It was made by the semi-infamous Luciano Faria. Feel free to contact me directly if you'd like details of the instrument itself.
I play the dedicated repertoire for mandolino on it: Vivaldi, Scarlatti, Arrigoni, the few works from the Dalla Casa book, etc. My favorite work for the instrument is probably the little three-movement sonata by G.B. Sammartini. Best, Eugene > -----Original Message----- > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > Behalf Of Nancy Carlin > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 1:46 PM > To: 'Lute List' > Subject: [LUTE] Re: lute music and playing technique in italy 18th century > > That looks like a nice mandolin in the picture. Who made it and what > kind of music do you play on it? > Nancy > At 07:24 AM 5/13/2010, Eugene C. Braig IV wrote: > > Almost nothing is documented on playing technique of 4th-tuned > mandolin/o > other than iconography, and techniques so portrayed can pretty > diverse > looking. One of the clearest and most performance-ready painting > from the > mid 1700s is Longhi's "Little concert." It shows a pair of ladies > playing > 5-course instruments thumb-out with the right hand in a very > guitar-like > position. That stance is not uncommon to iconography and that's > ordinarily > how I approach mine. Unlike modern guitar technique, I take fast > scalar > passages mostly alternating p and i, even on treble-most courses. > Here is > some very recent iconography (i.e., me): > [1]http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30154097&l=8ef3a743a3&id=10 > 44223851 > In general, it seems an appropriate assumption that punteado > techniques > probably held sway into the mid 18th c. and plectrum techniques > probably > came to dominate from the mid 18th c. Written documentation on > technique > doesn't really appear until gut-strung, 4th-tuned mandolins receive > peripheral mention in the Parisian method books published beginning > in the > 1760s specifically for Neapolitan-type, wire-strung, 5th-tuned > mandolins. > In writing on plectrum techniques appropriate to wire-strung > Neapolitan > mandolins, those authors simply applied similar to the older > gut-strung, > 4th-tuned types. > Most of the rest I would type in reply and more, I already typed in > December > 2008. Click here if curious: > [2]http://www.mail-archive.com/lute@cs.dartmouth.edu/msg26768.html > From that rant, I would probably expand the range of scale lengths a > little > on either end. > Be certain to look up the Tyler and Sparks text and perhaps the > earlier > article by Tyler. Be warned that nomenclature of baroque-era > mandolin kin > was a bit of a mess, and some repertoire claimed for mandolins in > some > recent literature might be based upon name alone. > ..And enjoy! > Eugene > > -----Original Message----- > > From: lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu [[3] > mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu] On > > Behalf Of Susanne Herre > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2010 6:45 AM > > To: Lute List > > Subject: [LUTE] lute music and playing technique in italy 18th > century > > > > > > > > Dear Lute Wisdom, > > > > > > > > > > > > It would be great if you could help me. I'm doing some research > on > > the baroque mandolin. > > > > > > > > I would like to know which italian baroque music for lute > > instruments do we have from the first half of the 18th century? > > > > > > > > Which composers are represented? > > > > > > > > Which kinds of instruments are preferred? > > > > > > > > What is known about playing technique? More "thumb-in" or > "thumb-out"? > > "Two-voice-chords"- how will they be played? How high is the > thumb > > going? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for any helpful comments! > > > > > > > > Susanne > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > > To get on or off this list see list information at > > [4]http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > > Nancy Carlin Associates > P.O. Box 6499 > Concord, CA 94524 USA > phone 925/686-5800 fax 925/680-2582 > web site - [5]www.nancycarlinassociates.com > Representing: > FROM WALES - Crasdant & Carreg Lafar, FROM ENGLAND - Jez Lowe & Jez > Lowe & The Bad Pennies, and now representing EARLY MUSIC - The Venere > Lute Quartet, The Good Pennyworths & Morrongiello & Young > Administrator THE LUTE SOCIETY OF AMERICA > web site - [6]http://LuteSocietyofAmerica.org > -- > > References > > 1. > http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=30154097&l=8ef3a743a3&id=1044223851 > 2. http://www.mail-archive.com/lute@cs.dartmouth.edu/msg26768.html > 3. mailto:lute-...@cs.dartmouth.edu > 4. http://www.cs.dartmouth.edu/~wbc/lute-admin/index.html > 5. http://www.nancycarlinassociates.com/ > 6. http://lutesocietyofamerica.org/
