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Mandolinist Bernardo de Pace. From Wikipedia: "Bernardo de Pace (1886-1966) was a musician and comedic vaudeville performer of the 1920s, billed as "the Wizard of the Mandolin".
De Pace won an international mandolin contest at the age of 11, and as his grandson Bobby De Pace later put it, "From 11 to 17, he played for kings and queens." For many years, de Pace was mandolin soloist at the Metropolitan Opera in addition to his star turns on the vaudeville stage. His camp performance style is captured in a Warner Bros. Vitaphone short from 1927 (Bernado [sic] de Pace: The Wizard of the Mandolin) which was released on DVD in 2007 as part of The Jazz Singer deluxe edition, and two MGM shorts from 1929. He also released a series of recordings ranging from light classical pieces to original compositions in traditional Italian style.
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This is my 2nd great uncle. Thanks for sharing!

[@ChrisT-O]

Damn, he was so good

[@richardgutierrez4651]

Wow!!! What a pro with class and humor. Love it. Arriba Italy.

[@brentg3707]

incredable

[@bobbydepace6869]

Great. Where did you get a copy?

[@starivokstratikov4869]

After minute 7 he breaks a string and still continues to play better

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what's the name of the song and composer?

[@kckbtprds505]

“Morning, Noon, and Night in Vienna” by Franz Von Suppe.

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It looks like the string broke right around the 7:15 mark. Good thing mandos have double strings. It doesn't work out so well on a guitar.

[@jal3647]

No shoulder strap? Damn, son.

[@starivokstratikov4869]

It ends and there is no applause, how sad