Bruno Bartolozzi

Bruno Bartolozzi (8 June 1911 – 12 December 1980)^[1] was an Italian composer and pioneer in the development of extended techniques for wind instruments.^[2]

He was born in Florence.^[3]

Selected works

Concerti with orchestra

• Concerto for orchestra
• Concerto for violin, string orchestra and harpsichord
• Concerto No. 2 for violin and orchestra
• Memorie for three guitars and orchestra

Vocal music

• Sentimento del sogno for soprano and orchestra
• Immagine for soprano and 17 executors
• Tres requerdos del cielo for bass and various instruments

Chamber music

• Tre pezzi for guitar
• Serenata for violin and guitar
• Musica a cinque for violin, viola, trombone, bassoon and guitar
• Variazioni for solo violin
• Due studi for violin
• Andamenti for viola
• Cantilena for flute in G
• Collage for solo oboe
• Collage for solo bassoon
• Sinaudolodia for four flutes
• The Hollow Man for wind instruments
• Omaggio a Gaetano Azzolina for guitar
• Musica per Piero for two violas
• Auser for oboe and guitar
• Collage for solo clarinet
• Repitu flute, viola, guitar and percussion
• Madrigale di Gesualdo for accordion
• Per Olga for solo flute
• Adles for guitar
• The Solitary for oboe and percussion
• Atma for three groups of solo instruments
• Risonanze for 18 instruments
• String Quartet No. 1
• String Quartet No. 2

Concertazioni

The series of Concertazioni includes:

• Concertazioni for bassoon, strings and percussion
• Concertazioni for oboe and other instruments
• Concertazioni a quattro for flute, oboe, clarinet and bassoon
• Concertazioni for B-flat clarinet and other instruments

Piano music

• Estri del Fa Diesis for piano

Stage works

• Tutto ciò che accade ti riguarda

Methods and didactic works

• New sounds for Woodwinds. London: Oxford University Press.
• Nuovi suoni per i legni. Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.
• Metodo per oboe (with Lawrence Singer). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.
• Metodo per clarinetto (with Giuseppe Garbarino). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.
• Metodo per fagotto (with Sergio Penazzi). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.
• Metodo per flauto (with Pierluigi Mencarelli). Milan: Edizioni Suvini Zerboni.

References

1. Kennedy, M.; Bourne, J.; Kennedy, J.B. (2004). The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Music. Oxford Paperback Reference. Oxford University Press, USA. p. 51. ISBN 978-0-19-860884-4. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
2. Annala, H. (2010). Handbook of Guitar and Lute Composers. Mel Bay Publications, Incorporated. p. 48. ISBN 978-1-60974-353-6. Retrieved May 16, 2018.
3. Griffiths, P. (2004). The Penguin Companion to Classical Music. Penguin Books Limited. p. 230. ISBN 978-0-14-190976-9. Retrieved May 16, 2018.

Further reading

• Barker, J.C.; Sir Zelman Cowen School of Music (2014). Applying Bartolozzi's Theory from New Sounds for Woodwind (1967) to a Performance of Bartolozzi's Per Olga (1976) and Smith Brindle's Andromeda M31 (1967) Mediated Through the Utilisation of the Bartolozzi-Mencarelli Method. Monash University. Retrieved May 16, 2018.