Andantino for Concertina and Piano-Forte, by Julius Benedict

[wim wakker]

I finally started a long planned project I wanted to do; publishing videos of rarely heard concertina music. I have quite a few recordings of concerts, radio/TV broadcasts, CD recording I did years ago, for which I finally received copyright permission.  I will also be adding 'new' videos of solo repertoire in the near future.

Since this is a concertina forum, I thought there might be some interest in this.....

 

William Wakker

 

 

[RatFace]

This is a really pretty piece, and sounds lovely. A splendid concertina too!

 

I did nearly give me kittens though: I had just uploaded my "Andantino" when I saw the title page of yours pop up as I finished test-watching mine and I thought you'd gone and beaten me to it! 

[wim wakker]

I just listened to your Andantino.... very nice! It works very well with guitar.  I like the balance better than with a modern piano.. 

I am looking forward to hear the Cappriccio Mazurka....

[RatFace]

44 minutes ago, wim wakker said:

I just listened to your Andantino.... very nice! It works very well with guitar.  I like the balance better than with a modern piano.. 

 

Thanks. Yes, they sound nice together. I did cheat slightly in the recording/mixing by boosting the guitar mic slightly - the live sound had an acceptable balance (I believe), but I would have preferred the concertina to be a little quieter. 

 

44 minutes ago, wim wakker said:

I am looking forward to hear the Cappriccio Mazurka....

 

Me too! I am part way through transcribing the parts in the vain hope that if they're easier to read they'll be easier to play.

 

The edition that I have (emailed to me) has got pencil markings (fingerings etc) all the way through suggesting the previous owner had made a serious attempt to learn/play it. On the cover there are two stamps:

 

 

Presumably the crossing-out indicates that it passed from Mellor to Maddocks.

 

Harold Mellor gets mentioned here: https://concertina.org/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/PICA-Volume-4-2007.pdf 

and it appears that c.net member @Gerard owns his concertina: 

 

 

and HC Maddocks here: https://concertinamuseum.com/NC50201-003.htm

 

I don't know which one of these two was responsible for the pencil marks...