Recently I have added a scan with music for classical guitar to my website www.mandoisland.de as a free download. The book is Guitarre-Solostücke Leicht arrangiert von Josef Kellner Heft 4 This selection of guitar music has been published around 1900 in Munich. I do only own this part 4. On the title page you can [...]
I have recently added a scan of the Emperor Waltz (Kaiserwalzer) by Johann Strauss jr. arranged for mandolin orchestra to my website. This arrangemet was made by Ferdinand Kollmaneck and is now in the public domain. The waltzes by Johann Strauss have always been very popular and have often been played by mandolin orchestras, especially the [...]
Dudu Maia and his group AQuattro have recorded a CD with compositions by Luperce Miranda some years ago. Luperce Miranda was a bandolim player and composer who has composed many great choros. I have bought the CD by AQuattro as well as a book with choros by Luperce Miranda and I liked to play some [...]
One of the interesting pieces for mandolin and guitar in the Biblioteca della chitarra e del mandolino is the Serenade by Giuseppe Silvestri. I have found recordings of this tune at youtube and also a historical recording in the National Jukebox of the Library of Congress. The first recording is from the Mandolin Festival in [...]