At our September 21 social meeting, the Italian Cultural Society is pleased to present Paul Oorts (playing mandolin) and his Rigatoni "Brothers" Gina Faber (mandolin) and Jay Benforado (guitar). They are part of one of Paul's projects which is to collect, play, and make available to the public music from the early to mid-20th century written for and by Italian immigrants and featuring two mandolins and a guitar.

And what sorts of music do we have? There are waltzes, mazurkas, marches, tarantellas, tangos, and even schottisches and ragtime pieces. Of course, there are the familiar Neapolitan pieces that we all know and love, as well as opera pieces. From his research Paul will tell us the fascinating story of how Italian immigrants brought this music with them and merged it into the great flowing river of American music. 

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