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

Tyler, James

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0198163029 ISBN 13: 9780198163022

Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA, 1992

Synopsis

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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Review:

elegantly-produced volume ... an essential resource for players and scholars of plucked instruments ... a fascinating and well-researched book (Tim Crawford, Early Music)

Synopsis:

This is the first book to be devoted exclusively to the two main types of early mandolin - the mandolino and the Neapolitan mandoline. It illustrates the rich and varied musical history of these instruments and the full extent of their repertoires, which include music by Handel, Vivaldi, Alessandro Scarlatti, Beethoven, and by Sammartini, whose recently discovered sonata for mandolin is published here for the first time. The book aims to provide the basis for an understanding of the nature and historical performance practice of the instruments and thereby to enable players of today to achieve satisfying performances of the music.

About this edition

• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Publication date: 1992
• ISBN 10: 0198163029
• ISBN 13: 9780198163022
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 200