Apr 01 Video An Italian Jew from Spain with German in his Name Monday’s Guitar Pick featured the first concerto for guitar and orchestra by Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco. An Italian Jew of Spanish decent, his concerto No.1 was the first concerto to be published after a drought of concertos for the instrument for 100 years. He was a prolific composer of music for the concert stage and for film. […] By Alan Brandt Apr 01 Video An Italian Jew from Spain with German in his Name By Alan Brandt