Back to top

Capriccio for guitar, op.85, "Capriccio diabolico"

Capriccio voor gitaar, op.85, "Capriccio diabolico"

Capriccio für Gitarre, op.85, "Capriccio diabolico"

Caprice pour guitare, op.85, "Capriccio diabolico"

Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1968)

Composer:Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

(source: wikipedia)

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.
Born in Florence, he was descended from... more