in some ways an art music reply to the Neapolitan folk tradition

di morte e desiderio

facendolo esibire come violinista e come cantante solista

Maurice Bourbon

sia la preistoria che la storia non possono esistere senza la critica

LIPPI / MELINI - Giovanni Battista Maldura and the Invention of the Roman Mandolin Educazione All'Ascolto/Ear Training in some ways an artLORENZO LIPPI DONATELLA MELINI Giovanni Battista Maldura and the Invention of the Roman Mandolin Giovanni Battista Maldura (18591905), a renowned musician and tireless entertainer of Romes musical life in the second half of the 19th century, was also an undisputed innovator of a new concept of mandolin making, an instrument of which he was recognised as a great virtuoso. The need to restore the legitimate role of the figure of Maldura arises at a time