Jules Cottin

Advertisement from 1914 for the works of Jules Cottin and his siblings, Madeleine and Alfred, taken from the book The Guitar and Mandolin by Philip J. Bone.

Jules Cottin (1868–1922) was a mandolin virtuoso who played in Paris from the 1890s. A pupil of the guitarist Jacques Bosch,[1] he became part of the mandolin revival, which revitalized the instrument after its long decline in the 19th century. He was part of a group of virtuosi mandolinists, including Giuseppe Silvestri, Ferdinando de Cristofaro, and Jean Pietrapertosa, who played before enthusiastic Paris audiences. He was also a composer and author, writing the 1891 mandolin method book, Celèbre Méthode Complète Theoretique et Pratique de Mandoline.

Cottin played in Paris with his brother Alfred (1863–1923), who played guitar, and his sister Madeleine (1876 – d. after 1952). His siblings were also composers and, like Jules, his sister wrote a mandolin method book.[2]

Selected works

Advertisement by Alphonse Leduc of Paris for mandolin music by Jules Cottin, R. Talamo, and Ferdinando de Cristofaro. From Philip J. Bone's book, The Guitar and Mandolin.

Compositions

Method

References

  1. ↑ Le Figaro, 26 April 1892, p. 3.
  2. 1 2 Paul Sparks: The Classical Mandolin Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2005), pp. 43–44, 98–99, and 217.
  3. ↑ All Music, Au fil de l'eau, barcarolle for mandolin & guitar
  4. ↑ Mando Island, Celèbre Méthode Complète Theoretique et Pratique De MANDOLINE Par JULES COTTIN

See also

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