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 Catalogue
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).

Vincenzo Pocci is the owner of a guitar music collection (Biblioteca Pocci), that included over 6,000 editions of printed music, manuscripts and copies of manuscripts.

Contact:
email: vincenzo.pocci@gmail.com

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 Catalogo
Guida al Repertorio Moderno e Contemporaneo della Chitarra.
Nel 1999 gli è stato assegnato il premio "Chitarra d'oro" per la ricerca musicologica.

Vincenzo Pocci dispone di una vasta collezione di musica per e con chitarra (Biblioteca Pocci), che comprende oltre 6.000 edizioni di musica stampata, manoscritti e copie di manoscritti.

Guide to the Guitarist's Modern and Contemporary Repertoire

The Guide (Book and CDRom) is edited by
VP Music Media
based in Italy.
VP Music Media focuses on highest quality guitar productions. These include works of essential reference for guitarists, music scholars and librarians.

email: vpmusicmedia@gmail.com

La Guida (Libro e CDRom) è prodotta da
VP Music Media, specializzata in pubblicazioni musicali destinate a chitarristi e studiosi di chitarra.

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

The download of the Book in pdf is free at the VP Music Media website.

The CDRom contains:

the references of over 7,800 composers and over 44,500 compositions arranged by author and by instrumentation (guitar solo, guitar ensemble, ensembles with guitar, guitar and orchestra, voice and guitar);
the profiles of over 1,150 composers in 4 language (english, italian, spanish, french);
a list of anthologies, albums and collections for guitar;
address of over 1,500 of publishers, distributors, periodicals and musical information centers;
links to 3,000 web pages of composers and publishers;
a free text search motor.

The CDRom is available to be download free in ZIP format (large file of 16MB), with the following steps:

click here and open the file guitar_catalogue_pocci_2009_september_CD.zip;
extract the files in a folder of your computer;
masterize all the files extracted on a blank CD-R;
click here to download the booklet.

Otherwise the CDRom can be purchased at the VP Music Media website (free delivery worldwide).

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…"
[… 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

"Biblioteca Pocci" - The Guitar Music Collection of Vincenzo Pocci

The "Biblioteca Pocci" is a library of music for guitar solo and in chamber formations, specialized in the twentieth century production.

Click here to download the Catalogue of the "Biblioteca Pocci" updated to december 2009 (incomplete list)

Here are some digital copies of music in this library:

Juventino Rosas (1868-1894): Sopra le Onde, riduzione di Edoardo Daniele per mandolino, mandola e chitarra

Jose Sancho (1860-?): Melodia Nocturna

Mario Rodriguez Arenas (1879-1949): En el Campo / Horas de Ensueno / Noche Serena / Recordandote / Tres Arroyos / Atalaya (Tango de J.V.Casalins arreglado)

Ricardo Munoz (1887-1967): Acuarela Portena

Adolfo Luna (1889-1971): Flor del Valle / Suary-Surita / Danza Colonial / Querer en los Panuelos

Benvenuto Terzi (1892-1980): Trillo-Tremolo (studio) / Serenata Alpestre op.9

Benedetto Di Ponio (1898-1962): Ninna-Nanna