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The Early Mandolin: The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline (Early Music Series, 9)

Book information

Publisher
Clarendon Press
Year
1992
ISBN
0198163029, 9780198163022
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
10 MB (10933882 bytes)
Pages
200\208
Time added
2022-03-25 15:32:51

Description

The name "mandolin" was used to refer to two quite different instruments: the gut-stringed mandolino, played with the fingers, and the later metal-stringed Neapolitan mandoline, which was played with a plectrum. This is the first book devoted exclusively to these two early instruments about which information in reference books is scant and often erroneous. The authors uncover their rich and varied musical history, examining contemporary playing techniques and revealing the full extent of the instruments' individual repertories, which include works by Vivaldi, Sammartini, Stamitz, and Beethoven. The book's ultimate aim is to help today's players to produce artistically satisfying performances through an understanding of the nature and historical playing style of these unjustly neglected instruments.

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