The Early Mandolin The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline,9780193185166

The Early Mandolin The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline

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ISBN13: 9780193185166
ISBN10: 0193185164
Format: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 1989-06-01
Publisher(s): Oxford University Press
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Summary

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 Neapolita 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.

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations
PART I: THE MANDOLINO
James Tyler
Origins
The Medieval Gittern
3(2)
Renaissance Developments
5(2)
The French Mandore
7(4)
Surviving Instruments from the Renaissance
11(1)
The Italian Mandola/Mandolino in the Seventeenth Century
12(11)
The Mandola/Mandolino in the Eighteenth Century
23(58)
Practical Information about the Mandolino for Players and Makers
Tuning and Stringing
42(1)
Tablature
43(1)
Technique
43(2)
Ornaments
45(1)
Recordings
46(1)
Surviving Instruments
46(1)
Useful Addresses
47(2)
Other Instruments Related to the Mandolino
The Soprano Lute
49(1)
Vandola
50(1)
The Large Mandola
50(2)
Mandora
52(1)
Bandurria/Bandurra
52(2)
APPENDICES
List of Primary Music Sources for the Mandolino
54(12)
Manuscript Collections
56(8)
Published Music
64(2)
Music Examples
66(15)
PART II: THE MANDOLINE
Paul Sparks
Naples and the Origins of a New Instrument
81(4)
The Mandoline in France
85(87)
The Mandoline elsewhere in Europe
Great Britain
97(2)
Prague, Vienna, and Germany
99(6)
A Guide to Playing the Neapolitan Mandoline
The Instrument
105(3)
Stringing
108(2)
Playing Positions
110(3)
The Plectrum/Quill
113(2)
Plectrum Technique
115(3)
Ornaments
118(15)
Vocal Accompaniment
133(1)
Continuo Instruments
134(1)
Useful Addresses
135(3)
Instruments Related to the Neapolitan Mandoline in the Eighteenth Century
Bissex
138(1)
Colascione
138(1)
Cremonese Mandolin
139(1)
Genoese Mandolin
140(1)
Mandola
141(1)
Mandolone
141(2)
APPENDICES
List of Primary Music Sources for the Neapolitan Mandoline
143(25)
Published Music
148(9)
Manuscript Collections
157(11)
Music Examples
168(4)
Bibliography 172(9)
Index 181

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