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֍ FRANCESCO BALILLA PRATELLA: «OPERE PER CHITARRA» - (Notturno - Napolitana - Roma) Curatore: MAURIZIO MAZZOLI -Editore: Ut Orpheus Codice: CH 111 ° The three original guitar pieces, "Notturno," "Napolitana" (popular songs), and "Roma" (guitar march), along with three transcriptions, are part of a 36-page manuscript bearing the title page, "Transcriptions and compositions by F. Balilla Pratella sent as a gift to M. R. Brondi (1920)." These compositions follow traditional language, are in key, and the alternating themes are typical of Pratella the folklorist, with singable and melancholic melodies, except for the march, which echoes the 19th-century compositions of the guitar masters. The use of a quadruplet tremolo, not alternated with the thumb, is characteristic, immediately reminiscent of the plectrum instruments so widely used by Pratella in his youth. The discovery of these pieces – which occurred by chance and were saved from certain destruction – contributes to highlighting that period of great guitar ferment preceding Segovia, which took hold in Italy in the early twentieth century, with three compositions by an author who, together with Bonaccorsi and Colacicchi, anticipated that trend – already initiated by Fara, Gabriel, and Caravaglios – which in the following decades went under the name of ethnomusicology.

֍ JOHAN SVENDSEN: «ROMANZA» Op. 26 per Violino e Chitarra Trascrizione di Maria Rita Brondi Curatore: MAURIZIO MAZZOLI -Editore: Ut Orpheus Codice: CH 123 ° -Classical Guitar Magazine (November 2011) Johan Severin Svendsen was a Norwegian composer born in the 19th century who composed symphonies,concertos, chamber music, songs and a ballet amongst other works. Possibly his most famous work is his opus 26 originally for violin and orchestra, here transcribed in 1907 by Maria Rita Brondi who had just returned from her studies with Francisco Tarrega ... An absolute stunner for any higher-intermediate standard duo to have in their repertoire. This album is volume 2 of a publishing project by Orpheus Edizioni titled 'Maria Rita Brondi's Library' (edited by Maurizio Mazzoli) which is presenting music from her collection of handwritten scores and printed sheets. (Steve Marsh) -Strings Magazine (June 2011) ... The violin part remains in its original form with notation and markings unchanged ... useful fingerings are included in the guitar score. The edition contains two separate parts and a full score in large, clear type. (Mary Nemet) -Seicorde (gennaio-marzo 2011) La presente edizione fa parte di un progetto editoriale dedicato alla chitarrista e musicologa Maria Rita Brondi ... Un lavoro di trascrizione interessante, che consiglio di leggere e mettere in repertorio a tutti coloro che frequentano il duo violino e chitarra.

֍ EUGENIO GIUDICI: «NEL SALOTTO DI MADAMA» - Gavotta per Chitarra e Pianoforte Curatore: MAURIZIO MAZZOLI - Editore: Ut Orpheus Codice: CH 150 ° - Classical Guitar Magazine (07-2013) ... Nel salotto di Madama takes the form of a light-hearted gavotte and, for its short duration, is a delightful and etertaining work, with the pieces’ comical attributes and several melodic quirky twists and turns along the way giving the work an almost ‘modern’ sound ... Duos of around the mid-range standard should find no real difficulties here. (Steve Marsch)

֍ ARRIGO BOITO: «MEFISTOFELE» Riduzione per Chitarra di Oscar Chilesotti Curatore: MAURIZIO MAZZOLI -Editore: Ut Orpheus Codice: CH 149 °

֍ MAURIZIO MAZZOLI: «ELEGIE D'HIVER» per chitarra -Editore: Eurarte Codice: EA P0699 Collana: L'Arc en Ciel

֍ MARIA RITA BRONDI (1889-1941): «DUE PEZZI PER CHITARRA» Curatore: MAURIZIO MAZZOLI -Editore: Eurarte 2206 Strumenti: Chitarra Codice: EA P0567 Collana: Rarità Musicali

֍ MUSICOLOGICAL RESEARCH: - M. Mazzoli, “Maria Rita Brondi e la sua arte” in «Luigi Mozzani , Vita e Opere» - concertista, liutaio, musicista, maestro. di G. Intelisano, Bologna, Edizioni Minerva, settembre 2008, pp. 292–294 - M. Mazzoli,“Maria Rita Brondi (1889-1941) Allieva di Tárrega e Mozzani” in «Guitart» n.42, pp. 24–31, 2006 - M. Mazzoli, “Maria Rita Brondi, un’artista dimenticata” in «Seicorde» N.87, pp. 14–17, 2006 - M. Mazzoli, “Maria Rita Brondi (1889-1941) Una musicista del primo Novecento” in «Scrittori della Valbormida» memorie, ricerche, testimonianze, a cura di G. Vallero, edito dal Centro Culturale Plodio, 2008 - M. R. Brondi, “Melodia del Sannio” e “Studio” in «Due pezzi per chitarra», introduzione storica e revisione critica a cura di M. Mazzoli, ed. EurArte, 2006 - M. Mazzoli, “Francesco Balilla Pratella. Note futuriste”, in «Seicorde» n.107, pp. 18–23, 2011 - M. Mazzoli, “Maria Rita Brondi e Italo Meschi, Gavino Gabriel, Francesco Balilla Pratella - Parole e musica: Melodie trovadoriche e Canti regionali”, in Italo Meschi, chitarrista e cantore (1887-1957), a cura di Marco Bazzotti e Tista Meschi, Lucca, Pacini Fazzi editore, pp. 7–13, 2011