Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco (1895-1953) is a pianist and composer. He composed nearly 100 works for guitars, making him the most famous composer in the guitar world of the twentieth century.

“Sonata for guitar in D” was composed by the request of Segovia. His works symbolizes Jewish music, with repetitive simple motives and model scales. Which made the chapters have something in common, but they have different styles because of different combinations. Model scales and the simple motives made the work have a continuous bass and motive in the harmonized color of the tone, resulting in a dissonant effect. It has shown strong style and dramatic tension, and transcript by Segovia made it more characteristics and effects. It is an important work for classical guitar.