Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was an Italian-American composer and influential guitar music pioneer whose works and film scores significantly shaped 20th-century classical and cinematic music.

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instanceOf Italian-American
classical composer
composer
film score composer
human
activePeriod 20th century
citizenship Italy
United States of America
collaboratedWith Andrés Segovia
countryOfBirth Italy
countryOfDeath United States of America
dateOfBirth 1895-04-03
dateOfDeath 1968-03-16
educatedAt Conservatorio Luigi Cherubini
employer Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
ethnicGroup Italian Jew
familyName Castelnuovo-Tedesco
fieldOfWork film music
guitar music
fullName Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
genre classical music
film music
givenName Mario
linked to: Mário
influenced Andrés Segovia
languageOfWork English
Italian
movedTo United States of America
movement 20th-century classical music
notableFor film scores
guitar compositions
notableStudent Henry Mancini
Jerry Goldsmith
John Williams
notableWorkType film score
guitar concerto
solo guitar piece
occupation composer
pianist
placeOfBirth Florence
placeOfDeath Beverly Hills
reasonForMove escape Fascist racial laws in Italy
religion Judaism
workedAs staff composer at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer
wroteWork 24 Caprichos de Goya, Op. 195
Capriccio diabolico (Omaggio a Paganini), Op. 85
Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99
linked to: Guitar Concerto

Guitar Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 160
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major, Op. 46
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
Platero y yo, Op. 190
Sonatina for guitar, Op. 52 No. 1
The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199
Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti", Op. 66

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Curtis Institute of Music hasNotableFaculty Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco fullName Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Andrés Segovia commissionedComposer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
And Then There Were None (1945 film) musicBy Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
subject linked to: And Then There Were None
The Loves of Carmen musicBy Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Guitar Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 160 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Sonatina for guitar, Op. 52 No. 1 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Platero y yo, Op. 190 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Platero y yo, Op. 190 composerFullName Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
24 Caprichos de Goya, Op. 195 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
24 Caprichos de Goya, Op. 195 creator Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
The Well-Tempered Guitars, Op. 199 hasComposer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti", Op. 66 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Violin Concerto No. 2 "I Profeti", Op. 66 workOf Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major, Op. 46 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Piano Concerto No. 1 in G major, Op. 46 partOfComposerOeuvre works of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
linked to: Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco