{"id":6113,"date":"2015-07-08T21:53:37","date_gmt":"2015-07-08T19:53:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=6113"},"modified":"2017-09-14T13:11:06","modified_gmt":"2017-09-14T11:11:06","slug":"vieni-sul-mar-a-great-italian-folk-tune-for-mandolin-or-guitar","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mandoisland.com\/?p=6113","title":{"rendered":"Vieni sul Mar &#8211; A Great Italian Folk Tune for Mandolin or Guitar"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago I have compiled a playlist with my favorite versions of the Italian folk song <strong>Vieni sul mar<\/strong>. This song has been popular for a long time, there are historical recordings from the early 20th century, Oscar Aleman recorded a great Jazz version of this song, and Andre Rieu played this for thousands of listeners in an open air TV show.<\/p>\n<p>This is a great folk song to play on the mandolin, mandolin with guitar or with a complete mandolin ensemble. The song was also very popular in the Netherlands as <strong>Twee ogen zo blauw<\/strong>. And this\u00a0song is also very popular in Japan.<\/p>\n<p>There is another song closely related to Vieni sul mar, in English it&#8217;s titled <strong>Two lovely black eyes<\/strong>. This song has a different first part, but uses the same chorus.<\/p>\n<h4>Playlist Vieni sul Mar \/\u00a0<strong>Twee ogen zo blauw \/\u00a0Two lovely black eyes<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Vieni sul mar \/ Twee ogen so blauw \/ Two lovely black eyes\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/videoseries?list=PLC878J8mcBo_sNmUOm49onBeDLxzQYLxa\" 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>Sheet music &#8220;Vieni sul Mar&#8221;<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.free-scores.com\/download-sheet-music.php?pdf=47041\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Free sheet music : Traditional &#8211; napolitan folk song &#8211; Vieni sul mar (Lead sheet)<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Sheet music for Two lovely black eyes!\u00a0<a class=\"bookmark_title \" href=\"https:\/\/jscholarship.library.jhu.edu\/handle\/1774.2\/2175?show=full\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Two Lovely Black Eyes!<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4 class=\"display\">Discussion<\/h4>\n<p>A discussion about the origin of this song in the Mandolin Cafe, including free sheet music for mandolin ensemble:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a class=\"bookmark_title \" href=\"http:\/\/www.mandolincafe.com\/forum\/showthread.php?109727-Vieni-Sul-Mar-%28Neapolitan-Song%29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Vieni Sul Mar (Neapolitan Song)<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mudcat.org: Origin: Vieni Sul Mar\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Discussion at mudcat.org about Vieni sul Mar and the related song Two lovely black eyes<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h4>Links<\/h4>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/pinboard.in\/u:mandoisland\/t:vieni-sul-mar\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">My Vieni sul Mar link collection at pinboard.in<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some time ago I have compiled a playlist with my favorite versions of the Italian folk song Vieni sul mar. 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