Editing Mandolin (section)

== Notable literature ==
=== Western European classical music ===
The mandolin appears sporadically in the Western Euoropean classical music tradition. It was often perceived historically as a folk instrument. Significant composers did write music specifically for the mandolin, but few large works were composed for it by the most widely regarded composers. The total number of these works is rather small in comparison to—say—those composed for violin. One result of this dearth being that there were few positions for mandolinists in regular orchestras. To fill this gap in the literature, mandolin orchestras have traditionally played many arrangements of music written for regular orchestras or other ensembles. Some players have sought out contemporary composers to solicit new works.

Furthermore, of the works that have been written for mandolin from the 18th century onward, many have been lost or forgotten. Some of these await discovery in museums and libraries and archives. One example of rediscovered 18th-century music for mandolin and ensembles with mandolins is the ''Gimo collection'', collected in the first half of 1762 by Jean Lefebure.<ref name=lefebure>{{cite web |url=https://www.ibiblio.org/mutopia/collections/gimo/index.html |title=The Gimo Music Collection |last1=Sandberg |first1=Erik |date=2002 |website=ibiblio.org |access-date=26 September 2016 }}</ref> Lefebure collected the music in Italy, and it was forgotten until manuscripts were rediscovered.<ref name=lefebure/>

[[Antonio Vivaldi|Vivaldi]] created some concertos for mandolinos and orchestra: one for 4-chord mandolino, string bass & continuo in C major, (RV 425), and one for two 5-chord mandolinos, bass strings & continuo in G major, (RV 532), and concerto for two mandolins, 2 violons "in Tromba"—2 flûtes à bec, 2 salmoe, 2 théorbes, violoncelle, cordes et basse continuein in C major (p.&nbsp;16).

[[Ludwig van Beethoven|Beethoven]] composed [[Beethoven's mandolin music|mandolin music]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daniellarson.com/concerts/walz/walz_concert.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100404050854/http://daniellarson.com/concerts/walz/walz_concert.htm|title=Gamut Musical Strings Home Page|archive-date=4 April 2010|website=Daniellarson.com|access-date=21 December 2014}}</ref> and enjoyed playing the mandolin.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mandozine.com/music/dawgtab/bthoven.php |title=DawgTab |publisher=Mandozine.com |access-date=2012-06-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120619031624/http://www.mandozine.com/music/dawgtab/bthoven.php |archive-date=2012-06-19 }}</ref> His 4 small pieces date from 1796: Sonatine WoO 43a; Adagio ma non troppo WoO 43b; Sonatine WoO 44a and Andante con Variazioni WoO 44b.

The opera ''[[Don Giovanni]]'' by [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart|Mozart]] (1787) includes mandolin parts, including the accompaniment to the famous aria ''Deh vieni alla finestra'', and [[Verdi]]'s opera [[Otello]] calls for [[Gusle|guzla]] accompaniment in the aria ''Dove guardi splendono raggi'', but the part is commonly performed on mandolin.<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=38-DIohbDOkC |title=Orchestral and Chamber Excerpts by Joseph Brent |publisher=Lulu|isbn=9780615182254 |date=December 2007 }}</ref>

[[Gustav Mahler]] used the mandolin in his [[Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7]], [[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8]] and [[Das Lied von der Erde]].

Parts for mandolin are included in works by [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]] (Variations Op. 31), [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] (Agon), [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]] (Romeo and Juliet) and [[Anton Webern|Webern]] (opus Parts 10)

Some 20th-century composers also used the mandolin as their instrument of choice (amongst these are: [[Arnold Schoenberg|Schoenberg]], [[Anton Webern|Webern]], [[Igor Stravinsky|Stravinsky]] and [[Sergei Prokofiev|Prokofiev]]).

Among the most important European mandolin composers of the 20th century are Raffaele Calace (composer, performer and luthier) and [[Giuseppe Anedda]] (virtuoso concert pianist and professor of the first chair of the Conservatory of Italian Mandolin, Padua, 1975). Today representatives of Italian classical music and Italian classical-contemporary music include [[Ugo Orlandi]], Carlo Aonzo, [[Dorina Frati]], [[Mauro Squillante]] and Duilio Galfetti.

Japanese composers also produced orchestral music for mandolin in the 20th century, but these are not well known outside Japan. Notable composers include [[Morishige Takei]] and [[Yasuo Kuwahara]].<ref>
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Traditional mandolin orchestras remain especially popular in Japan and Germany, but also exist throughout the United States, Europe and the rest of the world. They perform works composed for mandolin family instruments, or re-orchestrations of traditional pieces. The structure of a contemporary traditional mandolin orchestra consists of: first and second mandolins, mandolas (either octave mandolas, tuned an octave below the mandolin, or tenor mandolas, tuned like the viola), mandocellos (tuned like the cello), and bass instruments (conventional string bass or, rarely, mandobasses). Smaller ensembles, such as quartets composed of two mandolins, mandola, and mandocello, may also be found.

==== Unaccompanied solo ====
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* [[Niccolò Paganini]]
:Minuet

* [[John Peterson (composer)|John Peterson]]
: Moving Fast Through Autumn Light (2000)

* [[Larry Sitsky]]
: The Three Names Of Shiva (1992)

* [[Silvio Ranieri]]
:Variations on a Theme by Haydn
:Song of summer

* [[Eric Gross]]
: Cadenza No.1
: Cadenza No.2
: Cadenza No.3
: Cadenza No.4
: Cadenza No.5
: Cadenza No.6
: Cadenza No.7
: Cadenza No.8
: Cadenza No.10
: Cadenza No.11

* [[Raffaele Calace]]
:Prelude No. 1
:Prelude No. 2
:Prelude No. 3
:Prelude No. 5
:Prelude No. 10
:Prelude No. 11
:Prelude No. 14
:Prelude No. 15
:Large prelude
:Collard
:Sylvia
:Minuet of rose

* Heinrich Koniettsuni
:Partita No. 1, etc.

* [[Herbert Baumann]]
:Sonatine, etc.

* [[Siegfried Behrend]]
:Sense – structure

* [[John Craton]]
:The Gray Wolf
:Perpetuum Mobile
:Variations from Der Fluyten Lust-hof

* Sakutarō Hagiwara
:Hataoriru maiden

* Takei Shusei
:Spring to go

* Seiichi Suzuki
:Variations on Schubert lullaby
:City of Elm
:Variations on Kojonotsuki of subject matter

* [[Gilad Hochman]]
:Two Episodes for solo mandolin

* [[Jiro Nakano]]
:"Spring has come" Variations
:Prayer
:Fantasia second No.
:Serenata
:Beautiful my child and where
:Prayer of the evening
:Variations on September Affair of the subject matter

* Makino YukariTaka
:Spring snow of ballads

* [[Jo Kondo]]
:In early spring

* Takashi Kubota
:Nocturne
:Etude
:Fantasia first No.

* [[Yasuo Kuwahara]]
:Moon and mountain witch
:Impromptu
:Winter Light
:Mukyu motion
:Jon-gara
:Silent door

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==== Accompaniment with solo ====
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* [[Ludwig van Beethoven]]
:[[Beethoven's mandolin music|Sonatine in C minor, WoO 43a]]
:[[Beethoven's mandolin music|Adagio in E{{music|flat}} major WoO 43b]]
:[[Beethoven's mandolin music|Sonatine in C major WoO 44a]]
:[[Beethoven's mandolin music|Andante and Variations in D major WoO 44b]]

* [[John Craton]]
:Dioces aztecas
:The Legend of Princess Noccalula

* [[Giovanni Hoffmann]]
: 4 Quartet for Mandolin, Violin, Viola, and Lute
: 4 Divertimenti for Mandolin, Violin & B.c.

* [[Johann Nepomuk Hummel]]
:Sonata in C major Op. 35

* [[Vittorio Monti]]
:[[Csárdás (Monti)|Csárdás]]

* [[Carlo Munier]]
:Spanish Capriccio
:Mazurka for concert
:Waltz for concert
:Bizaria
:Aria Varia data
:Mandolin Concerto No. 1

* [[Raffaele Calace]]
:Mandolin Concerto No. 1
:Mandolin Concerto No. 2
:Mukyu motion
:Tarantella
:Song of Nostalgia
:Elegy
:Mazurka for concert

* [[Silvio Ranieri]]
:Warsaw of memories

* Enrico Marcelli
:Gypsy style Capriccio
:Fantastic Waltz
:Mukyu motion
:Polonaise for concert

* [[Hans Gál]]
:Divertimento for mandolin and harp
:Such as a duo for the mandolin and guitar

* Norbert Shupuronguru
:Serenade for mandolin and guitar

* Franco Marugora
:Grand Sonata for mandolin and guitar

* [[Kurt Schwaen]]
:Slovenia wind Dances such as

* [[Dietrich Erdmann]]
:Sonatine

* [[Mari Takano]]
:Light of silence

* Rikuya Terashima
:Sonata for mandolin and piano (2002)<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gregorio.jp/terashima/composition.html |title=Work list |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |date=February 28, 2015 |website=Rikuya Terashima |access-date=February 7, 2018 |quote=マンドリンとピアノのためのソナタ (translation: Sonata for Mandolin and Piano) }}</ref>
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==== Duo and musical ensemble====
A [[duet]] or duo is a musical composition for two performers in which the performers have equal importance to the piece. A [[musical ensemble]] with more than two solo instruments or voices is called trio, quartet, quintet, sextet, septet, octet, etc.

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*Ella Von Adajewska-Schultz (1846–1926)
:Venezuelan Serenade<ref name=Serenata>
{{cite web |url= https://www.discogs.com/es/Quintetto-A-Plettro-Raffaele-Calace-Ensemble-Quadro-Raro-Serenata-Veneziana-With-Mandolin/release/7087478 |title= Quintetto A Plettro "Raffaele Calace" Ensemble "Quadro Raro" – Serenata Veneziana With Mandolin|author=<!--Not stated--> |website= discogs.com|access-date= 30 April 2019}}</ref>

*Valentine Abt (1873–1942)
:In Venice Waters<ref name=Serenata/>

*[[Carlo Acton|Charles Acton]]
:Chants Des Gondoliers<ref name=Serenata/>

* [[Hermann Ambrosius]]
:Duo

*[[Emanuele Barbella]]
:Sonata in D major for Mandolin and Basso Continuo<ref name=Serenata/>

*Ignazio Bitelli (c. 1880–1956)
:L'Albero di Natale, pastorale for mandolin & guitar<ref name=Serenata/>
:Il Gondoliere, valse for 2 mandolins & guitar<ref name=Serenata/>

*Costantino Bertucci
:Il Carnevale Di Venezia Con Variazioni<ref name=Serenata/>

*Pietro Gaetano Boni (1686–1741) 
:Sonate pour mandoline en la, Op. 2 n° 1<ref name=Serenata/>
:Sonate pour mandoline en ré mineur, Op. 2 n° 2
:Sonate pour mandoline en ré, Op. 2 n° 9<ref name=Serenata/>

*Antonio Del Buono
:"In Gondola" Serenata Veneziana "Ai Mandolnisti Di Venezia<ref name=Serenata/>

*[[Raffaele Calace]]
:Barcarola Op. 100 Per Chitarra<ref name=Serenata/>
:Barcarola Op. 116 Per Liuto "A Mio Figlio Peppino"<ref name=Serenata/>

* [[Gioacchino Cocchi]]
:* ''Sinfonia for 2 Mandolins & Continuo'', (Gimo 76)<ref name=gimocoll>{{cite web |url= https://www.mutopiaproject.org/collections/gimo/index.html |title= The Gimo Music Collection |last= Sandberg |first= Eric |website= mutopiaproject.org |access-date= 18 May 2019 |quote=Gimo 76: G. Cocchi, Allegro assai – Largo – Allegro (note: there are two mandolin parts, but they are almost identical)}}</ref>

*[[Jules Cottin]]
:Au Fil De L'Eau<ref name=Serenata/>

* [[John Craton]]
:Charon Crossing the Styx (mandolin & double bass)
:Four Whimsies (mandolin & octave mandolin)
:Les gravures de Gustave Doré (mandolin & guitar)
:Six Pantomimes for Two Mandolins
:Sonatina No. 3 for Mandolin & Violin

* [[Hans Gál]]
:Op. 59a Sonatina for 2 mandolins (1952)

* [[Eric Gross]]
: Hooperisms Op.181 (1991)

* [[Eric Gross]]
: Barbara and Deborah Op.175 (1990)

* [[Eric Gross]]
: Three Mandolin Duets Op.282 (2005)

* [[Eric Gross]]
: Paul and Adrian Op.165(1989)

*Giovani Battista Gervasio 
:''Sonata for Mandolin & Continuo'' (Gimo 141)<ref name=gimocoll/><ref name=acquavella>{{Cite AV media notes |title= Gimo-Samling: 18Th Century Sonatas & Trio Sonatas|url= https://www.bol.com/nl/p/gimo-samling-18th-century-sonatas-trio-sonatas/9200000054979942/|access-date= 18 May 2019 |type= album back cover|publisher= [[Centaur Records]] }}</ref>
:''Sonata per camera'' (Gimo 143)<ref name=gimocoll/><ref name=acquavella/>
:Sinfonia for 2 Mandolins & Continuo, (Gimo 149)<ref name=gimocoll/><ref name=acquavella/>
:''Trio for 2 Mandolins & Continuo,'' (Gimo 150)<ref name=gimocoll/><ref name=acquavella/>
:Sonata in D major for Mandolin and Basso Continuo<ref name=Serenata/>
:Sonata in G major for Mandolin and Basso Continuo<ref name=Serenata/>

*Giuseppe Giuliano
:Sonata in D major for Mandolin and Basso Continuo

* Geoffrey Gordon
:Interiors of a Courtyard (mandolin & guitar)

*Addiego Guerra
:Sonata in G major for Mandolin and Basso Continuo

* Positive Hattori
:Concerto for two mandolin and piano

* [[Sean Hickey]]
:Mandolin Canons (mandolin & guitar)

* [[Giovanni Hoffmann]]
: 3 Duets for Mandolin and Violin
: Serenade for Viola and Mandolin

* Tyler Kaier
:Den lille Havfrue (mandolin & guitar)

* [[Peter Machajdík]]
:Mit den Augen eines Falken for mandolin & guitar (2016)

*Giovanni Battista Maldura
:Barcarola Veneziana Di Mendelssohn<ref name=Serenata/>

*[[Eduardo Mezzacapo|Edward Mezzacapo]] (1832–1898)
:Le Chant Du Gondolier<ref name=Serenata/>

*Heinrich Molbe (1835–1915)
:Gondolata Op. 74 Per Mandolino, Clarinetto E Pianoforte<ref name=Serenata/>

*[[Carlo Munier]] (1859–1911)
:"In Gondola" Ricordi di Mendelssohn<ref name=Serenata/>
:Notturno Veneziano Per Quartetto Romantico<ref name=Serenata/>

* [[Jiro Nakano]]
:Medaka, revolving lantern

* [[John Peterson (composer)|John Peterson]]
: Wired Life (1999)

*[[Giuseppe Pettine]] (1874–1966)
:Barcarola Per Mandolino<ref name=Serenata/>

* [[Hideo Saito (musician)|Hideo Saito]], [[Jiro Nakano]]
:Du edge Martino

*[[Domenico Scarlatti]]
:Sonata in D minor (K77)
:Sonata in E minor (K81)
:Sonata in G minor (K88)
:Sonata No. 54 (K. 89) in D minor for Mandolin and Basso Continuo
:Sonata in D minor (K89)
:Sonata in D minor (K90)
:Sonata in G (K91)

* [[Mari Takano]]
:Silent Light for mandolin & harpsichord (2001)
:Two Pieces for Two Mandolins (2002)

*[[Sergei Taneyev|Sergeij Taneev]] (1856–1913)
:Venezia Di Notte, Barcarola Op. 9 No. 1<ref name=Serenata/>
:Serenata Per Voce, Mandolino E Pianoforte Op. 9 No. 2 Alla Contessa Tat'jana L'vovna Tolstaja<ref name=Serenata/>

*Roberto Valentini (1674–1747) 
:Sonate pour mandoline en la, Op. 12 n° 1
:Sonate pour mandoline en ré mineur, Op. 12 n° 2
:Sonate pour mandoline en sol, Op. 12 n° 3
:Sonate pour mandoline en sol mineur, Op. 12 n° 4
:Sonate pour mandoline en mi mineur, Op. 12 n° 5
:Sonate pour mandoline en ré, Op. 12 n° 6

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==== Concerto ====
Concerto: a musical composition generally composed of three movements, in which, usually, one solo instrument (for instance, a piano, violin, cello or flute) is accompanied by an orchestra or concert band.

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* [[Anna Clyne]]
: ''Three Sisters'', for mandolin and chamber orchestra

* [[Eric Gross]]
: Concerto for Mandolin and Chamber Orchestra Op.141 (1984)
: Concerto No. 2 Op.151 (1986)

* [[Larry Sitsky]]
: Zohar, Sephardic Concerto (1998)

* [[Jane Stanley]]
: The Spirit's Lay Concerto for Mandolin and Orchestra (2000)

* [[Caroline Szeto]]
: Concerto For Mandolin and Chamber Orchestra (1998)

* [[Giovanni Hoffmann]]
: Concerto for Mandolin and Orchestra in D Major

* [[Antonio Vivaldi]]
:[[Mandolin Concerto (Vivaldi)|Mandolin Concerto in C major]],
:Concerto for two mandolinos in G major
:Concerto for two mandolinos, 2 violons " in Tromba"—2 flûtes à bec, 2 salmoe, 2 théorbes, violoncelle, cordes et basse continuein in C major

* Francisco Rodrigo Arto (Venezuela)
:Mandolin Concerto (1984){{sfn|Ficher |Schleifer |Furman |2002 |pp=[https://books.google.com/books?id=S02rvzz60rkC&pg=PA47 47–48]}}

* Dominico Caudioso
:Mandolin Concerto in G Major

* [[John Craton]]
:Mandolin Concerto No. 1 in D Minor
:Mandolin Concerto No. 2 in D Major
:Mandolin Concerto No. 3 in E Minor
:Mandolin Concerto No. 4 in G Major
:Concerto for Two Mandolins ("Rromane Bjavela")

* Gerardo Enrique Dirié (Argentina)
:''Los ocho puentes'' for four recorders, mandolin and percussion (1984){{sfn|Ficher |Schleifer |Furman |2002 |p=[https://books.google.com/books?id=S02rvzz60rkC&pg=PA167 167]}}

* [[Johann Adolph Hasse]]
:Mandolin Concerto in G major

* [[Leopold Kozeluch]]
:Concerto for piano, mandolin, trumpet and double bass in E{{music|flat}} major

* [[Giovanni Battista Pergolesi]]
:Mandolin Concerto in B{{music|flat}} major

* [[Giovanni Paisiello]]
:Mandolin Concerto in E{{music|flat}} major
:Mandolin Concerto in C major
:Mandolin Concerto in G major

* [[Johann Nepomuk Hummel]]
:Mandolin Concerto in G major

* Armin Kaufmann
:Mandolin Concerto

* Dietrich Erdmann
:Mandolin Concerto

* [[Herbert Baumann]]
:Mandolin and the Concerto for Strings

* [[Brian Israel]] (1951–1986)
:Concerto for Mandolin (1985)
:Sonatinetta (1984)
:Surrealistic Serenade (1985)

* Makino YukariTaka
:Mandolin Concerto

* [[Julian Dawes]]
:Mandolin and the Concerto for Strings

* Tanaka Ken
:"Arc" for mandolin and orchestra

* Vladimir Kororutsuku
:Suite "positive and negative"

* [[Avner Dorman]]
:Mandolin Concerto

* [[Gilad Hochman]]
:"Nedudim" ("Wanderings") Fantasia-Concertante for mandolin and string orchestra (2014)
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==== Mandolin in the orchestra ====
Orchestral works in which the mandolin has a limited part.

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* [[Domenico Cimarosa]]
:Opera ''La finta parigina''

* [[John Craton]]
:Opera ''The Curious Affair of the Count of Monte Blotto''

* [[Michel Corrette]]
:Concerto for orchestra  ''[[25 Concertos Comiques (Michel Corrette)|25 Concertos Comiques]]'': ''Concerto nr 24 in C major "La Marche du Huron"''

*[[Lukas Foss]]  
:Symphony No. 2 "Symphony Of Chorales" (1958)

*[[André Grétry]]
: ''[[L'Amant jaloux]]'' (Paris, 1778)<ref name=mednotes>{{Cite AV media notes |title= Mandolin Music, Beethoven, Hummel|year= 1969|url= https://archive.org/stream/mandolinmusicsou00sciv/mandolinmusicsou00sciv_djvu.txt |access-date= 24 May 2019 |first= Joseph|last= Braunstein|publisher=[[Nonesuch Records]]|location= New York}}</ref>

* [[George Frideric Handel]]
:Oratorio  ''[[Alexander Balus (George Frideric Handel)|Alexander Balus]]''

* [[György Ligeti]]
:Opera ''Le Grand Macabre''

* [[Bruno Maderna]]
:Opera ''Don Perlimplin, ovvero il trionfo dell'amore e dell'immaginazione''

* [[Gustav Mahler]]
:''[[Symphony No. 7 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 7, Song of the Night]]''
:''[[Symphony No. 8 (Mahler)|Symphony No. 8, Symphony of Thousands]]''
:Symphony ''[[Das Lied von der Erde|Song of the Earth]]''

* [[Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart]]
:Opera ''[[Don Giovanni]]''<ref name=mednotes/>

* [[Giovanni Paisiello]]
:[[The Barber of Seville (Paisiello)|The Barber of Seville]]<ref name=mednotes/>

* [[Willem Pijper]]
:Opera ''Halewijn''
:''Romance sans paroles''
:Symphony No. 2
:Symphony No. 3

* [[Sergei Prokofiev]]
:Ballet music ''[[Romeo and Juliet (Prokofiev)|Romeo and Juliet]]''

* [[Ottorino Respighi]]
:Symphonic poem ''[[Roman Festivals (Respighi)|Festivals of Rome]]''

*[[Antonio Salieri]]
:[[Tarare (opera)|Tarare]] (Paris, 1787)<ref name=mednotes/>

* [[Rodion Shchedrin]]
:Ballet music ''[[Anna Karenina (ballet)|Anna Karenina]]''

* [[Arnold Schoenberg]]
:Opera ''[[Moses und Aron]]''
:''[[Variations for Orchestra (Schoenberg)|Variations for Orchestra]]''

* [[Niccola Spinelli]]
: Opera ''[[A basso porto|A Basso Porto]]'': ''Intermezzo for mandolins and orchestra''

* [[Igor Stravinsky]]
:Ballet music ''[[Agon (ballet)|Agon]]''

* [[Giuseppe Verdi]]
:Opera ''[[Otello]]''

* [[Antonio Vivaldi]]
:Oratorio  ''[[Juditha triumphans (Vivaldi)|Juditha triumphans]]''

* [[Anton Webern]]
:''Five Pieces for Orchestra''

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