Guitar Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 160

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Guitar Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 160 is a mid-20th-century concerto for guitar and orchestra by Italian composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco, noted for its lyrical style and virtuosic solo writing.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf concerto
guitar concerto
approximateDuration 25 minutes
belongsToRepertoire 20th-century guitar concerto repertoire
catalogueNumber Op. 160
centuryOfComposition 20th century
characteristic virtuosic solo writing
composer Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin Italy
dedicatedTo Andrés Segovia NERFINISHED
dedicationType for guitar virtuoso
firstMovementTempoMarking Allegro
follows Guitar Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 99 NERFINISHED
genre classical music
hasDifficulty advanced
hasHarmonicLanguage tonal with modal inflections
hasInfluence Romantic melodic style
hasNumberInSeries 2
hasPremierePerformer Andrés Segovia NERFINISHED
hasReception well-regarded in guitar community
hasSubgenre 20th-century concerto
hasTexture lyrical solo line over orchestral accompaniment
hasTonality C major
hasTypeOfWorkNumber No. 2
isFrequentlyPerformedBy classical guitarists
isPartOfOeuvre Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco guitar works
key C major
languageOfTitle English
movementCount 3
notableFor expressive melodic writing
idiomatic writing for guitar
opusNumber Op. 160
orchestration string orchestra and winds
originalTitleLanguage Italian
period 20th-century music
placeOfComposition United States NERFINISHED
scoredFor guitar and orchestra
secondMovementTempoMarking Andantino
soloInstrument guitar
style lyrical
targetPerformerLevel professional guitarist
thirdMovementTempoMarking Allegro
typicalEnsemble solo guitar with symphony orchestra
typicalPerformanceContext concert hall
usesForm three-movement concerto form
yearOfComposition 1960

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Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco wroteWork Guitar Concerto No. 2 in C major, Op. 160