Vincenzo Pocci

Vincenzo Pocci, guitarist, musicologist and physicist, was born in Velletri (Rome, Italy). He went on to earn a masters degree in Physics at the University of Rome, and became involved in the world of teaching and in nuclear research.

As the author of the 20^th- and 21^th-century guitar music catalog he maintains a computerized database of solo guitar compositions and instrumental/vocal ensembles which include the guitar, from which the
Pocci Catalog 2012 - the guide to the guitarist’s modern and contemporary repertoire is taken.

Holder of a musical library, he manages a wide professional guitar music library (pgml), that included printed music, manuscripts and copies of manuscripts.

In 1999 he was awarded the "Golden Guitar" for musicological research.

Contact:
email: vincenzo.pocci@gmail.com - Vicchio, Firenze, Italia

Vincenzo Pocci, fisico, studioso di chitarra, è nato a Velletri (Roma), e si è laureato in Fisica all'Università di Roma. Ricercatore in Fisica Nucleare ha compiuto studi nel campo delle particelle elementari.

Autore del catalogo della musica per chitarra dal 1900 ad oggi, ha creato una banca-dati computerizzata delle opere per chitarra solista e per formazioni strumentali e vocali comprendenti chitarra, che viene aggiornata costantemente. L'intero contenuto della banca-dati è riprodotto nel Pocci Catalog 2012 - the guide to the guitarist's modern and contemporary repertoire.

Detentore di una biblioteca musicale, gestisce una vasta collezione di musica per chitarra (professional guitar music library), che comprende edizioni di musica stampata, manoscritti e copie di manoscritti.

Nel 1999 gli è stato assegnato il premio "Chitarra d'oro" per la ricerca musicologica.

catalogo
Pocci Catalog 2012 - the guide to the guitarist's modern and contemporary repertoire

Pocci Catalog 2012 is edited by
vp music media
based in Italy.
vp music media focuses on quality guitar productions. These include works of essential reference for guitarists, music scholars and librarians.

email: vpmusicmedia@gmail.com

Pocci Catalog 2012 è prodotto da
vp music media, specializzata in pubblicazioni musicali destinate a chitarristi e studiosi di chitarra.

Pocci Catalog 2012 - the guide to the guitarist's modern and contemporary repertoire provides the most complete catalogue of the music for guitar solo and ensemble composed since 1900.

The publication contains:

the references of 8,380 composers and 50,300 compositions arranged by author and by performance medium (guitar solo, guitar ensemble, ensembles with guitar, guitar and orchestra, voice and guitar);
address of over 1,610 of publishers, distributors, periodicals and musical information centers;
the profiles of 1,727 composers in 4 language (english, italian, spanish, french);
a list of anthologies, albums and collections for guitar.

Free download of the eBook at the vp music media website.

Critic's Comments about the guide to the guitarist's modern and contemporary repertoire

"...De toutes les listes de musique pour guitare que j'ai jamais vues, celle-ci est de loin la plus complète, et la plus facile à utiliser......Un grand Bravo pour Vincenzo Pocci."
[... Among all the lists of guitar music that I've ever seen, the present one is far the most complete, and the easiest to use......A great Bravo to Vincenzo Pocci.]

Mary Criswick - Les Cahiers de la Guitare

"...Siamo di fronte al risultato di un genuino lavoro ricognitivo paziente ed appassionato di un estimatore della chitarra che, non dedicandosene professionalmente, ha comunque inteso rendere a questo strumento il proprio tributo..."
[We enjoied the result of this genuine and patient work by a true keen guitar lover who, though not being a professional, whished to devote to this instrument his own tribute ...]

Leonardo Laddaga - Seicorde

"...In committing himself to this never-ending task of research and revision, Pocci has produced a reference work which everyone associated with the guitar should own."

Paul Fowles - Classical Guitar

"...What a magnificent accomplishment! What a tribute to all of the dedicated masters of the guitar listed here - world famous names who have hundreds of pieces, youngsters justly proud of having written one or two. Hundreds of composers, thousands of works - what a joy for generations of listeners to come. Bravo, Prof Pocci..."

Harry Hewitt - Penn Sounds

"...A Pocci, appassionato estimatore della chitarra, non possono che andare i nostri più sinceri ringraziamenti."
[...To Pocci, impassioned guitar lover, I wish to send our most sincere thanks.]

Gianluca Marino - Guitart

"...E' fuori di dubbio - e perciò scrivo queste righe - che uno strumento come il catalogo Pocci risulta di grandissima utilità a tutti coloro che, in un modo o nell'altro, hanno a che fare con la chitarra e con il suo repertorio..."
[...No doubt - and therefore I write these lines - that such an instrument as the "Pocci catalog" is greatly useful to all whom, in a way or another, care of the guitar and its repertoire...]

Angelo Gilardino - Suonare

"… This truly substantial tome (which makes no claim to be ‘complete’) is thus a most valuable tool for anyone in the classical guitar world..."

Chris Kilvington - Classical Guitar

"… Tale catalogo… è di fatto diventato uno strumento insostituibile per chiunque voglia addentrarsi in una indagine – per diletto, per studio o per lavoro – nello sterminato repertorio chitarristico del ventesimo secolo…"
[… Such catalogue… it is become an irreplaceable instrument for anyone that wants penetrate in an inquiry – for delight, for study or for work – in the exterminated guitar repertoire of the twentieth century …]

Marco Riboni – Il Fronimo