{"id":5419,"date":"2013-09-12T12:40:14","date_gmt":"2013-09-12T10:40:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5419"},"modified":"2017-10-08T15:27:31","modified_gmt":"2017-10-08T13:27:31","slug":"mandolin-serenade-%e2%9d%a4-love-melody-%e2%98%85-bonetti-brothers-melody-makers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=5419","title":{"rendered":"Mandolin Serenade \u2764 Love Melody \u2605 Bonetti Brothers Melody Makers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I have discovered two videos with historical recordings from a 78 record by the group <strong>Bonetti Brothers Melody Makers<\/strong> with mandolin.<\/p>\n<p>The Mandolin Serenade has been composed by <strong>Dario C. Bonetti<\/strong>. I have found some information about Dario C. Bonetti in the archive of the University of Iowa <a title=\"Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century\" href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/ammem\/collections\/chautauqua\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the Twentieth Century<\/a>. Chautauquas were very popular until the end of the 1920s when the movie business changed the situation and Chautauquas became less popular.<\/p>\n<p>The flyer about Dario C. Bonetti stems from a later time, after World War II. Here are two quotes from this flyer:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Dario C. Bonetti, who was one (of) Italians formost plectrum guitarists, ranks with the world&#8217;s great guitarists. He now is an American citizen and will make his first American concert tour with a special electric guitar under Redpath management.<\/p>\n<p>Dario Bonetti was a seargeant-musician in World War II and entertained in Europe with Joshua Logan, Mickey Rooney, Bobby Breen, Red Buttons and Eugene List.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The flyer can be found on the following page:<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Dario C Bonetti\" href=\"http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/S?ammem\/tccc:@FIELD%28OTHER+@od1%28+bonetti,+dario+c++%29%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/memory.loc.gov\/cgi-bin\/query\/S?ammem\/tccc:@FIELD%28OTHER+@od1%28+bonetti,+dario+c++%29%29<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I have not found other information about the Bonetti Brothers or about the mandolin which has been used on the recording. I have found some information about the history of the Okeh label, and for me it looks like this record has been made around 1945.<\/p>\n<p>This is my playlist with the two pieces:<\/p>\n<h4 id=\"watch-headline-title\">Mandolin Serenade (Dario C. Bonetti) +\u00a0Love Melody (V. Cesarino)<\/h4>\n<p>Bonetti Brothers Melody Makers<\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Bonetti Brothers - Mandoline\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo-TqjxtSp4iKDAVe_CtoVHY\" 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<h4>Additional Information<\/h4>\n<p>OKEH Records &#8211; labels and history: <a title=\"Okeh Record Labels\" href=\"http:\/\/rateyourmusic.com\/label\/okeh_records\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/rateyourmusic.com\/label\/okeh_records\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently I have discovered two videos with historical recordings from a 78 record by the group Bonetti Brothers Melody Makers with mandolin. The Mandolin Serenade has been composed by Dario C. Bonetti. I have found some information about Dario C. Bonetti in the archive of the University of Iowa Traveling Culture: Circuit Chautauqua in the 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