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  2. History of the mandolin - Wikipedia

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    The Mandolin "Estudiantina" of Mayenne, France around 1900 when Mandolin orchestras were at the height of their popularity. Their success in Paris preceded a second group of Spanish performers, known as the Esudiantina Figaro or Esudiantina Española Figaroa (Figaro Band of Spanish Students). [55]

  3. Mandolin playing traditions worldwide - Wikipedia

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    The sunken-fret mandolin (mandolin phím lõm) did not meet the musical needs as well as the sunken-fret guitar, because the mandolin's rigidity made it painful to get the same effects from the strings. [120] Also the mandolin's narrow fretboard made it difficult to hit the notes. [120]

  4. Mandolin - Wikipedia

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    Other American-made variants include the mandolinetto or Howe-Orme guitar-shaped mandolin (manufactured by the Elias Howe Company between 1897 and roughly 1920), which featured a cylindrical bulge along the top from fingerboard end to tailpiece and the Vega mando-lute (more commonly called a cylinder-back mandolin manufactured by the Vega ...

  5. Giovanni Cifolelli - Wikipedia

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    Giovanni Cifolelli was an Italian mandolin virtuoso and dramatic composer whose date and place of birth are unknown. In 1764 he made his appearance in Paris as a mandolin virtuoso and was highly esteemed, both as a performer and teacher.

  6. Eduardo Mezzacapo - Wikipedia

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    There had been a decline since the early 19th century, but around the beginning of the 20th century from the 1880s to the 1920s there was a mandolin "craze" in which the instrument enjoyed new popularity. [2] [3] The movement in France was enough to found a movement of French mandolin artists, including Gabriel Leone, Giovanni Fouchetti and ...

  7. 'This mandolin needs to be in Topeka': Instrument Albert ...

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    A mandolin made in Topeka in 1912 by highly regarded inventor Albert Shutt is back in the capital city and is being restored. Skip to main content. 24/7 Help. For premium support please call: ...

  8. Mandore (instrument) - Wikipedia

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    That variant is known today as the Milanese or Lombardic mandolin, and retains the mandore's tuning. The Italians also called it the mandora or mandola. The latter name is still used in the mandolin family for an alto or tenor range instrument. From the mandola, the baroque mandolino was created, which in turn became the modern mandolin. [8] [6 ...

  9. Mandolin orchestra - Wikipedia

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    The Mandolin "Estudiantina" of Mayenne, France around 1900 when Mandolin orchestras were at the height of their popularity. A mandolin orchestra is an orchestra consisting primarily of instruments from the mandolin family of instruments, such as the mandolin, mandola, mandocello and mandobass or mandolone.