The Early Mandolin: The Mandolino and the Neapolitan Mandoline

This book aims not only to identify the two early mandolins, their physical characteristics, tunings, playing techniques, and musical histories, but also to present, for the first time, the full extent of their repertories, which include works by Handel, Vivaldi, Alessando Scarlatti, Hummel, Beethoven, and Sammartini, whose recently discovered sonata for the mandolin is published here.