Guide to the Guitarist's Modern and Contemporary Repertoire (Ebook and CDRom)

compiled and edited by Vincenzo Pocci

Guide to the Guitarist's Modern and Contemporary Repertoire, edition july 2010 provides the most complete listing of the music for guitar solo and ensemble composed since the end of the 19th century.

The Ebook contains:

the references of 7,950 composers and 46,500 compositions arranged by author's name;
address of 1,500 publishers, distributors, periodicals and musical information centers;

The CDRom(1) contains:

the references of 7,950 composers and 46,500 compositions arranged by author and by instrumentation (guitar solo, guitars ensemble, instrumental and vocal ensembles with guitar, guitar and orchestra, voice and guitar);
the profiles of 1,400 composers in 4 language (english, italian, spanish, french);
a list of anthologies, albums and collections for guitar;
address of 1,500 publishers, distributors, periodicals and musical information centers;
links to 4400 web pages of composers and publishers;

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(1) for Windows 98/ME/NT/2000/XP/Vista/Windows7 and Macintosh.

- VINCENZO POCCI - Biography

Guitarist, Musicologist and Physicist

Vincenzo Pocci 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 this 20^th- and 21^th-century guitar music catalog he maintains a computerized database of solo guitar compositions and instrumental and vocal ensembles which include the guitar, from which the publication Guide to the Guitarist’s Modern and Contemporary Repertoire is taken. In the 1999 was awarded the "Chitarra d'oro per la Ricerca Musicologica" (Gold Guitar for the Musicological Research)

Critic's Comments about the Pocci's Catalogue

"...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…"

Marco Riboni – Il Fronimo