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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
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 emigrated 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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Popular Works: Castelnuovo-Tedesco
- 24 Caprichos de Goya op. 195 (10)
- 5 Pieces from "Platero y yo", Op. 190 (4)
- Alghe (10)
- Alt Wien (8)
- Capriccio diabolico, Op. 85 (Homage to Paganini) (30)
- Cello Sonata, Op. 50 (4)
- Cielo di settembre, Op. 1 (4)
- Cipressi (10)
- Fantasia for guitar and piano, Op. 145 (13)
- Figaro Variations from Rossini’s ‘The Barber of Seville’ (12)
- Four Dances from ‘Love’s Labour’s Lost’, Op. 167 (5)
- Fuga Elegiaca (1967) (6)
- Greetings Cards, Op. 170 No. 3 (14)
- Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99 (37)
- Gypsy Ballads, Op. 152 (11)
- I naviganti (12)
- Le danze del Re David (7)
- Le stagioni, Op. 33 (5)
- Paraphrase on 'Largo al factotum' from Rossini's 'Il barbiere di Siviglia' (6)
- Piedigrotta (6)
- Platero y yo, Op. 190 (15)
- Preludi mediterranei (3), Op. 176 (5)
- Questo fu il carro della morte (5)
- Quintet for guitar and string quartet, Op. 143 (12)
- Romancero Gitano (4)
- Sea Murmurs (21)
- Sonata in D major, Op. 77 'Omaggio a Boccherini' (20)
- Sonata quasi una fantasia, Op. 56 (4)
- Sonata, Op. 128 (6)
- Sonatina Canonica Op. 196 (16)
- Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205 (26)
- Tango (12)
- Tarantella (10)
- Tarantella, Op. 87a 'Aranci in fiore' (12)
- The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207 (8)
- The Lark (4)
- Tonadilla on the name of Andrés Segovia, Op. 170, No. 5 (6)
- Variazioni attraverso i secoli, Op. 71 (7)
- Violin Concerto No. 2 ‘The Prophets’ (6)
- Vitalba e Biancospino (6)
