1. Carlo Munier 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".
12 Facts About Carlo Munier
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Carlo Munier 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.
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Carlo Munier expected that the mandolin and guitar would be taught in serious orchestral music schools and incorporated into the orchestra.
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Carlo Gennaro Pasquale Munier was born in Naples on 15 July 1859, son of Vincenzo Munier, a printer, and Rosa Vinaccia.
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Carlo Munier acknowledged the closeness of his relationship with the Vinaccia family in his several references to Pasquale Vinaccia in his Method for mandolin, and in his dedication of the Three Mazurkas Op.
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Carlo Munier completed his studies at 19, winning awards in composition and harmony.
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When he was 22 Carlo Munier moved to Florence, where he spent the rest of his life.
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Carlo Munier quickly gained a reputation as a virtuoso, becoming a guiding figure of the Florentine mandolin and guitar school, which included such illustrious students as Queen Margherita.
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Unfortunately, he never realized the event; on his return to Florence Carlo Munier contracted an unexpected illness and died on 10 February 1911.
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Carlo Munier first married Luisa De Fonseca, who died young and to whom he dedicated Elegia op 148.
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Carlo Munier then married Armida Bastianini with whom he had two daughters, Luisa and Elena.
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Carlo Munier's ouvre included didactic works like the "Lezioni in Forma di Duetto" Op.