Here's news from the New York Times:
Norman Dello Joio, a composer who achieved wide popularity in the mid-20th century with a proliferation of essentially tonal, lyrical works, died on Thursday at his home in East Hampton, N.Y. He was 95.
His death was announced by Carl Fischer Music, one of his publishers.
Mr. Dello Joio wrote dozens of pieces each for chorus, orchestra, solo voice, chamber groups and piano, as well as scores for television and three operas. Church music, the popular tunes of the jazz age and 19th-century Italian opera were all influences on his style, which could be both austere and colorful.
3 comments:
He will be missed. He was a great composer of Choral music.
I will never forget singing his "jubilant song" in High School. It was one of the highlights of my early choral experience. ~ Ryan
I will be programming his "Of Crows and Clusters" on my first fall concert.
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