Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

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. 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.

Birth and Death Data: Born Florence (Italian city and commune, located in Tuscany), Died March 16, 1968 (Los Angeles (seat of Los Angeles County, and largest city in California, United States) )

Date Range of DAHR Recordings: 1934

Roles Represented in DAHR: composer, piano

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Recordings

Company Matrix No. Size First Recording Date Title Primary Performer Description Role Audio
Victor BS-81352 10-in. 2/3/1934 Sea murmurs Jascha Heifetz ; Arpad Sandor Violin solo, with piano composer  

Citation

Discography of American Historical Recordings, s.v. "Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario," accessed December 24, 2025, http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102520.

Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario. (2025). In Discography of American Historical Recordings. Retrieved December 24, 2025, from http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102520.

"Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario." Discography of American Historical Recordings. UC Santa Barbara Library, 2025. Web. 24 December 2025.

DAHR Persistent Identifier

URI: http://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/102520

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LCNAR: Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Mario, 1895-1968 - https://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n79105794

Wikidata: Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco - https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q377558

VIAF: https://viaf.org/viaf/145145969878232250033

MusicBrainz: Mario Castelnuovo‐Tedesco - https://musicbrainz.org/artist/2085b44c-f939-41cc-8745-9f7d63868118

Fast: https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42567 - https://id.worldcat.org/fast/42567

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