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Castelnuovo-Tedesco

American  
[kah-stel-nwaw-vaw-te-de-skaw] / ˌkɑ stɛlˈnwɔ vɔ tɛˈdɛ skɔ /

noun

  1. Mario 1895–1968, U.S. composer, born in Italy.


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There, he studied with the composer and conductor Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, the violinist and composer Joseph Achron and the composer Ernst Toch.

From New York Times Feb. 28, 2019

He plays Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, a true-life, largely unsung studio film composer — and Jewish-Italian émigré — who also taught such future luminaries as John Williams, Henry Mancini and Jerry Goldsmith.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 14, 2019

His Carnegie Hall program includes Busoni’s daunting arrangement of Bach’s Chaconne; works by Castelnuovo-Tedesco, Schumann and Chopin; and Alexis Weissenberg’s arrangements of songs sung by the French pop artist Charles Trénet.

From New York Times Sep. 12, 2018

Adds Vanderbilt University Psychiatrist Pietro Castelnuovo-Tedesco, "They feel they have been victims of theft in the past, and they are simply evening the score."

From Time Magazine Archive

Composer Castelnuovo-Tedesco had so skillfully stitched music to text that every word rang with its original clarity.

From Time Magazine Archive

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