Edgar Bara (1876–1962) was a mandolinist, author and composer. He wrote the method book Méthode de Mandoline et Banjoline, published 1903 in the United States, one of the few from that era which is still in print today, in France. He was also a conductor of a mandolin orchestra in Paris, the Cercle Mandoliniste in 1907.Paul Sparks, The Classical Mandolin, Oxford University Press, pages 104, 108, 215Mando Island, Edgar Bara (1876 - 1962) - Methode de Mandoline et Banjoline

Works Lucia di Lammermoor Une Nuit à Bone Sérénade algérienne (pour violon et piano) Op. 103 Une Fête à Séville, boléro Les Hallebardiers passent! Retraite pour piano et mandoline Op. 48 La Veuve joyeuse, célèbre valse de Franz Lehar. Arrangée pour violon (ou mandoline) ou piano La Traviata, opéra de Verdi. Fantaisie La Norma, opéra de V. Bellini. Fantaisie pour mandoline et piano Op. 52 La Esméralda, piano Indiscrétion, piano

See also List of mandolinists (sorted)

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