Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco
Born: April 3, 1895; Florence, Italy
Died: March 16, 1968; Hollywood, CA
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of the most prolific Italian composers of the first half of the twentieth century. He had established a career as a composer in a number of genres, including chamber music, vocal and choral music, opera, keyboard music, and orchestral music, before fleeing Europe to escape Nazi persecution. His later years in the United Stated were devoted largely to writing film scores.
Born in Florence,
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Works
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Antony and Cleopatra, Op. 134 (1)
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A Midsummer Night's Dream Op. 108 (1)
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Alghe (Sea Piece No 2), for piano, Op. 12 (1)
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Alghe, Op. 12 (1)
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Alt Wien: Alt Wien (1)
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Alt-Wien, Op. 30: no 1, Valse (4)
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Alt-Wien, Op. 30: Rapsodia Viennese (1)
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Amistad [Friendship] (1)
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As You Like It, Op. 166 (1)
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Asnografía [Donkey-ography] (1)
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Barukh Ha-ba (1)
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Cantico, Op. 19 (1)
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Capriccio Diabolico for Guitar, Op. 85 "Omaggio a Paganini" (13)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195 (2)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 1, Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Pintor (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 10, Al Conde Palatino (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 11, Y se le quema la casa (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 12, No hubo remedio (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 13, Quien mas rendido? (3)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 14, Por que fue sensible (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 15, Si sabrà mas el discipulo (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 16, Brabisimo! (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 17, De que mal morira? (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 18, El sueño de la razon produce monstruos (4)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 19, Hilan delgado (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 2, Tal para qual (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 20, Obsequio á el maestro (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 21, Que pico de oro (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 22, Volaverunt (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 23, Linda maestra (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 24, Sueño de la mentira y la inconstancia (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 3, Nadie se conoce (4)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 4, Ni asi la distingue (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 5, Muchachos al avío (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 6, El amor y la muerte (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 7, Estan calientes (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 8, Dios la perdone (1)
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Caprichos (24) de Goya for Guitar, Op. 195: no 9, Bien tirada està (1)
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Carnaval [Carnival] (1)
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Chant hébraique, Op. 53 no 3 (2)
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Chorale and Variations (1)
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Cipressi, Op. 17 (3)
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Concertino for Harp, String Quartet and 3 Clarinets, Op. 93 (2)
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Concertino for Harp, String Quartet and 3 Clarinets, Op. 93: Andante (1)
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Concerto da camera for Oboe, Op. 146 (1)
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Concerto for 2 Guitars, Op. 201 (2)
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Concerto for Guitar no 1 in D major, Op. 99 (24)
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Concerto for Guitar no 1 in D major, Op. 99: 2nd movement, Andante alla romanza (1)
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Concerto for Guitar no 1 in D major, Op. 99: 3rd movement, Ritmico e cavalleresco (1)
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Concerto for Guitar no 2 in C major, Op. 160 (1)
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Concerto for Piano no 1 in D major, Op. 46 (1)
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Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 66 "The Prophets" (3)
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Concerto for Violin no 2, Op. 66 "The Prophets": 2nd movement (1)
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Coplas, Op 7 (1)
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Eclogues, Op. 206 (1)
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Epigrafe, Op. 25 (1)
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Escarramán, Op. 177 (2)
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Fantasia for guitar & piano, Op. 145 (1)
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Fantasia for Guitar and Piano, Op. 145 (4)
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Fantasia pour guitare et piano, Op. 145: Andantino (1)
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Fantasia pour guitare et piano, Op. 145: Vivacissimo (1)
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Fantasy for Violin on themes from Rossini's "Barber of Seville" (1)
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Figaro Variations from Rossini’s "The Barber of Seville" (3)
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Fuga elegiaca for 2 Guitars, Op. 210a (5)
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Genesis Suite: Noah's Ark (2)
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Giulio Cesare, Op. 78 (1)
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Golondrinas (Swallows), for guitar (1)
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Gorriones [Sparrows] (1)
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Greeting Cards, Op. 170: no 3, Valse on the name of Gregor Piatigorsky (1)
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Greeting Cards, Op. 170: Prelude on the name Frederick Tulan (1)
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Hommage à Paderewski (1)
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I navaganti, Op. 13 (2)
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I nottambuli, Op. 47 (1)
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I Sing of a Maiden, Op. 175 no 1 (1)
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Il raggio verde, Op. 9 (1)
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Juegos Del Anochecer [Games at Nightfall] (1)
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King John, Op. 111 (2)
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Kol nidre for Cello and Piano (1)
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La bisbetica domata, Op. 61 (1)
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La dodicesima notte, Op. 73 (1)
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La Luna [The Moon] (1)
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La Muerte [Death] (1)
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La Primavera (Spring), for guitar (1)
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La sirenetta e il pesce turchina, Op. 18 (1)
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La sirenetta e il pesce turchino, for piano, Op. 18 (1)
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La Tísica [The Consumptive Girl] (1)
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Le danze del re David, Op. 37 (2)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées (Well-tempered guitars), preludes & fugues (24) for 2 guitars, Op. 199: (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor: Fugue (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor: Prelude (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in B minor: Fugue (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in B minor: Prelude (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor: Fugue (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor: Prelude (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in E major: Fugue (1)
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Les Guitares bien tempérées, Op. 109: Prelude and Fugue in E major: Prelude (1)
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Lo, the Messiah (2)
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Los Gitanos [The Local Gypsies] (1)
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Louisiana, Op. 89 no 1 (1)
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Lucertolina (1)
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Melancolía [Melancholy] (1)
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Memorial Service for the Departed, Op. 192: Adonai Ma Adam (2)
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Memorial Service for the Departed, Op. 192: Shiviti (2)
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Memorial Service for the Departed, Op. 192: Yoshev B'seter (2)
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Much Ado about Nothing, Op. 164 (1)
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Naomi and Ruth, Op. 137 (2)
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Ninna, Nanna (1)
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Notturno sull'acqua, Op. 82a (1)
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Onde, studies (2), for piano (1)
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Paraphrase on Rossini's "Largo al factotum" (4)
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Passatempi, little waltzes (5) for piano, Op. 54 (1)
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Passatempi, Op. 54 (1)
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Piano Concerto No. 2 in F major, Op. 92 (1)
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Piedigrotta, Op. 32 (1)
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Platero and I, Op. 190 (3)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: A Platero en el Cielo de Moguer (1)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: Angelus (1)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: El Canario Vuela (1)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: Golondrinas (3)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: La Arrulladora (4)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: La Primavera (3)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: Los Gitanos (1)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: Melancolia (3)
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Platero and I, Op. 190: Platero (2)
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Platero en el Cielo de Moguer (1)
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Platero en el Cielo de Moguer (Platero in the Heaven of Moguer), for guitar (1)
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Platero y yó, for narrator & guitar, Op. 190: La primavera (1)
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Platero y yó, for narrator & guitar, Op. 190: Melancolia (1)
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Platero y yó, for narrator & guitar, Op. 190: Platero (1)
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Prayers my Grandfather Wrote: Hashkivenu (2)
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Prayers my Grandfather Wrote: Ra'u Banim (2)
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Prayers my Grandfather Wrote: Tema (2)
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Preludi mediterranei (3), Op. 176 (2)
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Questo fu il carro della morte, Op. 2 (3)
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Quintet for guitar & string quartet, Op. 143 (2)
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Quintet for Guitar & Strings, Op. 143: Allegro, vivo e schietto (1)
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Quintet for Guitar & Strings, Op. 143: Andante mesto (1)
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Quintet for Guitar & Strings, Op. 143: Scherzo: Allegro con spirito, alla Marcià (1)
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Quintet for Guitar and Strings, Op. 143 (3)
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Quintet for Piano and Strings no 1, Op. 69 (1)
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Romancero gitano, for mixed choir & guitar, Op. 152 (1)
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Romancero Gitano, Op. 152 (9)
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Romancero Gitano: Baile (1)
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Romancero Gitano: Baladilla de los tres rios (1)
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Romancero Gitano: Crótalo (1)
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Romancero Gitano: La guitarra (1)
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Romancero Gitano: Memento (1)
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Romancero Gitano: Precesión, Paso, Saeta (1)
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Romancero Gitano: Puñal (1)
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Rondo, for guitar, Op. 129 (1)
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Rondo, Op. 129 (1)
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Sacred Service, Op. 122 (2)
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Scherzino for Cello and Piano, Op. 82b (1)
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Sea murmurs, Op. 24a (5)
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Sephardic Melodies (3) (1)
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Shakespeare Songs, Op. 24 (1)
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Shakespeare Songs, Op. 24: Two maids wooing a man "Tango" (2)
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Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op. 50 (1)
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Sonata for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 128 (2)
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Sonata for guitar ("Omaggio a Boccherini"), Op. 77 (1)
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Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 77 "Omaggio a Boccherini" (12)
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Sonata for Guitar in D major, Op. 77 "Omaggio a Boccherini": 4th movement, Vivo e energico (5)
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Sonata for Piano, Op. 51 (1)
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Sonata in C minor for cello and viola, Op. 144: Tempo di Sarabanda (1)
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Sonatina canonica for 2 Guitars, Op. 196 (6)
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Sonatina canonica, for 2 guitars, Op. 196 (1)
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Sonatina for Bassoon and Piano, Op. 130 (1)
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Sonatina for flute & guitar, Op. 205 (2)
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Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205 (6)
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Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205: 1st movement, Allegretto grazioso (1)
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Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205: 2nd movement, Tempo di siciliana (2)
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Sonatina for Flute and Guitar, Op. 205: 3rd movement, Scherzo - Rondo (1)
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Suite for Guitar, Op. 133 (1)
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Suite, Op. 133: Capriccio - Furioso (1)
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Suite, Op. 133: Molto moderato - Espressivo e malinconico (al modo dei Canti Scozzesi) (1)
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Suite, Op. 133: Preludio - Quasi un' improvisazione (1)
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Tango (3)
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Tango for piano (1)
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Tarantella (3)
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Tarantella for Guitar, Op. 87b (7)
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Tarantella, Op. 87a "Aranci in fiore" (6)
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Tarantella, Op. 87b (5)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207 (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 1, When the morning of life had passed (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 12, Only in God I trust (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 2, The dove that nests in the tree-tops (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 3, Wrung with Anguish (2)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 5, Fate has blocked the way (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 7, Drink deep my friend (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 8, Dull and sad is the sky (1)
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The Divan of Moses-Ibn-Ezra, Op. 207: no 9, The garden dons a coat of many hues (1)
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The Lark (1)
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The Merchant of Venice, Op. 76 (1)
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The Tragedy of Coriolanus, Op. 135 (1)
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The Winter's Tale, Op. 80 (1)
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Toccata for Cello and Piano, Op 83 (1)
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Tonadilla for Guitar on the name of Andrés Segovia, Op 170 (4)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 1, Op. 49 (1)
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Trio for Piano and Strings no 2 in G major, Op. 70 (1)
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V'erastich (1)
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Variations plaisantes sur un petit air populaire, Op. 95 (1)
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Variazioni attraverso i secoli, for guitar, Op. 71 (1)
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Variazioni attraverso i secoli, Op. 71 (4)
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Vitalba e Biancospina, Op. 21 (1)
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Vitalba e bianocospino, for piano, Op. 21 (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 1, Prelude and Fugue in G minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 10, Prelude and Fugue in B flat major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 11, Prelude and Fugue in F minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 12, Prelude and Fugue in C major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 13, Prelude and Fugue in G major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 14, Prelude and Fugue in D minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 15, Prelude and Fugue in A major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 16, Prelude and Fugue in E minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 17, Prelude and Fugue in B major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 18, Prelude and Fugue in F sharp minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 19, Prelude and Fugue in C sharp major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 2, Prelude and Fugue in D major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 20, Prelude and Fugue in G flat minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 21, Prelude and Fugue in E flat major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 22, Prelude and Fugue in B flat minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 23, Prelude and Fugue in F major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 24, Prelude and Fugue in C minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 3, Prelude and Fugue in A minor (3)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 4, Prelude and Fugue in E major (5)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 5, Prelude and Fugue in B minor (2)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 6, Prelude and Fugue in F sharp major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 7, Prelude and Fugue in C minor (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 8, Prelude and Fugue in A flat major (1)
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Well-tempered Guitar, Op. 199: no 9, Prelude and Fugue in E flat minor (1)
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Biography |
by All Music Guide
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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco was one of the most prolific Italian composers of the first half of the twentieth century. He had established a career as a composer in a number of genres, including chamber music, vocal and choral music, opera, keyboard music, and orchestral music, before fleeing Europe to escape Nazi persecution. His later years in the United Stated were devoted largely to writing film scores.
Born in Florence, Castelnuovo-Tedesco studied piano and composition at the Florence Conservatory, taking diplomas in both subjects (piano 1914, composition 1918). While primarily studying with Ildebrando Pizzetti, Castelnuovo-Tedesco also attracted the attention of Italian composer, pianist, and conductor Alfredo Casella, who would become one of the young composer's earliest champions.
After successfully supporting himself as a freelance composer, pianist, and essayist during the 1920s and 1930s, Castelnuovo-Tedesco, who was Jewish, left Europe in 1939 to avoid persecution under the Hitler and Mussolini regimes. Toscanini sponsored his relocation to the U.S. The composer settled in California, and while he continued to compose for a variety of media, he spent much of the next decade and a half scoring films for major studios. He was extraordinarily productive during that period, composing music that appeared in over 250 films, although his contributions were not consistently listed in the credits. His scores included And Then There Were None (1945), The Loves of Carmen (1948), and The Day of the Fox (1957). Beginning in 1946, he served on the faculty of the Los Angeles Conservatory of Music. Castelnuovo-Tedesco's style and techniques left a mark on a younger generation of film composers, including his students Henry Mancini, Jerry Goldsmith, and John Williams. In his later years, the composer worked on an autobiography, which he left unfinished at his death in 1968.
Castelnuovo-Tedesco's music was influenced by a number of styles, including Impressionism, neo-Classicism, and briefly, serialism, but he was unwilling to align himself categorically with any compositional philosophy or trend. His later work, particularly after his involvement in the film industry, became increasingly neo-Romantic. Perhaps his most lasting contribution is to the literature for the guitar. He had met the virtuoso Andrés Segovia in 1932 and wrote his Guitar Concerto No. 1 for him. He went on to write a second guitar concerto, a concerto for two guitars, and almost 100 other guitar pieces. One of his most popular and frequently performed works remains Platero y yó (1960) for guitar and narrator. |
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