Title Page | Collection Summary | Biographical/Organizational Note | Scope and Content | Arrangement
Biographical Note
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1895, Apr. 3 | Born, Florence, Italy |
| 1909-1914 | Studied at Instituto musicale Luigi Cherubini, Florence |
| 1915 | Composed war song, Fuori i barbari |
| 1918 | Received "diploma di composizione" from Liceo musicale, Bologna |
| 1923 | Married Clara Forti |
| 1925 | Son Pietro born |
| 1926 | Premiere performance of first opera, La mandragola, in Venice |
| 1930 | Son Lorenzo born |
| 1931 | Composed violin concerto, I profeti, for Jascha Heifetz |
| 1932 | Met guitarist Andrés Segovia and began composing for the guitar |
| 1933 | I profeti premiered by Arturo Toscanini and Jascha Heifetz in New York |
| 1935 | Composed incidental music for Savonarola |
| 1938 | Castelnuovo-Tedesco's work banned from radio in Italy |
| 1939 | Composed first guitar concerto for Segovia |
| 1939 July | Left Italy for the United States and took up residence in Larchmont, New York |
| 1940 | Mother Noemi died Traveled to California and began composing music for Hollywood films |
| 1943 | Composed Sacred Service for Sabbath Eve |
| 1944 | Collaborated with Schoenberg, Stravinsky, Milhaud, and others on the Genesis Suite |
| 1946 | Became United States citizen |
| 1953 | Composed first work in a series of greeting cards on the names of dedicatees (op. 159 and 170) |
| 1956 | Composed opera after Shakespeare's The Merchant of Venice |
| 1958 | The Merchant of Venice won Davide Campari Prize – Concorso Internazionale La Scala |
| 1959 | Named distinguished guest professor at Michigan State University and lectured on the history of opera |
| 1960 | Composed the song cycle, Platero y Yo, after the poetry of Jimenez |
| 1961 | Premiere performance of The Merchant of Venice at La Scala |
| 1968, Mar. 16 | Died, Beverly Hills, Calif. |