The Mandolin in America The Mandolin in America profiles

The Mandolin in America profiles all the significant makers

By the 1980s

with adventurous players using mandolins in all types of musical settings

When large numbers of students from Spain arrived in New York in 1880

Author: Walter Carter

The Mandolin in America The Mandolin in America profilesThe Mandolin in America The Full Story from Orchestras to Bluegrass to the Modern Revival Author: Walter Carter When large numbers of students from Spain arrived in New York in 1880, they introduced the American public to a new instrument the mandolin. Spanning more than a century, this book chronicles the national mandolin craze that swept across the nation and the evolution of the instrument in America to the present day. Eclipsing the banjo and