Re: Looking for Music for Mandolin Quartet (for Bar Mitzvah)

[Judith Pinnolis <pinnolis...>]

Dear James:
You may wish to check you local library for a book called:

Mandolin music in America : 3800 pieces for mandolin and where to find them
/ ed., Joshua Bell.
It was published in 1993 and is so reasonably new enough to be an effective
tool for you to look at.

Yours,
Judy

----- Original Message -----
From: "jfabrams" <jfabrams (at) charter(dot)net>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Friday, August 29, 2003 11:42 AM
Subject: Looking for Music for Mandolin Quartet (for Bar Mitzvah)


> I'm relatively new to the list and I have a question.  I play mandocello
in
> the Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra, along with several other musicians who
> play mandolin, mandola, guitar, bass, in addition to one other mandocello
> player.  The orchestra includes between fifteen and twenty players.  As
you
> know, the pitches of the mandolin family instruments (mandolin, mandola,
> mandocello) correspond to their string equivalents (violin, viola, and
> cello).  (At this moment I'm listening to the exquisite playing of the
> Israeli mandolin quartet, the Kerman Mandolin Quartet).
>
> I wondered if anyone out there knows of a Klezmer/Jewish-inflected score
> that would be appropriate for mandolin orchestra or mandolin quartet.  A
> score with parts for traditional string quartet would fit the bill.  And
if
> the music in question is available on disc so much the better.  The
> performance context for this music will be my son's Bar Mitzvah in March.
> I'm hoping to locate the music in time for the orchestra to adequately
> rehearse the piece and then we'll play it at some point during the
ceremony.
> Many thanks for your help.
>
> James Abrams
> Johnstown, PA
>
>
>
>

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