Liste de mandolinistes

« ...a mandoli virtuoso of the early school...lived in Paris from 1749...the two brothers [Pietro Sodi]appeared together as mandolinist and harpist at numerous important concerts...engaged in the orchestra of the Comédie Italienne...Com »

« ...was a renowned French mandolin virtuoso and teacher...devoted himself to the popularization of the mandolin, of which instrument he was a consummate artist. »

« Instead of the monotonous, nasal tone...he so manipulated the strings and plectrum...that he opened an enlarged sphere of capabilities for the instrument...It is to Bortolazzi we are indebted for the first revival of the mandolin. »

« In 1764, he made his appearance in Paris as a mandolin virtuoso and was highly esteemed, both as a performer and a teacher. »

« "It was loudly applauded at Mademoiselle de Villeneuve's execution (performance), who played the mandolin concerto of Mr. Stritzeri with lightness and precision". She should not be confused with French novelist Gabrielle-Suzanne Barbot de Villeneuve who had died on that date. This is one of the first mentions of a woman mandolin virtuoso. »

« ...he toured through Europe as a blind mandolin virtuoso...his repertoire consisted of the concertos of Tartini, the principal works of Pugnani and Ferrari, and several of his own compositions...Giuseppe Bellinghe, mandolinist and composer, has dedicated his excellent variations for mandolin and piano on the Carnival of Venus to the memory of Fridzeri, the blind mandolin player and composer. »

« ...he made a concert tour through Austria and Germany...where his performances of both instruments (cello and mandolin) were highly spoken of...his public performances attracted considerable notice and won for him an enviable reputation. »

« At the commencement of the present [19th] century, Pietro Vermercati enjoyed the reputation of being a most accomplished mandoline-player. He died at a good old age at Genoa, in 1850. »

« ...like Vimercati, designated the Panini of the mandolin...For Vailati the mandoline no longer presents any difficulties. As an executant he is always sure and always the most correct. In runs and variations on the fifth string, he excites the wonder of everyone. But he prefers plain melody, and in this there are really very few instrumentalists like him. »

« ...an Italian mandolinist and guitarist of repute, who lived in Naples...the first teacher to give serious instruction on the mandolin to the virtuoso and composer Carlo Munier...produced one of the greatest exponents of the mandolin. »

« Curti... form[ed] his own 'Spanish Students' mandolin orchestra, thus starting a grass-roots mandolin orchestra craze. »

« won the International Mandolin Contests...successful in several [Vaudeville] acts...Metroplitan Opera House...hailed in European capitals as the King of the Mandolin... »