Dear Sven, Many thanks indeed for checking for blank pages. Fouchetti's tutor consists of an introduction followed by 15 pages of music. Each section is numbered separately. The page 7 which starts with "Gamme de la mandoline" is in the introduction, and I have that. The page 7 which is blank in my copy is page 7 of the music. Page 6 of the music has Marche 6e, Minuetto, and Allemande, and page 8 has Sonata Prima. I'm sorry I didn't make that clear. Please could you have another look just to make sure that page 7 of the music really should be blank.
Best wishes, Stewart. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sven Åberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Stewart McCoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, January 27, 2004 10:09 PM Subject: Re: Mandoline tutors > Dear Stewart > > Fouchetti page 7 is not blank in my copy. (Starts "Gamme de la > mandoline...") > > All the others are blank in my copy as well. > > Strange. > > Sven > > tisdagen den 27 januari 2004 kl 10.43 skrev Stewart McCoy: > > > Dear All, > > > > Some time ago I bought a facsimile of five of the earliest tutor > > books (by Leone, Fouchetti, and Denis) for the mandoline: _Méthodes > > de Mandoline_ (Geneva: Minkoff, 1983). There are some blank pages in > > my copy, but when I queried this with the publisher, I was assured > > that the blank pages were meant to be blank. Without access to the > > original I am unable to check this to be the case. The blank pages > > are as follows: > > > > Leone, p. 35 is blank. > > Leone, the last page with music is p. 67; the following page is > > blank. > > > > Fouchetti, p. 2 is blank. > > Fouchetti, p. 7 is blank. > > > > > Denis 1, page after title page is blank. > > Denis 1, page 2 is blank. > > Denis 1, page 11 is blank. > > Denis 1, the last page with music is p. 23; the following page is > > blank. > > > > Denis 2, the page after the title page is blank. > > Denis 2, the page after the dedication is blank. > > Denis 2, the last page of music is p. 29; the following page is > > blank. > > > > Denis 3, the page after the title page is blank. > > > > Some of these blank pages seem perfectly plausible, but others, e.g. > > Fouchetti p. 7, are more puzzling. > > > > If anyone has a copy of this facsimile, please could they confirm > > that all the blank pages really should be blank. > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Stewart McCoy.
