Gabriele Leone (born Naples c. 1735 – 1790) was an Italian musician and composer who lived in Paris during the middle and later part of the 18th century.[1] A virtuoso on the violin and mandolin, he wrote an early mandolin method, Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin in 1768 and composed for both instruments.[1][2] He was an early teacher of the duo method, an advanced technique which would reappear in the 20th century, taught by Giuseppe Pettine in the United States.[3]
In the 1700s, the mandolin spread across Europe for the first time, through performances by masters of the instrument.[3] Leone was one of those early masters who spread the mandolin in Europe, giving concerts and teaching.[3] He spent time in London (1762–1763) as director of the London Opera before returning to Paris where he performed at the Concert Spirituel from 1760 to 1766.[3][4] One of his students was Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans, the father of King Louis Philippe I (the last French king).[3][4]
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- ^ Bone, Philip James (1914). The guitar and mandolin : biographies of celebrated players and composers for these instruments. London: Schott. p. 182.
Leone, a French musician who lived in Paris during the middle and latter part of the eighteenth century. He was a violinist and mandolinist , and is known as the author of a volume which was published in Paris in 1770, entitled Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin.
- ^ a b c d e "Festival International de Mandoline de Castellar Du 17 au juillet 2019". festivalmandoline.fr. Retrieved 25 April 2019.
- ^ a b "Gabriele LEONE". ensemble-gabriele-leone.org. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 25 April 2019.