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PRICE 5 CENTS.neTHE MANDOLIN.: One of the Sweetest of Stringed lustra meots Its Growth Id Popnlarltj.B C..B 0 .A Quality of Ton® Evoked from It That It Found in Ho Othsr InstrumentJuly?* jrnftttfl fWritten stpre**ly for »ht* lit ileus oySauiu-i AtlvbUrfn.1in*! ellLX•eANTSliliarsiodiseKuvOMrtd I•IUM tiGAS:hes!KET.rpuximdvil Btretil.8Co.Co., Ld• ECHonoluluJO.,A Ml*., kMUK It.tMllilU*-W • -l.lt t * nrI* *Vlit.' h* *t|.«*ntlrTwelve years ago I bit writer tried to pufcha*** a man-doliu iu New York ami searched diligently in all of the utueii* stor**, but to uu purpose In a few mi»nt ha a parly of Italian musicians, nuu» tiering fifteen tnao-doliniiU~tw«» harpists, three guitar-isle and a oclloist, landed in Net' York from an Italian steamer and gave most delightful concerts under the name of tin* Spaniel* Student*.Their costume* and their music were tiuhiue ami like nothing ever seen or heard in America They played with unparalleled grace the most charming symphonies aud overtures, lu a few years they drifted apart.Thanks to these students as well as several other trout*'* who catuo after them, the mandolin furore has grown to such an extent that to day it is one of the most charming of mimical instruments The great popularity uf the mandolin is due almost as much to its picturesque ness as to its charming sweetness This i» not surprising whou we consider the Ireautiful sympatheticquality of its tone The popularity of tin* mandolin ha* grown to such au extent that to lie without a mandolin in the family, is to proclaim one’s self not only tsdiind the musical times, but out of Uith the musical aud social swim.It is an instrument that will cer tainlv hold popular favor, has every thing to recoin mend it, is voliued, cultivated and comparatively easily learned. lioth men and wmnen realize the strong artistic eoloriug which is given the picture, wherein they practice with mandolin in hand, and women especially appreciate the graceful posing it ifemauijs.The mandolin is above all the veryembodiment of po etry aud grace. 1 he utmost flexibility i» necessary, even to , the execution of I he \\ simplest piece.There is a quality of ! tone ill the sound*I evoked from the i maudoliu that canI be drawn lt;roin no | other instrument Its music appeal*I to the sympathies and touches the soul, and tins is not surprising when 1 we consider how wonderfully sweet is the music that thrills from the stiver strings and recollect that even so great a gen ms a* licet hovea wrotu several pieces for the maudo liuSince the mandolin has liecu brought to such a perfection musicians have deieloped it* mechanism,| increased Ms resources and have proveu tliat it* Ixautic* can lie so I varied by patient and reasonable study as to produce the niuM charming musical eiTcci*The composition* of such famous masters as IMUnighi, Matini, Syl-vestri. Kovina/zi. Calace DAg.ni, and other*, are among the ino»t popular iu Kuro|M«. The Serenade in Mo/art * *'lou tiiovauui Della Vicii wa* written to be accoin i panitsl by maiMlolm*, also the sere uade in Verdi’* Othello.” lieeth oven •• friend, Kutiipholt/. was amandolin virtuoso, and the writingof these piece* w** probably clue to , this fuct.Italy i* the home of the mandolin. It is a sort of national instrument, lust cad of haud organ on the streets,1 one hear* mandolins and guitars. Kvery one play* it from the poor rugainiiHin in the street* to the highest hi the land the Queen. I lie Queen Margherlta of Italy has a mandolin valued at SlhUt, My mandolin wn« made by Fratelii t alace of Naples and i- valued a! (.sill \ gootl innmloliu i* like a good violin and improve* with age ami usagerioronce andN iples ar«* I he prm• ij.nl renter* for* he i n * * ru hi e Ii I.t tin* hear* t he manlolin all day and nearly all night. ii* the •learners t|om Naples 1 -e • f t nprimd 11,** • e|i»b* ii • I U i % , Dim t • toil », t hen*» r 11« . «iiii|h*im*iI».f is ii, vu t n a id g u tn who plat and *mg tin ■ d lightftil/*•*.• it ymrIII; t I,
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The Daily Bulletin
Honolulu, Hawaii, US
Tue, Jul 10, 1894
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