Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (Composer)
Born: 3rd April 1895, Florence, Italy
Died: 16th March 1968, Beverly Hills, U.S.A
Nationality: Italian
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was an Italian composer, pianist and writer. He was known as one of the foremost guitar composers in the twentieth century with almost one hundred compositions for that instrument. In 1939 he immigrated to the United States and became a film composer for Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer for some 200 Hollywood movies for the next fifteen years. He also wrote concertos for Jascha Heifetz and Gregor Piatigorsky.
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- 24 Caprichos de Goya op. 195 (8)
- 24 Caprichos de Goya op. 195: El sueno de la razon produce monstruos (5)
- 24 Preludes and Fugues for 2 Guitars Op. 199 (6)
- 5 Pieces from "Platero y yo", Op. 190 (3)
- Alghe (7)
- Alt Wien (8)
- Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 (Homage to Paganini) (25)
- Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (4)
- Cipressi (6)
- Concertino for Harp and Chamber Orchestra, Op. 93 (3)
- Escarraman, Op. 177 (4)
- Fantasia for guitar and piano, Op. 145 (9)
- Figaro Variations from Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ (13)
- Fuga Elegiaca (1967) (6)
- Greetings Cards, Op. 170 No. 3 (7)
- Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99 (31)
- Gypsy Ballads, Op. 152 (9)
- I naviganti (9)
- Le danze del Re David (5)
- Paraphrase on 'Largo al factotum' from Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' (5)
- Piedigrotta (6)
- Platero y yo, Op. 190 (12)
- Prayers My Grandfather Wrote (4)
- Preludi mediterranei (3), Op. 176 (5)
- Questo fu il carro della morte (4)
- Quintet for guitar and string quartet, Op. 143 (9)
- Sacred Service for the Sabbath Eve, Op. 122 (3)
- Sea Murmurs (16)
- Sonata in D major, Op. 77 'Omaggio a Boccherini' (17)
- Sonata, Op. 128 (5)
- Sonatina Canonica Op. 196 (12)
- Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205 (17)
- Tango (12)
- Tarantella (11)
- Tarantella, Op. 87a 'Aranci in fiore' (13)
- The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207 (6)
- Tonadilla on the name of Andrés Segovia, Op. 170, No. 5 (6)
- Variazioni attraverso i secoli, Op. 71 (5)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 ‘The Prophets’ (7)
- Vitalba e Biancospino (5)