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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco

1895 - 1968

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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco has received more than 250,011 page views. His biography is available in 21 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 20 in 2019). Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco is the 564th most popular composer (down from 537th in 2019), the 2,089th most popular biography from Italy (down from 1,936th in 2019) and the 103rd most popular Italian Composer.

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  • 250k

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  • 55.87

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 21

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.37

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.07

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ranks 564 out of 1,451. Before him are Riccardo Drigo, Helmut Walcha, John Blow, Friedrich Wieck, Philippe Herreweghe, and Bernd Alois Zimmermann. After him are Georg Christoph Wagenseil, Pavel Haas, Ferdinando Paer, Tommaso Traetta, Neville Marriner, and Franz Doppler.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1895, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ranks 108. Before him are Liaquat Ali Khan, Abdullah Al-Salim Al-Sabah, Nikolay Shchors, Heinrich Eberbach, Juan de la Cierva, 1st Count of la Cierva, and Matthew Ridgway. After him are Hans Loritz, Josef Bürckel, René Mayer, Rolf Nevanlinna, Ernst Kantorowicz, and Bertil Lindblad. Among people deceased in 1968, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ranks 76. Before him are Cornell Woolrich, Darío Moreno, Jean Paulhan, Chester Carlson, Ryszard Siwiec, and Gabriel Hanot. After him are Cassandre, Charles Munch, Wes Montgomery, Jo Schlesser, Hans Cramer, and Ramon Novarro.

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In Italy

Among people born in Italy, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ranks 2,089 out of 5,161. Before him are Giuliano Montaldo (1930), Hermas (150), Valeria Golino (1965), Guidobaldo del Monte (1545), Luchino Visconti (1287), and Eleanor of Naples, Duchess of Ferrara (1450). After him are Raniero Cantalamessa (1934), Victor Amadeus II, Prince of Carignano (1743), Ferdinando Paer (1771), Gianni De Biasi (1956), Tommaso Traetta (1727), and Dorando Pietri (1885).

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Among COMPOSERS In Italy

Among composers born in Italy, Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco ranks 103. Before him are Maddalena Casulana (1544), Giuseppe Gazzaniga (1743), Francesco Maria Veracini (1690), Luigi Rossi (1597), Pietro Nardini (1722), and Riccardo Drigo (1846). After him are Ferdinando Paer (1771), Tommaso Traetta (1727), Isabella Leonarda (1620), Giacinto Scelsi (1905), Luzzasco Luzzaschi (1545), and Francesco Feo (1691).

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