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Charley Rappaport (born 1946 in Brooklyn, New York) is an American musician,5 co-founder of the Balalaika and Domra Society of America,2 which coordinates Russian balalaika and domra orchestras across the United States.4 Rappaport is a mandolinist, and performs in several styles, both on recordings and live, with his band The Great American Gypsies. He received his "musical education" playing in Russian balalaika orchestras, Russian nightclubs (The Two Guitars and The Russian Bear) and in the New York Mandolin Orchestra under Sol Goichberg.5 He has appeared throughout the U.S. as a soloist and with The Great American Gypsies. He is currently music director of the Pittsburgh-based group 3 Rivers Mandolin Consort, and conducts the Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra.3 In 2003 he was the subject of a cover story in ''Mandolin Magazine'', a national publication.5 In 2004 Rappaport was named a "master folk musician" by the state of Pennsylvania and awarded a grant to teach mandolin4 and domra.8&7 His recordings include ''Set 1'' (1973), ''Standing Room Only'' (1975), ''Requests'' (1992), ''Mandolin X 4'' (1995), and ''Before, I Had A Red Tomato'' (2004). == References == *(Acoustic Music Works ) *Livingston, Tamara E. and Katherine K. Preston, "Snapshot: Two Views of Music and Class", pgs. 55-62, in the ''Garland Encyclopedia of World Music'' *Theiner, Manny, "Plucky Pittsburgh Mandolin Orchestra Keeps Folk Tradition Alive", ''Pittsburgh Post Gazette'', October 11, 2007 *Koskoff, Ellen,editor, Professor of Ethnomusicology, Univ. of Rochester's Eastman School of Music,"''Music Cultures in the United States''" pg. 71, Routledge Publishers, January, 2005, ISBN 0-415-96589-6 *Epstein, Alan, ''"Where in the World is Charley Rappaport?",'' Mandolin Magazine, Summer, 2003 *Mair, Marilyn, ''"Teacher's Spotlight",'' Mandolin Journal of the Classical Mandolin Society of America, May, 2006 *''Cultural Conversations'', Publication of The Rivers of Steel National Heritage Area, Summer, 2004 *''Institute for Cultural Partnerships Newsletter'', January 15, 2004, Harrisburg, PA, "PA Council on the Arts announces the Recipients of the 2004 "Folk and Traditional Arts Fellowships and Aprenticeships in Traditional Arts" awards" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Charley Rappaport」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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