Gabriele Leone

Gabriele Leone (born Naples c. 1735 – 1790) was an Italian musician and composer who lived in Paris during the middle and later part of the 18th century.

[1][2] He was an early teacher of the duo method, an advanced technique which would reappear in the 20th century, taught by Giuseppe Pettine in the United States.

[3] In the 1700s, the mandolin spread across Europe for the first time, through performances by masters of the instrument.

[3] Leone was one of those early masters who spread the mandolin in Europe, giving concerts and teaching.

The method contained 26 dancing tunes, 6 minuets, 2 duos, a sonata and some airs.

Picture from Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin by Gabriele Leon, published 1768. The page gave information for tuning the mandolin, hand positions on the neck and places near the soundhole to use the plectrum.
Title page from Analytical method for mastering the violin or the mandolin . Identifies himself on the page as "Master of the Mandolin to the Duke of Chartres " ( Louis Philippe II, Duke of Orléans ).
Concert Advertisement for London concert at Hickford's Long Room with Gabriele Leone, March 17, 1766 in London. Leone performed one of his own pieces, as well as one from Emanuele Barbella . Composer Mattia Vento directed the concert. Also part of the concert was violinist composer François-Hippolyte Barthélémon and his wife, singer Polly Young , and the Brothers Colla who played colasciones .