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Estudiantina Figaro quite possibly would not exist if there were not produced before the creation and media coverage of the Spanish Estudiantina.: To better understand the emergence of the Spanish Estudiantina Figaro we have necessarily to remember that they most likely would not have existed had there not previously the Spanish Estudiantina been created in order to attend the Paris Carnival 1878... We say that the Spanish Estudiantina Figaro quite possibly would not exist if there were not produced before the creation and media coverage of the Spanish Estudiantina.
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is pandura. It is attested as a Nubian instrument in the third century BC. The earliest literary allusion to lutes in Greece comes from Anaxilas in his play The Lyre-maker as 'trichordos'... According to Pollux, the trichordon (sic) was Assyrian and they gave it the name pandoura...These instruments survive today in the form of the various Arabian
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The long-necked lute in the OED is orthographed as tambura; tambora, tamera, tumboora; tambur(a) and tanpoora. We have an Arabic Õunbur; Persian tanbur; Armenian pandir; Georgian panturi. and a Serbo-Croat tamburitza. The Greeks called it pandura; panduros; phanduros; panduris or pandurion. The Latin
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Not limited to mandolins, the Vinaccias made stringed instruments, including violins, cellos, guitars, mandolas and mandolins. Noted members of the family who made mandolins are known today from labels inside of surviving instruments and include Vincenzo, Giovanni, Domenico, and Antonio (and his sons
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The mandore or mandola of the 16th and 17th centuries was not the final form. It was redesigned in Northern Italy. The mandola had a flat soundboard with glued-on bridge, a peg box angled backwards, and lateral tuning pegs. The new instrument was smaller but retained the flat soundboard with glued-on
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from c. 3100 BC or earlier (now in the possession of the British Museum) shows what is thought to be a woman playing a stick lute. From the surviving images, theorists have categorized the Mesopotamian lutes, showing that they developed into a long variety and a short. The line of long lutes may have
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Pasquale Vinaccia of Naples, the perfector of the modern Italian mandolin. The name of Vinaccia is emblazoned amongst the most exalted of the world's stringed instrument makers, and it was the inventive genius of this member of the family — born July 20, 1806 in Naples, and died there in 1882 — that
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and Alcala and traveled to Paris for Carnival staying from March 2 through March 15. This early group of students played flutes, guitars, violins, bandurrias, and tambourines. This early group was led by Ildefonso de Zabaleta (president) and Joaquin de Castañeda (vice president). The group performed
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It was during this slump in popularity (specifically in 1835) that Pasquale Vinaccia made his modifications to the instrument that his family made for generations, creating the Neapolitan mandolin. The mandolin was largely forgotten outside Italy by that point, but the stage was set for it to become
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The transition from the mandolino to the mandolin began around 1744 with the designing of the metal-string mandolin by the Vinaccia family, 3 brass strings and one of gut, using friction tuning pegs on a fingerboard that sat "flush" with the sound table. The mandolin grew in popularity over the next
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The path from mandola to the modern mandolin was not simple; in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, there were varieties of mandolin with different characteristics. As historians sorted instruments and traditions, it became understood that the current mandolin may not be a true descendant of the
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This picture of musical bow to harp bow is theory and has been contested. In 1965 Franz Jahnel wrote his criticism stating that the early ancestors of plucked instruments are not currently known. He felt that the harp bow was a long cry from the sophistication of the 4th-century BC civilization that
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Musician and musical historian Alex Timmerman does not draw hard lines in his chart, "The Italian Mandolin, its evolution, nomenclature and types." He makes an effort to show relations between the generations of the instruments, from the mandola in the 1650s to the mandolins of the present day. The
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said that these fourths-tuned mandolins were the instruments to which the name mandolino originally applied, but as other small, plucked and (to him) unrelated instruments were developed in Italy, the name transferred across to them. Wölki felt that the Florentine and Neapolitan mandolins were "not
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By 1500 the first written records confirm the existence of several families making lutes as a trade in and around Füssen in the Lech valley. Most of the famous names of 16th and 17th century lutemaking seem to have come originally from around this small area of Southern Germany. By 1562 the Füssen
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There have been some uncertain presumptions concerning the "invention" of the bowed harp...The "musical bow" conjectured by many music scholars is not definitely recognizable in any cave paintings. The fact that some African negroes held the end of their bow shaped harp in their mouths in order to
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That era (from the late 19th century into the early 20th century) has come to be known as the "Golden Age" of the mandolin. The term is used online by mandolin enthusiasts to name the time period when the mandolin had become popular, when mandolin orchestras were being organized worldwide, and new
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Along with their energy and the newfound awareness of the instrument created by the day's hit sensation, a wave of Italian mandolinists travelled Europe in the 1880s and 1890s and in the United States by the mid-1880s, playing and teaching their instrument. The instrument's popularity continued to
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When the word "mandolin" is said in the 21st century, it usually refers to an instrument with 8 strings tuned in fifths, such as the Neapolitan mandolin or the American bluegrass mandolin. It is also commonly thought that mandolino is a diminutive of mandola, and that therefore the mandolino was a
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Para comprender mejor el surgimiento de la Estudiantina Española Fígaro hemos necesariamente de recordar que muy posiblemente no hubiera existido si antes no se hubiera producido la creación de la Estudiantina Española con el fin de asistir al Carnaval de París de 1878... We say that the Spanish
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For the perfected form of the Neapolitan mandolin we are indebted entirely to the inventive genius of Pasquale Vinaccia (1806-1882), who gave us every point of difference between the antique and the modern forms. It was he who remodeled and extended the fingerboard; introduced wire strings and
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which had a floating bridge. The floating bridge was held to the soundboard by pressure from the strings attached to the instrument's body. The chitarra battente also had a soundboard that bent upwards to withstand string pressure of metal strings, instead of the mandolino's flat soundboard.
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La Estudiantina Española Fígaro, como publicara la prensa de 1882, "es una asociación de jóvenes profesores, músicos ..... se creó y constituyó en Madrid formando una magnífica banda de guitarras, bandurrias y violines que partió de allí en 1878 con el objeto de dar conciertos : The Spanish
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The second decline was not as complete as the first. Thousands of people had learned to play the instrument. Even as the second wave of mandolin popularity declined in the early 20th century, players began using new versions of the mandolin in new forms of music. Luthiers created the
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Their success in Paris preceded a second group of Spanish performers, known as the Esudiantina Figaro or Esudiantina Española Figaroa (Figaro Band of Spanish Students). This group was founded by Dionisio Granados and toured Europe dancing and playing guitars, violins and the
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to be a prototype for Neapolitan mandolin (because of the shape of the soundboard and the way strings were attached to the bottom, and because it had a flat, angled pegboard instead of peghead) and the Florentine mandolin (because of the longer neck).
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60 years, in the streets where it was used by young men courting and by street musicians, and in the concert hall. After the Napoleonic Wars of 1815, however, its popularity began to fall. The 19th century produced some prominent players, including
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Estudiantina Figaro, as published Press 1882, "is an association of young teachers, musicians ..... was created and established in Madrid forming a magnificent band of guitars, bandurrias and violins left there in 1878 with the concerts object
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A las tres el café Riche era el centro de una aglomeración de gentes de que nada puede dar idea puesto que el inspector de policía especialmente encargado de proteger a la estudiantina la ha evaluado en su parte oficial en 56.000 personas.
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form, became common in the 19th century, following the appearance of an international hit, the Spanish Students. They toured Europe and America, and their performances created a stir that helped the mandolin to become widely popular.
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A distinct European tradition of lute development is noticeable in pictures and sculpture from the 13th century onward. As early as the beginning of the 14th century, strings were doubled into courses on the miniature lute or
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and Bavaria between 1218 and 1237 with a "Moorish Sicilian retinue." By the 14th century, lutes had disseminated throughout Italy and, probably because of the cultural influence of the Hohenstaufen kings and emperor, based in
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The original Estudiantes Española or Estudiantina Española was a group of 64 students formed by 26 February 1878, principally from Madrid colleges. They dressed in historical clothing, representing ancient
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with flat soundboards and gut-strings, through mandolins with a bent soundboard and bronze or bronze-and-gut strings, into mandolins with bent soundboards that used steel or steel-and-bronze strings.
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increase during the 1890s and mandolin popularity was at its height in the "early years of the 20th century." Thousands were taking up the instrument as a pastime, and it became an instrument of
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gave the instrument its steel strings and consequent machine head, who extended the compass of its fingerboard and enlarged and improved the tonal capabilities and qualities of the instrument.
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Bletschacher (1978) has argued that this was due largely to the royal visits of Friedrich II with his magnificent Moorish Sicilian retinue to the towns in this valley between 1218 and 1237.
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Instruments in this tradition include the Neapolitan mandolin, Roman mandolin, Genovés mandolin and Sicilian mandolin. Similarly, the chart shows a possible blending of the mandolino and
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bridge, and was called the little mandola or "mandolino." From it came the Milanese mandolin and later the Lombardy mandolin, with both instruments keeping the glued-on bridge. The
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Musicologists have put forth examples of that 4th-century BC technology, looking at engraved images that have survived. The earliest image showing a lute-like instrument came from
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Views 3 & 4 show a musician playing a 4th- to 5th-century lute-like instrument, excavated in Gandhara, and part of a Los Angeles County Art Museum collection of
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and was exiled to Andalusia before 833 AD. He taught and has been credited with adding a fifth string to his oud and with establishing one of the first schools of
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Sabemos por diversas fuentes que la Fígaro fue fundada por Dionisio Granados... : We know from various sources that Figaro was founded by Dionisio Granados...
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The sarcophagus is in The British Museum, which says it was uncovered near Rome and was probably made in Rome itself, and date-estimates it 3rd century AD.
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in modern Spain for a Roman boy, Lutaia Lupata, showing him with his pandurium, the Roman variant of the Greek Pandura. Kept at the Museo Arqueologico,
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makers were sufficiently well established to set up as a guild with elaborate regulations which have survived.(see Bletschacher, 1978, and Layer, 1978)
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to create the longer-necked Florentine mandolin, the Brescian mandolin and the Cremonese mandolin, all which retained the mandola's glued down bridge.
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following the Norman conquest of the island from the Muslims, and the lute is depicted extensively in the ceiling paintings in the Palermo’s royal
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of Venice and Pietro Vimercati. However, professional virtuosity was in decline, and the mandolin music changed as the mandolin became a
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Beginning with the Paris Exposition of 1878, the instrument's popularity began to rebound. The Exposition was one of many stops for the
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Gaetano and Gennaro, grandson Pasquale and great-grandsons Gennaro and Achille). The mandolins they made changed over generations, from
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had several lute-making families, and in the next two centuries the area hosted "famous names of 16th and 17th century lutemaking".
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A cave-painting in the "Trois Frères" cave in France dating from about 15,000 years ago. The magician-hunter plays the musical bow.
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Manual of Guitar Technology: The History and Technology of Plucked String Instruments (Fachbuchreihe Das Musikinstrument, Bd. 37)
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were formed worldwide, incorporating not only the mandolin family of instruments, but also guitars, double basses and zithers.
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came into use in the 1700s to describe the baroque version (315 mm scale length) of these earlier small instruments, the terms
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J.W. McKinnon "Pandoura" in New Grove Dictionary of Musical Instruments Vol 3 p 10 ed S. Sadie (Macmillan Press, London 1984).
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before large audiences in Paris (reports of 10,000 and 56,000 people showing up for a night's entertainment were reported).
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By the 11th century, Muslim Iberia had become a center for the manufacture of instruments. These goods spread gradually to
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The Mandolin "Estudiantina" of Mayenne, France around 1900 when Mandolin orchestras were at the height of their popularity
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improve the tone...should not be taken as proof that the first European bowmen were also conversant with the musical bow.
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family, dating back to Italy in the 18th century. The instrument was played across Europe but then disappeared after the
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After the First World War, the instrument's popularity again fell, though gradually. Reasons cited include the rise of
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In one example on Timmerman's chart, makers of the mandolino (with bridge glued to the soundboard) blended it with the
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Although the modern instruments date to the 18th century, ancestral instruments of similar construction and range, the
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took the primitive technology and created "technically and artistically well made harps, lyres, citharas and lutes."
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in 711 AD, they brought their ud along, into a country that had already known a lute tradition under the
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During the 8th and 9th centuries, many musicians and artists from across the Islamic world flocked to
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Though the instrument is entirely out of fashion, the house of Ricordi published last year at Milan
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as predecessors to the lines of mandolins, and possible points-of-blending of instrument features.
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Flicker based photo of the museum information sign for the stele. Circa 2nd century A.D memorial
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The guitar and mandolin, Biographies of celebrated players and composers for these instruments
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to 17 frets, introduced stronger wire strings made of high-tension steel and substituted a
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The first evidence of modern metal-string mandolins is from literature regarding popular
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The gitterns and mandores had typical scale lengths of 30 centimeters to 40 centimeters.
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Menocal, María Rosa; Scheindlin, Raymond P.; Sells, Michael Anthony, eds. (2000),
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Imagen y memoria: Monumentos funerarios con retratos en la colonia Augusta Emerita
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The Origin and Meaning of Courtly Love: A Critical Study of European Scholarship
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mandola, and that it may represent a blending of instrument-making traditions.
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Edmondson, Jonathan; Basarrate, Trinidad Nogales; Trillmich, Walter (2001).
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were instruments averaging 300-400 mm in scale length. As the term
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Fixing a Misbegotten Biography: Ziryab in the Mediterranean World
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The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Second Edition
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mandolin c. 1835. Pasquale remodeled, raised and extended the
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or barbud, which was developed into the later Islamic world's
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The Embergher mandolin, Ralf Leenen and Barry Pratt, 2004.
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The Italian Mandolin, its evolution, nomenclature and types
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family of Naples. The deep bowled mandolin, especially the
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is first seen in 13th century art. It developed into the
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and high-quality instruments were increasingly common.
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genuine descendants of the mandola." He considered the
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Muslim constructional features:W shaped sound holes.
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magazine wrote that the mandolin was "out of date."
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Musical bows have survived in some parts of Africa.
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London: Schott and Company. pp. 220–221. 1923: 1921: 1919: 1808: 1806: 1804: 1802: 1800: 1798: 1796: 1647:, Cambridge University Press, February 16, 2012 1319: 1317: 807: 2488:The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East 2429: 2378: 2349: 2319: 2288: 2263: 2261: 2229: 2195: 1876: 1837: 1662:, Manchester University Press, 1977, p. 70-71. 1376:The Archaeomusicology of the Ancient Near East 831: 651:instruments nearly double the mandolino's size 451:Beside the introduction of the lute to Spain ( 133:cave in France depicts what some believe is a 122:Hunting bow or musical instrument on cave wall 2548: 2474:The Mandolin in the early to mid 19th Century 2450: 2284: 2282: 2280: 2278: 2276: 2118: 2116: 2089: 1704:"An Illustrated History of the Lute Part Two" 1675:"An Illustrated History of the Lute Part One" 1329: 1131: 773: 711:Vinaccia family, first metal-string mandolins 690: 616: 2438:Classical Mandolin - A (Very) Brief Overview 2402: 2301:. academia.edu: 7, 8, 14, 16, 39, 44, 46, 47 2079: 2077: 2009: 1916: 1793: 1645:The Cambridge History of Musical Performance 1638: 1636: 1624: 1422: 1354: 1314: 812:Other luthiers who built mandolins included 443:and eventually reaching the rest of Europe. 2419: 2417: 2258: 1901:, edited by Stanley Sadie and others (2001) 1651: 1604:. Cambridge University Press. p. 311. 1164: 1152: 995:, which became confused with the mandolin. 615:The instruments predating the 18th century 499: 250: 208:. Lute player far right.; (right): Spanish 2555: 2541: 2273: 2128: 2113: 1825: 1725: 1521: 1519: 1517: 1515: 1111:"The music-bow from prehistory till today" 895:mentioned this decline in his 1921 book, 752:teaching and giving concerts. Notable are 149:. In turn, this led to being able to play 2379:Martin Sárraga, Felix O. (26 July 2015). 2350:Martin Sárraga, Felix O. (26 July 2015). 2320:Martin Sárraga, Felix O. (26 July 2015). 2189: 2177: 2171:Méthode pour Banjoline ou Mandoline-Banjo 2074: 1904: 1633: 897:Méthode pour Banjoline ou Mandoline-Banjo 601:: Mandolino player, c. 1736. Painting by 446: 2494: 2485: 2414: 2101: 1963: 1831: 1485: 1483: 1481: 1372: 1360: 1323: 1181: 1179: 1170: 1158: 1102: 1090: 981: 338:, showing a musician playing a gittern; 18: 2162: 2051: 2045: 1872: 1870: 1773: 1618: 1597: 1577:. Oxford University Press. p. 81. 1549: 1512: 1401: 2881: 2513: 2459: 2423: 2408: 2267: 2183: 2134: 2122: 2107: 2095: 2083: 2040: 2034: 1927: 1910: 1732: 1540: 1185: 1096: 2536: 1892: 1850: 1812: 1695: 1478: 1234: 1176: 1078:Mandolin playing traditions worldwide 887:wrote a mandolin method in 1874, the 2863: 2465: 1867: 1666: 1570: 1564: 1161:, p. 179, 231, 235–236, 308–310 660:smaller development of the mandola. 334:: Juan Oliver's c. 1330 painting at 2518:. Oxford: Oxford University Press. 2052:Dossena, Luigi (7 September 2014). 1701: 1672: 1005:, taken up by young men and women. 82: 13: 1733:Randel, Don Michael (2003-11-28). 1108: 310:: A European lute player from the 98:Bow Harp or Harp Lute, West Africa 14: 2905: 2289:Martín Sárraga, Félix O. (2016). 2230:Martín Sárraga, Félix O. (2016). 2196:Martín Sárraga, Félix O. (2016). 1774:Challen, Chris (4 January 2009). 1489: 161:used to lift the strings off the 2862: 2853: 2852: 2436:The Classical Mandolin Society, 2135:Biaggi, G. A. (March 20, 1875). 1643:Colin Lawson and Robin Stowell, 1527:"Encyclopaedia Iranica - Barbat" 1409:"Encyclopaedia Iranica - Barbat" 1041:. Musicians began playing it in 932: 923: 857: 845: 728: 719: 575: 566: 557: 548: 481:Frederick II, Holy Roman Emperor 296: 287: 278: 269: 190: 181: 115: 103: 91: 2372: 2343: 2313: 2223: 1992: 1933: 1767: 1736:The Harvard Dictionary of Music 1591: 1529:. Iranicaonline.org. 1988-12-15 1456: 1411:. Iranicaonline.org. 1988-12-15 1366: 1286: 903:known again, starting with the 471:, dedicated by the Norman King 263:Early Spanish and Italian lutes 1971:"The Bickford mandolin method" 1601:A History of Islamic Societies 1261: 1210: 748:players who travelled through 172: 1: 2486:Dumbrill, Richard J. (1998). 1987:substituted the machine head. 1574:Andalucia: A Cultural History 1466:. The Cleveland Museum of Art 1373:Dumbrill, Richard J. (2005). 1294:"Sarcophagus (1805,0703.132)" 1273:Museo Nacional de Arte Romano 1192:. Bold Strummer. p. 15. 1083: 836: 2562: 1560:, Cambridge University Press 1558:The Literature of Al-Andalus 1023: 826:Giovanni Battista Guadagnini 808:Calace, Embergher and others 255: 16:The history of the mandolin. 7: 2894:Mandolin family instruments 1066: 832:Rising and falling fortunes 10: 2910: 1430:"Five Celestial Musicians" 1269:"Estela de Lutatia Lupata" 1073:Mandolins in North America 816:(1863 onwards) in Naples, 758:Giovanni Battista Gervasio 410:Abu l-Hasan ‘Ali Ibn Nafi‘ 43:is a modern member of the 2848: 2712: 2606: 2570: 2495:McDonald, Graham (2008). 2208:. academia.edu: 7, 11, 44 1758:Mandora, mandore, mandola 774: 691: 617: 2098:, p. 1, 9–10, 14–15 1815:Geschichte der Mandoline 1598:Lapidus, Ira M. (2002). 1452:Five Celestial Musicians 905:Paris Exposition in 1878 820:(1856–1943) in Rome and 603:Giacomo Francesco Cipper 500:European lute beginnings 354:in Sicily, 12th century. 251:Persian barbat, Arab oud 2490:. London: Tadema Press. 1819:History of the Mandolin 649:began to be applied to 320:Cantigas of Santa Maria 312:Cantigas de Santa Maria 2598:Society (Peterborough) 2516:The Classical Mandolin 2155:A Metodo per Mandolino 1813:Wölki, Konrad (1984). 1186:Jahnel, Franz (1965). 987: 447:From Sicily to Germany 36: 2514:Sparks, Paul (2003). 2242:. academia.edu: 15–16 1625:Davila, Carl (2009), 985: 958:Estudiantes Españoles 885:Carmine de Laurentiis 877:Bartolomeo Bortolazzi 852:Bartolomeo Bortolazzi 435:, influencing French 165:, creating the lute. 22: 2800:National Reso-Phonic 2497:The Mandolin Project 2021:museodellamusica.com 798:friction tuning pegs 589:: Mandolino made in 226:prior to 3000 BC. A 2169:Salvador Léonardi, 1571:Gill, John (2008). 1139:"Trois Freres Cave" 1007:Mandolin orchestras 542:Mandolino, mandolin 367:became part of the 231:developed into the 27:played the role of 2889:String instruments 2704:Resonator mandolin 2607:Family instruments 2593:Playing traditions 2444:2015-01-25 at the 1496:christianrault.com 1490:Rault, Christian. 1298:The British Museum 1031:resonator mandolin 988: 595:Antonio Stradivari 473:Roger II of Sicily 408:. Among them was 336:Pamplona Cathedral 216:, 2nd century A.D. 37: 2876: 2875: 2506:978-0-9804762-0-0 2462:, p. 153–154 2141:The Musical World 1851:Timmerman, Alex. 1750:978-0-674-01163-2 1584:978-01-95-37610-4 1254:978-84-89512-92-4 1173:, p. 308–310 1109:Campen, Ank van. 1039:electric mandolin 948:Tuileries Gardens 944:Carnival de Paris 911:Second wave, the 893:Salvador Léonardi 782:Pasquale Vinaccia 682:chitarra battente 675:German historian 469:Cappella Palatina 461:Emirate of Sicily 352:Cappella Palatina 212:of a girl with a 2901: 2866: 2865: 2856: 2855: 2557: 2550: 2543: 2534: 2533: 2529: 2510: 2491: 2478: 2472:Ian Pommerenke, 2469: 2463: 2457: 2448: 2433: 2427: 2421: 2412: 2411:, p. 22–135 2406: 2400: 2399: 2393: 2391: 2376: 2370: 2369: 2364: 2362: 2347: 2341: 2340: 2334: 2332: 2317: 2311: 2310: 2308: 2306: 2286: 2271: 2265: 2256: 2255: 2249: 2247: 2227: 2221: 2220: 2215: 2213: 2193: 2187: 2181: 2175: 2166: 2160: 2159: 2150: 2148: 2132: 2126: 2120: 2111: 2105: 2099: 2093: 2087: 2081: 2072: 2071: 2066: 2064: 2058:cremonaonline.it 2049: 2043: 2038: 2032: 2031: 2029: 2027: 2013: 2007: 1996: 1990: 1989: 1983: 1981: 1967: 1961: 1960: 1958: 1956: 1947:. 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Index


Luigi Bassi
Don Giovanni
Mozart's opera
mandolin
lute
Napoleonic Wars
Vinaccia
Neapolitan
mandore
gittern
barbat
oud



Trois Frères
musical bow
bow harps
harps
lyres
dyads
chords
bridge
stick-neck


Hadda
Gandhara
stele

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