Description: NOTE: Mandolins, Like Salami was printed in December 2005; I have only about 42 copies left. This is a companion book to "Mandolin Melodies"(2006) and "Italian Mandolin Heroes in America " (2018) MANDOLINS, LIKE SALAMI overview and table of contents Part I: Historical overview Chapter 1 The barbering tradition and the mandolin Chapter 2 Ballo Liscio in America Chapter 3 Mando-Craze: Mandolins by the Bay Chapter 4 The Rosy-Fingered Dawn: the Aurora Mandolin Orchestra Chapter 5 Aurora’s sister orchestras Part II: Biographical Sketches of Italian American Mandolinists Chapter 6 The String Wizards: the Andrini brothers Chapter 7 Palpito d’Amore: Pete Tarzia Chapter 8 St. Francis with a mandolin: Rudy Cipolla Chapter 9 Mattinata di Matteo: Matteo Casserino Chapter 10 The Golden Triangle: Tony Flores Chapter 11 Play me a Tunzi!: Riccardo Tunzi Chapter 12 The “duo”-playing Valentino: Gino Pellegrini Part III. Appendixes Appendix A Publishers’music catalogs Onofrio di Bella Edition O. Pagani Edition Antonio Paolilli Edition Pietro Tesio Editions Appendix B Mandolin Orchestra Repertoire lists Aurora Mandolin Orchestra “Music for Fun” mandolin club, c. 1960 Silver Strings Blue list Silver Strings Multi-colored books Bay Area Mandolin Club Appendix C Mandolin-orchestra membership Ideal Mandolin Club (1920) Aurora Mandolin Orchestra (1938) Music for Fun (1962) Peninsula Mandolin Orchestra (1965-1966) Silver Strings Mandolin Orchestra (1971) Aurora Mandolin Orchestra (2003) Appendix D Individual mandolin players’ repertoire lists Matteo Casserino: “lista” Tony Flores’ Latin and Italian songs Riccardo Tunzi’s Italian and Swiss songs Appendix E Compositions written by mandolinists Frank and Lawrence Andrini Pete Tarzia Rudy Cipolla Matteo Casserino Gino Pellegrini Appendix F Concert programs Neapolitan Mandoline [sic] and Guitar Club, 1908 Flötte Burschen, 1935 Aurora Mandolin Orchestra, 1938 Peninsula Mandolin Orchestra, 1965 Silver Strings, 1976 Silver Strings, 1993 Appendix G: Bibliography Recordings: video and audio List of maps 1. North Beach, San Francisco 2. Italy and Sicily List of illustrations Epilogue 191 pages Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE
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Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Type: softcover book
Special Attributes: 2005 First Edition
Publisher: Zighi Baci Publishing
Book Title: Mandolins, like Salami
Topic: Composers & Musicians, Musical Instruments / General
Number of Pages: 196 Pages
Language: English
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Music, Biography & Autobiography
Author: Sheri Mignano Crawford
Item Length: 8.7 in
Item Width: 11 in
Format: Hardcover
