Sheet Music for Certain Italian Tunes

[Tommaso B]

There are a couple of Italian accordionists that I particularly like watching and listening to on UTube (Gaetano Galbato and Alberto Kalle) who consistently play the type of valzers, mazurkas, and polkas that I've always particularly associated with the happy accordion music I most enjoy. Some of the tunes are beyond my capabilities, but others are not. The problem for me is that I have been unable to find a source of sheet music for that genre, and I don't receive a reply when I ask them. I've looked on the "usual" internet sheet music sites, but consistently draw blanks. If you know of a sheet music site or address where I can seek what I'm looking for, I would very grateful for that information. Here's one example of the type of song for which I'm seeking the sheet music: .

 

[Ric46]

Alberto is from Piacenza like me. More precisely he is from the Piacenza valleys toward the mountains. I met him many years ago when I had organized a party and I saw him at summer parties. I found these two links I hope they may be useful or maybe you already know them. Maybe then I'll look more about them more calmly.

https://www.fonola.it/prodotti-detail.php?cd_id=742

https://www.spartiti-fisarmonica.com/spartito/79011/Madonna+Nera

 

[JeffJetton]

That song is somewhat similar to French Bal Musette music, so you could search with that in mind. Beuscher has a wonderful series of books where each volume has over 100 tunes in "leadsheet" format (some volumes use French "fixed Do" notation, which can take some getting used to). Here's a link to the first book: https://www.amazon.com/Succès-Musette-Vol-1-French-COLLECTIF/dp/B00008CTVA

Another trick is to look for sheet music written for other instruments. This collection of Northern Italian folk tunes for Mandolin is pretty good, for example, and since they give you the chords, it's a simple matter to transfer it to accordion: https://www.melbay.com/Products/218...n--ticino-region-folk-songs-for-mandolin.aspx

 

[dileko]

There are a couple of Italian accordionists that I particularly like watching and listening to on UTube (Gaetano Galbato and Alberto Kalle) who consistently play the type of valzers, mazurkas, and polkas that I've always particularly associated with the happy accordion music I most enjoy. Some of the tunes are beyond my capabilities, but others are not. The problem for me is that I have been unable to find a source of sheet music for that genre, and I don't receive a reply when I ask them. I've looked on the "usual" internet sheet music sites, but consistently draw blanks. If you know of a sheet music site or address where I can seek what I'm looking for, I would very grateful for that information. Here's one example of the type of song for which I'm seeking the sheet music: .