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Luigi Mozzani (Faenza, 1869 Rovereto, 1943) stands out among the guitarist-
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composers who contributed to the extension of romanticism into the first decades of the
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20th century in Italy. Yet to view him within the sole framework of his compositions for
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the guitar would be reductive. He was a man of great genius whose career had already
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taken him to the United States before the end of the century, and shortly thereafter to
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Paris, where he had made a name for himself well before the arrival on the scene of
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Miguel Llobet. Yet his abiding passion was and remained the art of the luthier.
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To the design and construction of guitars and other plucked stringed instruments
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he devoted a great deal of his time and energy, though he never actually built
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them himself since, as a virtuoso player, his first commitment was to look after his
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hands. In fact it was Mozzani who encouraged Italian luthiers, including guitar
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makers of recognized excellence such as Guadagnini and Fabricatore, to move from
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the traditional 19th century guitar to the Spanish model developed by Antonio
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Torres. Moreover, Mozzani also invented an instrument that reconciled the fullness
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and elegance of sound typical of Italian guitars with the decorative beauty of Art
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Nouveau: the single or double necked harp guitar that embodies the most innovative
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and distinctive fruits of his research.
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During the past three decades Mozzanis almost Leonardo-like brilliance has been
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the subject of biographical studies that have led to much deeper understanding of
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his art. These efforts culminate in Giulio Tampalanis performance on this album. As
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wider audiences will now appreciate, his works certainly belong to the finest guitar
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repertoire of the late 1800s. By the first decade of the new century, however, Mozzani
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had practically stopped writing occasional pieces for the guitar, not only because he
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was increasingly busy with his activities as a luthier, first in his Cento workshop, then
in Bologna and ultimately in Rovereto, but also because he felt the need to write a
book on guitar method.