I have just discovered the videos with the Enoggera Ensemble from Brisbane, Australia. This Classical Folk Quartet is composed of four instrumentalists playing different kind of guitars, ukuleles, banjos and also mandolin. The repertoir includes music that was popular and has been played in Australia at the end of the 19th century, including Ragtimes, Dances, […]
When I searched for pieces by Abe Holzmann I have found a video of a ragtime guitar solo by Ton van Bergeyk – Smokey Mokes. This piece is contained in the collection Famous Guitar Ragtime Solos that has been produced in the 1970s by Stefan Grossman. The complete Album is available at youtube – you
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Recently I have discovered a nice piece for the mandolin – the cakewalk South Car’lina Tickle by Adam Geibel. I found this when I played through a collection of mandolin pieces that was published as the Majestic Collection at the beginning of the 20th century. Adam Geibel lived from 1855 until 1933, so the copyright
South Car’lina Tickle by Adam Geibel – A nice tune for the mandolin Read More »
The Russian Rag by Robert L. Cobb has been made popular in the Mandolin World by the recording made by Dave Apollon in the 30s. David Grisman has published the recordings by Dave Apollon in the 70s (The Man with the Mandolin). The transcription of the Russain Rag for mandolin has been published in the
