{"id":1177,"date":"2010-05-24T20:02:07","date_gmt":"2010-05-24T18:02:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1177"},"modified":"2017-05-31T15:01:14","modified_gmt":"2017-05-31T13:01:14","slug":"o-mio-babbino-caro-puccini-wonderful-melody","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=1177","title":{"rendered":"O mio babbino caro &#8211; Giacomo Puccini &#8211; Beautiful Melody"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some days ago a recording of <strong>O mio babbino caro<\/strong> played by <strong>Carlo Aonzo<\/strong> could be downloaded from Acoustic Oasis &#8211; a piece that I liked immediately very much. O mio babbino caro is an aria from Puccinis opera Gianni Schicci. It is a lovely melody, especially when it is played by mandolin and guitar or mandolin orchestra like in my first example.<\/p>\n<h2>KMC10concert O mio babbino caro<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"&quot;O mio babbino caro&quot;\u3000\u79c1\u306e\u304a\u7236\u69d8, KawagoeMC10th concert\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/M0arOAMy_IQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Next a recording of the version sung by famous <strong>Maria Callas<\/strong>:<\/p>\n<h2>Maria Callas, O Mio Babbino Caro<\/h2>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><span class=\"embed-youtube\" style=\"text-align:center; display: block;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" class=\"youtube-player\" width=\"500\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/s6bSrGbak1g?version=3&#038;rel=1&#038;showsearch=0&#038;showinfo=1&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;fs=1&#038;hl=en-US&#038;autohide=2&#038;wmode=transparent\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" style=\"border:0;\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-popups allow-presentation allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\"><\/iframe><\/span><\/div>\n<p>Now another version with mandolin and guitar, played by <strong>Al Fabrizio and Hugo Wainzinger<\/strong> &#8211; obviously the sound is taken from their CD and they play along on the street.<\/p>\n<h2 id=\"watch-headline-title\">O&#8217;Mio Babbino Caro (Oh My Loving Daddy)<\/h2>\n<blockquote><p>Al Fabrizio and Hugo Wainzinger playing O&#8217;Mio Babbino Caro at Monterey Concorso Italiano (2009). Video by Anthony Mata.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.heartstringsmusic.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">www.heartstringsmusic.com<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"O&#039;Mio Babbino Caro (Oh My Loving Daddy)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NSHl9CU2CsY?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h2>Sheet music<\/h2>\n<p>You can find sheet music of this melody at:\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.music-for-music-teachers.com\/o-mio-babbino.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.music-for-music-teachers.com\/o-mio-babbino.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nigel Gatherer has another version of this: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigelgatherer.com\/tunes\/tab\/tab5\/omio1.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.nigelgatherer.com\/tunes\/tab\/tab5\/omio1.html<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>This aria, which translates as <em>Oh, My Dear Daddy<\/em>, is from Puccini&#8217;s one-act opera <em>Gianni Schicci<\/em>, first staged in 1918. This arrangement is based upon Italian mandolinist Carlo Aonzo&#8217;s rendering of it on the CD Traversata (Acoustic Disc ACD-47, 2001). It is tremoloed throughout. I have also arranged a harmony for the piece, which can be accessed <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nigelgatherer.com\/tunes\/tab\/tab5\/omio2.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Finally my own version of this beautiful melody:<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oh mio babbino caro - beautiful melody - mandolin solo\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LP3dgHz3AH8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Enjoy playing this lovely melody on your mandolin!<\/p>\n<p>&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Great book with Italian melodies for mandolin (Amazon partner link)<\/p>\n<h2>Northern Italian &amp; Ticino Region Folk Songs for Mandolin<\/h2>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"width: 120px; height: 240px;\" src=\"\/\/ws-na.amazon-adsystem.com\/widgets\/q?ServiceVersion=20070822&amp;OneJS=1&amp;Operation=GetAdHtml&amp;MarketPlace=US&amp;source=ss&amp;ref=as_ss_li_til&amp;ad_type=product_link&amp;tracking_id=mandoisland00-20&amp;marketplace=amazon&amp;region=US&amp;placement=078668741X&amp;asins=078668741X&amp;linkId=e73bbac4797223c9c753cecfcbd2b579&amp;show_border=true&amp;link_opens_in_new_window=true\" width=\"300\" height=\"150\" frameborder=\"0\" marginwidth=\"0\" marginheight=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some days ago a recording of O mio babbino caro played by Carlo Aonzo could be downloaded from Acoustic Oasis &#8211; a piece that I liked immediately very much. O mio babbino caro is an aria from Puccinis opera Gianni Schicci. It is a lovely melody, especially when it is played by mandolin and guitar 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