Salvator Léonardi

Salvator Léonardi (2 July 1872, Catania – 23 February 1938, Paris)[1] was a mandolin virtuoso, teacher and composer.

Léonardi learned mandolin and guitar from an uncle, but went on to become a professional musician, studying the violin at a Naples conservatory.

The book was rare among texts teaching mandolin, because it taught his method in three languages at once, English, French and Spanish.

In the third edition of his mandolin-banjo method (1921), he stated in the introduction that the mandolin had been declining in popularity from previous times.

[5] As a music teacher, Léonardi was unsure of whether to include jazz in his book, saying he thought it a faddish style of playing that might not be around very long.