Jules Cottin (1868–1922) was a mandolin virtuoso who played in Paris from the 1890s. A pupil of the guitarist Jacques Bosch,[1] he became part of the mandolin revival, which revitalized the instrument after its long decline in the 19th century. He was part of a group of virtuosi mandolinists, including Giuseppe Silvestri, Ferdinando de Cristofaro, and Jean Pietrapertosa, who played before enthusiastic Paris audiences. He was also a composer and author, writing the 1891 mandolin method book, Celèbre Méthode Complète Theoretique et Pratique de Mandoline.
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Cottin played in Paris with his brother Alfred (1863–1923), who played guitar, and his sister Madeleine (1876 – d. after 1952). His siblings were also composers and, like Jules, his sister wrote a mandolin method book.[2]
Selected works
editCompositions
edit- Au fil de l'eau. Barcarolle for mandolin & guitar.[2][3][4]
- Succès-Mandoline. Morceaux pour mandoline seule (Paris: J. Hamelle, 1900)
- Contemplation. Romance sans paroles (Paris: E. Weilter, 1902)
- Études mélodiques d'agilité pour mandoline (Paris, 1907; also: Paris: M. Jumade, 1914)
Method
edit- Méthode élémentaire de mandoline (Paris: A. Leduc, 1903). English edition: Complete Theoretical and Practical Method for the Mandoline (Paris: A. Leduc, 1896-1906)
References
edit- ^ Le Figaro, 26 April 1892, p. 3.
- ^ a b Paul Sparks: The Classical Mandolin Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 43–44, 98–99, and 217.
- ^ All Music, Au fil de l'eau, barcarolle for mandolin & guitar
- ^ Mando Island, Celèbre Méthode Complète Theoretique et Pratique De MANDOLINE Par JULES COTTIN