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Word: mandolinist (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...famed Chaconne, which is ordinarily a sombre, magnificent violin showpiece. Rev. Adam F. Hunkler, O.S.B., self-taught Catholic priest, played the five-string finger banjo on the same program with that maestro known to all Hawaiian guitarists, Sophocles Papas. Finally there was "the world's greatest mandolinist," Giuseppe Pettine of Providence, R. I., of whom the official Guild Reporter said in advance of his platform appearance...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Music: Frets in Minneapolis | 6/29/1936 | See Source »

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