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CONCERTO Op. 155 by RAFFAELE CALACE performed by HET CONSORT
Raffaele Calace (1863-1934) was born in Naples as the son of Antonio Calace, a successful instrument maker. Having been initially trained to become a musician Raffaele discovered the possibilities of the mandolin and became an unequalled virtuoso on this instrument. After he had graduated with the highest honours at the Regio Conservatorio di Musica in Naples, his main goal became to give the mandolin it's rightful place in music life. To achieve this, he toured through Europe and Japan, giving many concerts. With three long-playing records excisting Raffaele Calace was also one of the very first mandolinists in the World to be recorded.
As a composer Raffaele Calace was very active too; he wrote more than 180 compositions! Quite a number of these works are for mandolin solo, but most of them are for mandolin and piano (or guitar), mandolin quartet/quintet, mandolin orchestra and mandolin in combination with instruments of other instrument families. Often these compositions belong to the most beautiful and technically difficult works written for the mandolin.
Besides these concert works Calace also wrote didactical works, among which a method for playing the Liuto Cantabile (a large instrument like the mandoloncello, but strung with 5-double strings) and a much-praised mandolin method. This mandolin method was published in 1910 and elaborates on the eighteen-century Italian mandolin methods by Giovanni Battista Gervaiso (c.1725-c.1785), Gabriele Leone (c.1725-c.1790) etc. and playing techniques on the mandolin develped in the 19th century. Calace's method clearly shows the high standard of the traditional Italian playing style and can therefore be seen as a bridge between the old Italian methods mentioned earlier and the later mandolin methods by Silvio Ranieri (1882-1956) and Giuseppe Pettine (1874-1966).
Raffaele Calace and his brother Nicola Calace (1859-1923) were, besides their activities as musicians, also recognised as excellent makers of the instruments of the Neapolitan mandolin family. They introduced improvements in building techniques that gave their instruments excellent playability and unsurpassed sound quality. They also improved the mandolin with the enlargement of the sound box and, like the Roman luthier Luigi Embergher, by applying an extended fingerboard till over the sound hole with 24 and more frets, to enlarge the ambitus of the mandolin.
When Nicola emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1898, Raffaele continued the Calace workshop with his daughter Maria, a gifted mandolin player as well, and with his son Giuseppe Calace.
Today the Calace atelier is run by Calace´s grandson Raffaele Jr. and still known for its excellent made instruments of the Mandolin family.
Info about the CALACE atelier in Naples can be found on their web-site: http://www.calace.it/
Raffaele Calace wrote this one movement Concerto op. 155 for two mandolins, Mandola, Mandoloncello and guitar. Like other compositions of Raffaele Calace this work very much reflexes the true style of Italian Romanticism. The work is heard here in a version for Mandolin solo and Mandolin Chamber Orchestra performed by the Dutch mandolin virtuoso Sebastiaan de Grebber and the well-known Mandolin Chamber Orchestra Het CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman.
This video was made by Pauline Ulderink during a concert of the orchestra in the local Church of Jeantes, France (Sept. 2005).
More info on the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orxhestra HET CONSORT is found at their web-site: http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/enwelkom.htm
Length: 552
Rating: 3.50 (6 ratings)
Tags: Concerto Calace Mandolino Het CONSORT Alex Timmerman Sebastiaan de Grebber Embergher mandolin orchestra
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CALACE - Danza dei Nani - Ralf Leenen & Elisa Franco
DANZA DEI NANI (Dance of the Dwarfs) by Raffaele Calace (opus 43)
Live concert in Ferrara (Palazzo Roverello) Friday 6.4.2007
Ralf Leenen, mandolin (Embergher 5bis 1947)
Elisa Franco, Piano
More recordings and information about Embergher mandolins can be found on www.mandolin.be/mp3
Length: 326
Rating: 3.80 (13 ratings)
Tags: ralf leenen calace raffaele danza dei nani embergher luigi domenico cerrone mandolin mandolino mandoline
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mandoline calace - mandoline mandolino mandolin
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Length: 186
Rating: 3.90 (37 ratings)
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MAZURKA Op. 141 by Raffaele Calace played by HET CONSORT
Raffaele Calace (1863-1934) was born in Naples as the son of Antonio Calace, a successful instrument maker. Having been initially trained to become a musician Raffaele discovered the possibilities of the mandolin and became an unequalled virtuoso on this instrument. After he had graduated with the highest honours at the Regio Conservatorio di Musica in Naples, his main goal became to give the mandolin it's rightful place in music life. To achieve this, he toured Europe and Japan, giving many concerts. With three long-playing records excisting Raffaele Calace was also one of the very first mandolinists in the World to be recorded.
As a composer Raffaele Calace was very active too; he wrote more than 180 compositions! Quite a number of these works are for mandolin solo, but most of them are for mandolin and piano (or guitar), mandolin quartet/quintet, mandolin orchestra and mandolin in combination with instruments of other instrument families. Often these compositions belong to the most beautiful and technically difficult works written for the mandolin.
Besides these concert works Calace also wrote didactical works, among which a method for playing the Liuto Cantabile (a large instrument like the mandoloncello, but - instead with 4-double - strung with 5-double strings) and a much-praised mandolin method. This mandolin method was published in 1910 and elaborates on the eighteen-century Italian mandolin methods by Giovanni Battista Gervaiso (c.1725-c.1785), Gabriele Leone (c.1725-c.1790) etc. and playing techniques on the mandolin develped in the 19th century. Calace's method clearly shows the high standard of the traditional Italian playing style and can therefore be seen as a bridge between the old Italian methods mentioned earlier and the later mandolin methods by Silvio Ranieri (1882-1956) and Giuseppe Pettine (1874-1966).
Raffaele Calace and his brother Nicola Calace (1859-1923) were, besides their activities as musicians, also recognised as excellent makers of the instruments of the Neapolitan mandolin family. They introduced improvements in building techniques that gave their instruments excellent playability and unsurpassed sound quality. They also improved the mandolin with the enlargement of the sound box and, like the Roman luthier Luigi Embergher, by applying an extended fingerboard till over the sound hole with 24 and more frets, to enlarge the ambitus of the mandolin.
When Nicola emigrated to the U.S.A. in 1898, Raffaele continued the Calace workshop with his daughter Maria, a gifted mandolin player as well, and with his son Giuseppe Calace.
Today the Calace atelier is run by Calace´s grandson Raffaele Jr. and still known for its excellent made instruments of the Mandolin family.
Info about the CALACE atelier in Naples can be found on their web-site: http://www.calace.it/
Like other compositions of Raffaele Calace this work, the Mazurka Opus 141, reflexes the true style of Italian Romanticism. The work is heard here in the version for Mandolin Chamber Orchestra performed by the well-known Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT conducted by Alex Timmerman.
This video was made during a concert of the orchestra in the local Church, the 'GROTE KERK' in Meppel (Netherlands), October 2007.
More info on the Dutch Mandolin Chamber Orchestra HET CONSORT is found at their web-site: http://www.mandolineorkest.nl/enwelko...
Length: 207
Rating: 5.00 (3 ratings)
Tags: Calace Napoli mandolin mandolino mandoline Consort Embergher Alex Timmerman
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