Composer:	Benedetto Persichini
Edited by:	Alison Stephens
Instrumentation:	mandolin solo
Mandolin Grading:	advanced
Size:	Score 6 pages
Astute code:	am514-26
ISMN:	979 0 57031 029 6

Polcha Variata = 3'00"

Arrabbiosa = 3'15"

Piccolina = 2'45"

Il Bacio = 4'00"

Edited by Alison Stephens Biog

Three of these four pieces by Bendetto Persichini, an Italian mandolin player and composer around the turn of the 20th Century, have been recorded by the Editor; Alison Stephens. Polcha Variata is on the CD “Music from the Novels by Louis de Bernieres” (CHAN 9780); and Arrabbiosa and Piccolina are on the CD “Con Espressione” also available from Astute Music. Il Bacio is a recent Persichini discovery by the Editor during her research on the composer.

These pieces date from a time when the mandolin was enjoyed as a “popular” instrument and much of the music written was designed to show off the player/composer’s technique. The music is light-hearted and often jocular and should be played with a sense of interpretational freedom, panache and stylistic flair.

Arrabbiosa

Piccolina

soundclips from the CD Con Espressione by Alison Stephens