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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (3 April 1895 – 16 March 1968) 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.
Official website of the composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895, Florence, Italy - 1968, California, U.S.A.). www.mariocastelnuovotedesco. com offers biographical ...
Learn about the life and music of the Italian-American composer, pianist and teacher, who fled fascism and became a Hollywood film score pioneer. Explore his works, influences, students and legacy on this comprehensive site.
Three Sephardic Songs (1949) transcribed and harmonized by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. English and French translations by MCT, for voice and piano (or harp), arranged for voice and orchestra (1960) Vos Toig Mir (A Yiddish Melody) (1963) harmonized by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, for voice and piano.
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was an Italian-born composer in the Neoromantic style. Castelnuovo-Tedesco studied under Ildebrando Pizzetti and became widely known during the 1920s. In 1939 Benito Mussolini’s anti-Semitic policies led him to emigrate to the United States, where he settled in Hollywood.
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco's Guitar Concerto No.1 in D, Op.99 was completed in 1938 and dedicated to Andres Segovia. It was the first modern guitar concerto, being published and performed just a few months prior to the arrival of Joaquin Rodrigo's Concierto de Aranjuez.
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