Carlo Munier

Carlo Munier (15 July 1859 – 11 February 1911) was an Italian musician who advocated for the mandolin's acknowledgement among as an instrument of classical music and focused on "raising and ennobling the mandolin and plectrum instruments". He wanted "great masters" to consider the instrument and raise it above the level of "dilettantes and street players" where it had been stuck for centuries. As a teacher, he wrote Scuola del mandolino: metodo completo per mandolino (School for the mandolin, a complete method), published in 1895. Mandolin Method (Scuola del Mandolino) in two volumes, containing over two hundred pages of study material with Italian, French and English text. La Scioglidita, supplement to the mandolin method, four books of progressive exercises covering all phases of mandolin technic Opus 216, twenty studies for advanced students. Op. 115, lessons in the form of duets Op. 228, duets for two mandolins in first position Op. 220, duets in first to third position Op. 228, duets in all positions Opus 230, a book of ten classic arrangements for three mandolins

String quartets these are scored for two mandolins, mandola and lute or mandocello, with optional parts for guitar or piano. Op. 76, in G-major Op. 128, in D-major Op. 203, in C-major

Mandolin solo with piano accomaniment First Concerto in G major Capriccio Spagnolo First and Second Mazurka Concertos Valzer Concerto Aria Variata Rossiniana Fantasia Bizzaria-Capriccio Concerto Scene de Ballet de Beriot Canto d'Amore, mandolin duo for unaccompanied mandolins.