He did. It would have been for a gut-strung, fixed-bridge instrument in six courses tuned g-b-e'-a'-d''-g''. I don't know who the mandolinist was, but I believe the concerto was composed in Hasse's Dresden years. I believe lutenist/singer/composer Carlo Arrigoni was also in Dresden for a time. Arrigoni himself wrote at least two very nice sonatas (I think some of the best for the instrument of the baroque era) and one concerto for mandolin, and I suspect he played the instrument himself.
There is a decent HIP recording of the Hasse concerto, complete with fingerstyle mandolino play, that I can cite when home from the office...unless some other mandolin nut beats me to it. It occasionally also is played/recorded on the modern instrument. Best, Eugene At 05:34 PM 12/3/2007, Arthur Ness wrote: >Did he? Hmmmmm!! Do you know who the mandolin player was? And what kind >of mandolin did he/she play? >==AJN (Boston, Mass.) > >----- Original Message ----- From: "Eugene C. Braig IV" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Monday, December 03, 2007 5:32 PM >Subject: [LUTE] Re: Specialization (was: 8-course?) OT > > >>At 06:32 PM 12/1/2007, Roman Turovsky wrote: >>>>>He is, nevertheless, a "cultural force." >>>>I disagree. Piazzolla is popular today in some >>>>spheres of classical music. Popularity does not a >>>>cultural force make. Many mediocre composers in the >>>>history of music have been quite popular without >>>>contributing the least contribution to the culture at >>>>large. >>>I agree with the latter part, invoking my usual example J.A.Hasse. >> >> >>After all, that guy wrote a mandolin concerto! >> >>Eugene To get on or off this list see list information at http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html
