Telemann for Two Mandolins. As one of the most productive composers in history, Georg Philipp Telemann endeavored to supply a steady stream of new music for both professional and amateur musicians. The 64 compositions in this collection fall into three categories:Sonatas for two treble-clef instruments without bass accompaniment.Pieces for solo instrument and bass.Movements from Telemann?s many trio sonatas and overture-suites for two melody instruments and bass.Written in standard notation only for two mandolins, or mandolin with violin, flute, recorder, or any other instrument of similar range.

With Guitar Accompaniment-Duet arrangements of three well-known Vivaldi Concertos arranged for mandolin and guitar: Concerto in A (RV82) Concerto in C (RV425) and Concerto in D (RV93). Each arrangement in this collection has been reduced from soloistwith string orchestra to a duet for mandolin and guitar. The mandolin performs the solo part and the guitar part is a reduction of the strings. In the guitar part chords have been added above the staff to allow forembellishment-a common practice of the Baroque era. Another C instrument such as flute violin or another guitar can be easily substituted for the mandolin. Musicians will find these accessible arrangements excellent forperformance in any setting from the recital hall to the local café. The score (guitar/mandolin) and mandolin solo part are available in hard copy while the guitar accompaniment part is available as a free internet download.The mandolin and guitar parts are presented in notation.