Gabriele Leone (born Naples c. 1735 – 1790) was an Italian musician and composer who lived in Paris during the middle and later part of the 18th century.[1] A virtuoso on the violin and mandolin, he wrote an early mandolin method, Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin in 1768 and composed for both instruments.[1][2] He was an early teacher of the duo method, an advanced technique which would reappear in the 20th century, taught by Giuseppe Pettine in the United States.[3]
In the 1700s, the mandolin spread across Europe for the first time, through performances by masters of the instrument.[3] Leone was one of those early masters who spread the mandolin in Europe, giving concerts and teaching.[3] He spent time in London (1762–1763) as director of the London Opera before returning to Paris where he performed at the Concert Spirituel from 1760 to 1766.[3][4] One of his students was Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the father of King Louis Philippe I (the last French king).[3][4]
Works edit
He referred to himself on the covers of his works as Mr Leone de Naple (Monsieur Leone of Naples).[1]
His mandolin method was meant to help students of the violin switch to the mandolin, "from bow to feather" without the need for a teacher, using sheet music marked with "conventional signs" to guide learners.[5] Feathers were used as plectrums in that era, as they had been when playing the mandore. The method contained 26 dancing tunes, 6 minuets, 2 duos, a sonata and some airs.[1]
Books edit
- 1768, Paris, Méthode raisonnée pour passer du Violon à la Mandoline (Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin)[1]
Music edit
- 1767, Paris, 6 Sonates pour mandoline et basse continue, Livre 1 opus 1 (6 Sonatas for mandolin and basso continuo, Book 1 opus 1)[1]
- 1770, Paris and Lyon, Six sonates de mandoline et basse marquées des signes suivant la nouvelle méthode opus 2 (Six sonatas of mandolin and bass marked with signs according to the new method opus 2)[1]
- 1772, Paris, [6] Duo pour deux violons qui peuvent se jouer sur la mandoline et sur le par-dessus [de viole] (6 Duets for two violins that can be played on the mandolin and descant [viol])[1]
Recordings edit
- 2015 Leone: Six sonates pour la mandoline et basse, Livre I, played by Maria Lucia Barros, Florentino Calvo, Ana Yepes[6]
References edit
- ^ a b c d e f g h Joachim (19 August 2006). "Gabriele LEONE (1725–1790)". musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ Bone, Philip James (1914). The guitar and mandolin : biographies of celebrated players and composers for these instruments. London: Schott. p. 182.
Leone, a French musician who lived in Paris during the middle and latter part of the eighteenth century. He was a violinist and mandolinist , and is known as the author of a volume which was published in Paris in 1770, entitled Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin.
- ^ a b c d e "Festival International de Mandoline de Castellar Du 17 au juillet 2019". festivalmandoline.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Gabriele LEONE". ensemble-gabriele-leone.org. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ joachim (19 August 2006). "Gabriele LEONE (1725–1790)". musiqueclassique.forumpro.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
Methode raisonnee pour passer du violon a la mandoline et de l'archet a la plume, ou Le moyen seur de jouer sans maitre en peu de temps par des signes de convention assortis a des exemples de musique facile. [Translation: Method reasoned to pass from the violin to the mandolin and the bow to the feather, or the means of playing without master in a short time by signs of convention matched with examples of easy music.]
- ^ "Leone: Six sonates pour la mandoline et basse, Livre I". play.google.com. Retrieved 14 June 2019.
[Arion records, 2015]