Edgar Bara Explained

Edgar Bara (1876–1962)^[1] was a mandolinist, author and composer. He wrote the method book Méthode de Mandoline et Banjoline, published 1903 in the United States, one of the few from that era which is still in print today, in France. He was also a conductor of a mandolin orchestra in Paris, the Cercle Mandoliniste in 1907.^{[2] [3]}

Works

• Lucia di Lammermoor
• Une Nuit à Bone Sérénade algérienne (pour violon et piano) Op. 103
• Une Fête à Séville, boléro
• Les Hallebardiers passent! Retraite pour piano et mandoline Op. 48
• La Veuve joyeuse, célèbre valse de Franz Lehar. Arrangée pour violon (ou mandoline) ou piano
• La Traviata, opéra de Verdi. Fantaisie
• La Norma, opéra de V. Bellini. Fantaisie pour mandoline et piano Op. 52
• La Esméralda, piano
• Indiscrétion, piano

See also

• List of mandolinists (sorted)

Notes and References

1. Book: Manfred Kelkel. Manfred Kelkel. Musique et esthétique. 18 July 2013. 1994. J. Vrin. 978-2-7116-4279-3. 79.
2. https://books.google.com/books?id=GFC1swWRWMIC&dq=Bara%2C+mandolin&pg=PA108 Paul Sparks, The Classical Mandolin, Oxford University Press, pages 104, 108, 215
3. http://www.mandoisland.de/bilder/schulen/bara.html#.UeegCqDnaZY Mando Island, Edgar Bara (1876 - 1962) - Methode de Mandoline et Banjoline