Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

Italian composer

Date of Birth: 03-Apr-1895

Place of Birth: Florence, Tuscany

Date of Death: 18-Mar-1968

Profession: composer, pianist, film score composer

Nationality: United States, Italy

Zodiac Sign: Aries

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 immigrated 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.