Name Silvio Ranieri | Role Musical Artist | |
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Albums Tre concerti per mandolino e pianoforte Similar People Carlo Munier, Raffaele Calace, Bartolomeo Bortolazzi, Mandolin orchestra, Albert Ketelbey | ||
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Silvio Ranieri (1882 – 1956) was an Italian Mandolin virutuoso. Born in Rome, he gave his first concert in 1897, aged fifteen, and he went on to tour Europe to great acclaim. It was his desire to elevate the Mandolin to a status similar to the violin in classical music, and he did much to contribute to the immense popularity of the mandolin in the 1920s. Later settling in Brussels he established a tradition of Mandolin music in northern Europe. He always played Mandolins produced by Luigi Embergher, which he compared to the Stradivarius violin in perfection. Ranieri once visited Embergher's shop in Rome and tried out an instrument marked Gold Medal Paris 1900. When he wanted to buy it the luthier replied that it was not for sale, but that he could play it at the evening recital. After the recital Embergher approached Ranieri and offered him the instrument as a gift.
Contents
Songs
Concerto in re maggiore: III Allegro giocoso
Concerto in re maggiore: II Romanza
Concerto in re maggiore: I Allegro maestoso