Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (1772-1846): Mandolinist, Singer, and Presumed Carbonaro
Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia nova série | new series 2/1 (2015), pp. 79-‐134 ISSN 0871-‐9705 http://rpm-‐ns.pt
Entries on Bartolomeo Bortolazzi (Toscolano, Italy, 1772—Parahiba do Sul, Brazil, late 1845 or early 1846) in standard music dictionaries and encyclopedias barely scratch the life of a key figure in the history of the mandolin and the six-string guitar. During the first decade of the nineteenth century, Bortolazzi enjoyed relative success in Vienna, Leipzig, Dresden, and London as a mandolin virtuoso, competent guitarist and singer, music educator, composer of instrumental and vocal music, and author of two best-selling methods for the mandolin and the guitar. This remarkable trajectory was interrupted in 1809, when he moved with his family to Brazil. Largely ignored by musicological literature, the second half of his life was highly eventful. He lived in Rio de Janeiro and São Paulo, and in the highlands and coastal areas of the Province of Rio de Janeiro, while his oldest son ventured as far south as...
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