Carmine de Laurentiis was a 19th-century Italian mandolinist, musical educator, author and composer who taught mandolin and guitar in Naples.
His mandolin method was accessible not only for Italian speakers, but with the English addition compiled by Federico Sacchi, people in England as well.
[1][3] The mandolin was used internationally on the European continent in the mid 18th century up through the early 19th-Century, by Italian virtuoso-players touring Europe and giving concerts.
[5] The untrained musicians concentrated on the romantic elements in the music, attempting to imitate a guitar's strum with arpeggios, or a violin by use of tremolo.
"[2] Six years later, the Golden Age of the Mandolin sprang seemingly out of nowhere,[citation needed] with performances at world exhibitions, new Italian virtuosos touring across Europe (especially Paris and Prague) and settling in the United States.