Carmen Lenzi Tamburini (she signed as Mozzani) was born in 1923 in a town near Cento (Ferrara), died in 1969. She was a niece of Luigi Mozzani and was his pupil as well. She taught at the Music Lyceum in Rovereto, then at the Conservatory "Rossini" at Pesaro. Among her few editions are worth mentioning the 1956 re-issue by Bèrben of "The Guitar Studies" by her uncle Luigi Mozzani (first published in 1896 by F.A. Mills in New York; reissued by Bèrben as "Studi superiori per chitarra") and various other revisions (the Methods of F. Carulli, Studies by Giuliani, etc.).
The only known piece by Carmen is "Canto Triste" ("Sad Melody") published in 1962 as an improvisation by Bèrben, and is one of the most important examples of the classic idea of tremolo. Carmen added this comment to distinguish the two different types of tremolo, namely "normal" (p-a-m-i) and "continuous", that uses the fingers p and a simultaneously playing on two or more strings: (pa)-m-i. Here is her advice to the performer:
In all the continuous tremolo sections with chordal accompaniment, the tremolo must be executed on TWO or even THREE strings, provided that you can obtain perfect homogeneity and legato. The chords in arpeggio are played by the thumb.
When the tremolo is normal, with bass accompaniment, you must execute it instead on ONE string only and very cleanly.
Among her pupils are Tullio Bertè (teacher and guitar maker, born in 1928), Mariano Andreoli (born in 1939; guitarist and teacher, a student also of Elena Padovani [1923], and who studied also with Ida Presti and A. Segovia), Alberto Selini (Fabriano, 1941) and the famous composer Carlo Domeniconi (Cesena, 1947).