[VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi)

[Eugene C. Braig IV]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Stuart Walsh [mailto:s.wa...@ntlworld.com]
> Sent: Tuesday, January 20, 2009 4:12 PM
> To: Eugene C. Braig IV
> Cc: 'Vihuelalist'
> Subject: Re: [VIHUELA] Re: Baroque guitar duo (Merchi)
> 
> > That first wave of tremendous mandolin popularity, especially
> > in Paris, ran ca. 1760-1790.
> >
> >
> Interesting. There must have been a lot of pre-revolutionary plucking
> going on in those times (1760ish-1789) in France:- all the 'cistre ou
> guitharre allemande' publications and  a fair number of guitar
> publications - and were there many mandolin publications  too?

[Eugene C. Braig IV] Indeed, a fair number, including all the major methods
from the very first generation of mandolin method books, mostly from the
1760s: Gervasio, Leone, Denis, Fouchetti, Corrette...  A couple good sources
regarding the early literature for the 5th-tuned, wire-strung Neapolitan
mandolin are:

Sparks, Paul. 1999. An Introduction to the Eighteenth Century Repertoire of
the Neapolitan Mandolin. Plucked String Inc., Kensington, MD.

Tyler, James & Paul Sparks. 1989, 1992. The Early Mandolin. Clarendon Press,
Oxford.

Of the latter, the latter section is that by Sparks and dedicated to the
Neapolitan type that most modern players would recognize as "mandolin."

I'll mine them both (especially the former) for "Merchi" when home from the
office this evening.

Best,
Eugene



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