man' was a heartfelt tribute to Yank Rachell, the great blues mandolin player... Theessink is a multi-instrumentalist, able to play...the mandolin... knows where to insert... a run of mandolin notes...
- ^ "Mandolin.org.uk, Marc Woodward, Biography". mandolin.co.uk. 2005. Retrieved October 9, 2015.
Highly regarded UK mandolinist... released his long-awaited first CD Bluemando - which features an eclectic mix of blues, jazz and original music and songs...
- ^ "Congrats to Darin and Brooke". Bluegrass Today. December 28, 2008. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "The Armstrong Twins". mustrad.org.uk. Music Traditions. Retrieved 13 July 2017.
Article MT107 - from Musical Traditions No 5 (6), Early 1986
- ^ Hidden Track Staff (February 24, 2012). "Rex-A-Vision: Yonder Mountain String Band in Nashville". glidemagazine.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
... frontman and mandolinist Jeff Austin... performing, with twisted facial expressions, gangly dance moves and on mic silliness belie his deadly earnestness when picking on his instrument.
- ^ McCarty, David. "Mike Compton - The Unlikely Icon". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Winter, 2003]... has earned a worldwide reputation as one of the modern masters of bluegrass mandolin... his command of the instrument allows him to go far beyond mere mimicry of Big Mon's [Bill Monroe's] licks to a unique ability to weave new phrases and solos that bear the mark of Monroe without sounding forced or copied.
- ^ "Brograss" <https://issuu.com/bluegrassnow/docs/tbs0218-3-press/46>. The Bluegrass Standard. (2018, Volume 2, Issue 2). Retrieved November 7, 2019.
- ^ Joyner, Hermon. "Buddy Merriam - No Turning Back". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Spring 2010]...By this time, he was a confirmed Bill Monroe fan and was on his way to being a bluegrass mandolinist... Merriam's mandolin sound is linked closely to the mandolins he plays. He happens to play two of today's best mandolins — a Monteleone Grand Artist and a Gilchrist F5...
- ^ Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Definitive Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. pp. 296–297. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
- ^ "George Palmov". AllMusic.com. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
- ^ Duckman, David (20 February 1994). "No Second Fiddle, Bluegrass In Russia? Kukuruza Plucks And Picks With Aplomb". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 29 January 2018.
Kukuruza...among the top country groups of Eastern Europe and Russia...Though bluegrass music is a purely American art form, Kukuruza approach it from a very Russian perspective... mandolinist Georgi Palmov...
- ^ Loomis, Bob (2002). "Tom Rozum - A Rhythm Rascal's Varied Influences". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Winter 2002]... plays mandolin and mandola with bluegrass superstar Laurie Lewis...
- ^ Artist Biography by Eugene Chadbourne. "Sandy Rothman | Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved 2014-02-22.
- ^ Lawless, John (September 9, 2013). "Herschel Sizemore: Mandolin In B". bluegrasstoday.com. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
...among the very first practitioners of the [Bluegrass] mandolin to break distinctly from Monroe's style, and began to chart a course that has profoundly affected everyone who has played since...
- ^ McCarty, Dave. "Herschel Sizemore - On A Mission". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Winter, 2002]... But then, tellingly, he (Bill Monroe) would confide in Sizemore how much he respected him. 'You play what you hear in your head, just like I did,' the father of bluegrass once said to Sizemore.
- ^ Goad, John Curtis (September 3, 2013). "Lonely Comes Easy – Chris Jones and the Night Drivers". Bluegrass Today. Retrieved October 31, 2015.
- ^ "The Joe K. Walsh Interview". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. April 5, 2015. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
When Berklee College of Music found itself in need of someone with a focus on mandolin upon the passing of John McGann, they turned to Joe asking him to instruct the next generation...
- ^ McCarty, David (2007). "Kym Warner - Music From Down Under". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Spring, 2007]... Until now, there hasn't been a homegrown Aussie player to achieve world-class status as a mandolinist.
- ^ Godbey, Marty (September 1, 2011). Crowe on the Banjo: The Music Life of J.D. Crowe. University of Illinois Press. ISBN 9780252093531. Retrieved December 8, 2019.
'Paul was playing the best mandolin rhythm to fit with my guitar playing,' Jimmy Martin said. 'He was the best I ever heard.'
- ^ Cabe, Jessica (May 25, 2014). "Review: Brazilian mandolinist Danilo Brito brings choro to jazz series". postandcourier.com. The Post and Courier. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
Brazilian choro mandolinist Danilo Brito... proved there is room for progress while respecting the integrity of the classics... a master of phrasing, making the music swell and recede, ebb and flow...
- ^ Albin, Scott. "Jazz Reviews: Live!Yamandu Costa & Hamilton de Holanda - By Scott Albin — Jazz Articles". Jazztimes.com. Retrieved 2012-09-21.
- ^ Tamara Elena Livingston-Isenhour, Thomas George Caracas Garcia. 2005. Choro: A Social History Of A Brazilian Popular Music. Indiana University Press, Jul 30, 2005 p. 133
- ^ Nathaniel Riverhorse Nakadate. "On the Wagon, Following Paul Buskirk's long, dusty trail". fretboardjournal.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
Fretboard Journal Issue 14: Summer 2009...late mandolin virtuoso...David Grisman even declares, 'Paul Buskirk is one of the unsung heroes of the mandolin.'
- ^ a b c "Collin Rae". PragueFrank's Country Music Discography. December 17, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- ^ "Steve Howell and the Lonesome Teardrops". profileengine.com. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
Lead guitarist moved to Nashville from Los Angeles in the early 90s. He spent the next 12 years touring with Tanya Tucker and Collin Raye.
- ^ Everett, Todd (April 12, 1994). "Review: 'Tanya Tucker, Jeff Dunham'". Variety.com. Variety. Retrieved October 30, 2015.
- ^ a b c "Tanya Tucker". PragueFrank's Country Music Discography. December 30, 2014. Retrieved October 29, 2015.
- ^ Byworth, Tony, ed. (2006). The Illustrated Encyclopedia of Country Music. London: Flame Tree Publishing. p. 311. ISBN 978-1-84451-406-9.
... Ranch Romance (Jo Miller, Nancy Katz, Barbara Lamb, Lisa Theo....alt-country, Western Swing...
- ^ Joyner, Hermon. "Richard Kriehn: A Prairie Home Mandolinist". themandolinplayer.net. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
... plays mandolin and fiddle in that show's (Prairie Home Companion) The Guy's All-Star Shoe Band...
- ^ Rackin, Riggy. "Jews in Irish Music ~ Marla Fibish". riggy.com. Retrieved 26 October 2016.
- ^ "Thread: Ozark mandolins".
I spoke to Chris about his Ozark(s) a couple of years ago when Fairport Acoustic were passing through... Chris's primary requirement is a good playing mandolin that we almost always be amplified...
- ^ Jonas, Martin. "Dave Swarbrick/Fairport Convention tunes". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
equally great on fiddle and mandolin...
- ^ Nollen, Scott Allen (November 21, 2001). Jethro Tull: A History of the Band, 1968-2001. McFarland. p. 236. ISBN 9780786411016.
Ian Anderson: Vocals, flute, acoustic guitar, mandolin
- ^ "St. Teresa by Joan Osborne". songfacts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
...at some point the mandolin riff came, but I was still playing it over a kind of Jazz/Waltz/Blues...and then one day I said, 'Let me play this mandolin to a click track.'...
- ^ Ferfuson, Jim (December 2008). "Thread: Dash Crofts". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe.
...That and other videos of Dash really do show his versatility on the mandolin...
- ^ "Maestro Alex Gregory". emando.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
...heavy metal guitar hero, mandolinist, luthier, composer, and inventor... spent about a decade advocating electric mandolins...
- ^ jefflester (September 17, 2008). "Mandolin Cafe Forumns, Thread: Grateful Dead tunes". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
"Friend of the Devil" was written by Jerry Garcia, Robert Hunter, and John "Marmaduke" Dawson...released on the Dead's "American Beauty" album...David Grisman played mandolin on the studio recording.
- ^ Garcia: An American Life by Blair Jackson, Penguin Books, 1999, pg. 202.
- ^ Graham, Bill (September 7, 2008). "The Man With The World's Most-Heard Mandolin Solo". mandolincafe.com. Mandolin Cafe. Retrieved October 7, 2015.
... played the mandolin solo on "Maggie May," as well as on "Mandolin Wind," both songs on Stewart's 1971 "Every Picture Tells A Story" album.
- ^ "John Paul Jones: A Lifetime of Acoustics". led-zeppelin.org. July 6, 2014. Archived from the original on September 27, 2015. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
bought his first mandolin in April 1970 in Evansville, Indiana...brought his newly acquired mandolin to Headley Grange in late May 1970...added another level of aural texture to Jimmy's acoustic guitar work..Seattle Washington's Backstage Theatre...played mandolin, piano and arranged string parts and conducted the orchestra on some tracks.
((cite web)): CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ "Gallows Pole by Led Zeppelin". songfacts.com. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
That's John Paul Jones on mandolin and bass, and I'm (Jimmy Page) playing the banjo, six-string acoustic, 12-string and electric guitar
- ^ "Ian Hunter Band feat. Mick Ronson - Live at Rockpalast 1980 (DVD)". classicrockrevisited.com. Classic Rock Revisited. Retrieved October 4, 2015.
a nice version of the Mott The Hoople classic "I Wish I was Your Mother" featuring Ronson on mandolin
- ^ Garber, Jim (September 14, 2004). "Thread: Kiyomi". mandolincafe.com.
...you are also hearing the mandolin orchestra that backs her up...she plays a Calace Classico A, one of the highest end bowlbacks made by the company...
- ^ Roberts, Jack (September 14, 2004). "Thread: Kiyomi". mandolincafe.com.
...The bio goes on to say...studies mandolin under Tadashi Aoyama, who is one of the top players in Japan...
- ^ "John Abercrombie". emando.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- ^ "Update: Enhanced Jason Anick website". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved October 6, 2015.
- ^ "Joseph Brent MandolinCafe Interview". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved November 20, 2011.
- ^ Eschliman, Ted. "The Paul Glasse Interview". mandolincafe.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
...one of mandolindom's living treasures...one of a handful of those who've forged jazz frontiers on the fretboard...hands-on experience with the previous generation's triumvirate greats in jazz mandolin, Tiny Moore, Johnny Gimble, and Jethro Burns has allowed him to carry their torch and assist in cultivating a new crop of players
- ^ "michael kang (sci) tone". thegearpage.net. November 26, 2012. Retrieved September 26, 2015.
...the fact that he is playing a mandolin has helped him to create a signature/recognizable tone and style...
- ^ "John Kruth Biography". Evergreen Music. 2013. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
...wears a lot of hats. As a singer/songwriter and multi-instrumentalist (mandolin, guitar, banjo, and harmonica), he has released seven albums since 1992's Banshee Mandolin...
- ^ Hollon, Ginny (1999). "Emory Lester - The Man Behind the Black-Top Mando". Mandolin Magazine. Retrieved October 8, 2015.
[magazine issue Summer, 1999]... 'I was caught up by the tone of the mandolin the first time I heard it and knew then I would play it.'...b egan exploring those possibilities and discovered David Grisman. "That changed my whole outlook. It just blew the door down. It was so significant that it just changed everything."
- ^ "Don Stiernberg". mandozine.com. Retrieved September 25, 2015.
...his own recordings as a mandolinist have made inroads on the national jazz and bluegrass scenes...teaching and writing about the mandolin...given workshops at festivals...serves as the jazz columnist for Mandolin Magazine.
- ^ Joan-Pèire. "12en Rescòntre Inter-Curturau Musical de Niça Bòn-Viatge - Institut d'Estudis Occitans 06". Ieo06.free.fr. Retrieved 2015-10-12.
- ^ "Stage de Mandoline avec Patrick Vaillant, à Pigna !". November 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
Partant, améliorer ses performances mandolinistiques et étendre son domaine musical, accéder mieux armé à l'improvisation.
- ^ "Patrick Vaillant and Daniel Malevergna". livioufestival.com. Retrieved September 22, 2015.
Son bagage traditionnel, son goût de l'improvisation, une inspiration traversée de Méditerranée et de jazz, l'originalité de son jeu comme de ses compositions, ont fait de lui un mandoliniste internationalement reconnu
- ^ Mirsky, Maia (1 February 2018). "Putting a bisl Yiddish culture back in Sunday school". jweekly.com. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 5 January 2020.
At B'nai Tikvah, the teachers chose klezmer — that's why Tenney and his mandolin were there.
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