Respected composer and teacher, educated at the Cherubini Royal Institute of Music. He studied with Ildrebrando Pizzetti and Edgardo del Valle de Paz. It is generally thought that Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco actually composed more film music than he is credited with, and that he was often called upon...See full bio »
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. Before these two works, the last guitar concerto published was more than 100 years earlier.
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