# Edgar Bara

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**Edgar Bara** (1876–1962)[1] was a [mandolinist](/source/Mandolinist), author and [composer](/source/Composer). He wrote the [method book](/source/Method_(music)) *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](/source/Mandolin_orchestra) in Paris, the *Cercle Mandoliniste* in 1907.[2][3]

## 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](/source/Giuseppe_Verdi). Fantaisie*
- *La Norma, opéra de [V. Bellini](/source/Vincenzo_Bellini). Fantaisie pour mandoline et piano* Op. 52
- *La Esméralda*, piano
- *Indiscrétion*, piano

## See also

- [List of mandolinists (sorted)](/source/List_of_mandolinists_(sorted))

## References

1. Manfred Kelkel (1994). [*Musique et esthétique*](https://books.google.com/books?id=XLsHAQAAMAAJ). J. Vrin. p. 79. ISBN 978-2-7116-4279-3. Retrieved 18 July 2013.

1. [Paul Sparks, *The Classical Mandolin*, Oxford University Press, pages 104, 108, 215](https://books.google.com/books?id=GFC1swWRWMIC&dq=Bara%2C+mandolin&pg=PA108)

1. [Mando Island, *Edgar Bara (1876 - 1962) - Methode de Mandoline et Banjoline*](http://www.mandoisland.de/bilder/schulen/bara.html#.UeegCqDnaZY)

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