I was surprised to find a set of ca. 20 video clips from a concert in Monterosi – a place close to Rome – from a concert with traditional Roman and Neapolitan songs played with mandolin, violin and guitar. I had found a note about a concert for mandolin and guitar in Rome with Damiano […]
This morning I have listened to a radio show with a Charlie Louvin interview at NPR – World Cafe Looks Back: Country And Bluegrass. The Louvin Brothers were very popular between 1955 and 1963, Ira Louvin played mandolin and Charlie played the guitar. The harmony singing of this duo was great. The interview was recorded
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The Ensemble La Volta from Switzerland knows very well how to present the plucked instruments of the world and the typical music for those instruments in their concerts. When you visit a concert by La Volta you can hear and see all kinds of plucked instruments. Every member of the group plays several instruments, and
Carlo Munier is one of the most important composers for the mandolin of the 19th century. Munier has composed about 300 pieces for mandolin, mandolin and guitar, mandolin quartet, mandolin and piano, two mandolins, mandolin trio and more. The works by Carlo Munier for mandolin are played frequently, and there is a great number of
Some days ago I have watched Swiss movie – Frühling im Herbst – Spring in Autumn. In this movie a dance instructor from Argentina comes for a visit to Switzerland. During the movie a song played by a band has an important role. The song – Du bisch i mim Haerz (you are in my
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Recently I have discovered a video clip with the song The Man with the Mandolin, a song composed and popular in 1939, which has also been played by Glenn Miller and his Orchestra. Nick Lucas, a famous singer of that time, has also recorded a version: NICK LUCAS – The Man With The Mandolin (1939)
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Hajo Hoffman is a violin and mandolin player from Hannover, Germany. He has played in different groups as violinist and mandolin player, he plays as sideman of Heinz Rudolf Kunze, Purple Schultz and Melva Houston. He teaches jazz violin at the music university in Hannover. Hajo Hoffman has developed his own style of mandolin playing.
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Recently I have downloaded the song Old Woman by Grandpa Banana from the Acoustic Oasis website – one of the free daily Acoustic Oasis downloads. When I listened to this song I liked it immediately and I had to search for information about this artist. You can find some information about Grandpa Banana on the
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Bantu is the name of a piece for four guitars by Andrew York. I have dicovered this piece on the CD Labyrinth by the Los Angeles Guitar Quartet. Like in Rumba by Stepan Rak the guitars are also used as percussion instruments. Andrew York has been a member of the LAGQ for many years. He
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Louis Moreau Gottschalk was very popular during the 19th century with his pieces for the piano. He was born in 1829 in New Orleans and died at the age of 40 in Rio de Janeiro. In his pieces you can find influences from the music that he had heard in Louisiana, from Spanish, Southamerican and
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