The Importance of Context
The Creative Impulse
Classical Impulse – Haydn
Romantic Impulse – Chopin
The Historical Imperative
The 7 Elements of Music
The Common Pracitce Period
Repertoire
Concert Music in my previous Mel Bay books
Renaissance Music
Renaissance Dances
Dowland: Flow My Tears
Ravenscroft: 3 Rounds
Campion: When Laura Smiles
Dowland: My Lord Willoughby
Anon: Sellenger’s Round
Sermisy: Tant Que Vivray
Holborne: What You Will
Holborne: Fantasia
Barbetta: Moresca
Morley: La Caccia
Renaissance Resources
Baroque Music
Händel: Hornpipe from Water Music
Gabrielli: Canon
Strozzi: Chi brama in amore
Bach: Prelude from Cello Suite No
Bach: Courante from Cello Suite No
Bach: Invention 1 BWV 772
Bach: Invention 13 BWV 784
Piccone: Sonata for Mandolin
A Word on Ornamentation
Guerra: Sonata in G
The Gimo Collection
Barbella: Sonata a Due Mandolini
Gervasio: Sonata da Camera
Vivaldi: Andante from Concerto for 2 Mandolins
Bach: Crab Canon from The Musical Offering
The Fugue
Bach: Fugue No. 2 from The Well-Tempered Clavier
Corelli: Sonata in E Moll Op. 5 Nr.8
Baroque Resources
Classical Music
Hayes: A Canon & A Catch
C. P. E Bach: Duetto
Cauciello: Duetto I
Leone: Air & Variations on “De sa modeste Mère”
Denis: Air de Lison & Variations
Mozart: Komm Liebe Zither
Beethoven: Sonatina in C Major
Beethoven: Sonatina in C Minor
Sonata Form & Sonata Cycle
Mozart: Deh vieni alla finestra from Don Giovanni
Mozart: Die Zufriedenheit
Mozart: Interval Canons
Haydn: Minuetto I & II
Classical Resources
Romantic Music
Schubert: Ständchen
Foster: Jeanie With the Light Brown Hair
MacDowell: To a Wild Rose
Munier: Mazurka-Concerto
Munier: Duetto Concertanto No
Calace: Notturno – Cielo Stellato
Calace: Preludio II
Verdi: La donna è mobile
Mussorgsky: Duo
Paganini: Cantabile
Grenados: Oriental
Brahms: Waltz Op. 39 No.15
Pettine: Christmas Song
Pettine: My Old Kentucky Home Caprice
Cervantes: No Me Toques
Romantic Resources
20th-Century Music
Satie: Gymnopédie No.1
Debussy: Syrinx
Ives: A Christmas Carol
Milhaud: Corcovado
Nazareth: Apanhei-te Cavaquinho
Bartók: Rumanian Folk Dances
Stravinsky: Lied Ohne Name
Gershwin: Rialto Ripples
The “Golden Age” of American Mandolin
Handy: St. Louis Blues
20th-Century Resources
Waltzes, Ragtime, & Choro
Munier: Valzer-Cantabile op
Becucci: Tesoro Mio
Morelli: Speranze perdute
Blake: Queen of the Roses
Johnson: Dill Pickle Rag
Joplin: Weeping Willow
Lyons & Yosco: Spaghetti Rag
Cobb: Russian Rag
Conceição: Hilda (Teu Beijo)
Sandim: Flor do Abacate
Nazareth: Labirinto
Nazareth: Pinguim
Pixinguinha: Um a Zero
Gonzaga: Baile from Pudesse esta Paixão
Waltz, Ragtime, and Choro Resources
Contemporary
Kioulaphides: Prelude from Suite for Ali
Ayton: Variations: From Quodlings Delight
Boukas: Estudo Sobre Vibrações
Dalton: Following a Thought
Sá: Sem Mais Delongas
Tiffany-Castiglioni: Lubec Waltz
Simas: Meu Bandolim
Lopes: Manguaceira
Hahn: The Cat’s Waltz
Hartford: Family Squabble
Goodin: Sonata in L(ou)
Hawkes: Mitten Waltz
Acquavella: Variations on Amazing Grace
Martel: Music for a Summer Evening
Duarte: Alma de Alexandre
Ferreira: Teiú
Mair: Uma Coisa Feliz
Mair: Étude orange
Mair: Fantasia: floating
Mair: Garoa
Other Thoughts
Other Clefs
Selected Repertoire from Recordings