Musicology Annotation << Back Mandolin: from the Renaissance to the Classical Alexandra A. Skroznikova The article is devoted to the historical development of the mandolin from the Renaissance to the classical period. The author relies on the basic iconographic and bibliographic sources, revealing a signifi cant role in mandolin music culture of Europe and traces the path of developing the instrument in different European regions, such as France, Germany, Italy, Austria, Hungary and other. It shows the historical heritage of the mandolin: examples of survived instruments and the differences in their versions, analyzes literary mentions of the mandolin in the fundamental treatises of those eras, reviews teaching methods and compositions for the mandolin and excerpts from the biographies of composers, and gives information about the performance practice on the mandolin. The great composers, such as Vivaldi, Hasse, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven, and many of their contemporaries have not ignored the mandolin in their work. Keywords: mandolin, Renaissance, Baroque, Classical era, chamber music, concert, Vivaldi, Hasse, Handel, Mozart, Beethoven. Contacts: E-mail: askroz@yandex.ru Pp. 47-52.