Giuseppe Branzoli

[1] He taught at Cento and Bologna and played first violin at the Theatre of Apollo Orchestra in Rome.

He taught as a professor of stringed instruments at the college level and worked as a conductor of the Philharmonic Society.

He also helped found the Liceo Musicale di St. Cecilia in Rome and taught as a professor of harmony there and worked as a librarian.

He also founded the periodical Ill mandolino Romano in an effort to advance the mandolin and guitar.

[1] He wrote the instruction book, A Theoretical and practical method for the mandolin, a two volume set published in 1875 by Franchi, in French and English.

Branzoli playing a mandolone (bass mandolin) during a concert at Palazzo Doria-Pamphili of Rome , 24 May 1889
Cover of one of the 1909 issues of Ill Mandolino Romano , published by Carlo Munier . Magazine was founded by Branzoli.