Joseph Horovitz
Joseph Horovitz (born May 26, 1926 in Vienna, Austria) is a British composer and conductor.
Biography
Horovitz's family emigrated to England in 1938. He studied music and modern languages at New College, Oxford, and later attended the Royal College of Music in London, studying composition with Gordon Jacob. He then undertook a year of further study with Nadia Boulanger in Paris. His musical career began in 1950, when he became music director at the Bristol Old Vic. He was subsequently active as a conductor of ballet and opera, and toured Europe and the United States. His music for television won him international acclaim: programmes featuring his work include Lillie, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Search for the Nile, The Flight Against Slavery, Wessex Tales and Partners in Crime.
Horovitz has been Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music since 1961, and a Council Member of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain since 1970. Between 1969 and 1996 he belonged to the board of the Performing Rights Society.
From 1962, Horovitz concentrated increasingly on composition. His works include 16 ballets, including Alice in Wonderland (1953), 2 one-act operas (The Dumb Wife, libretto Peter Shaffer; Gentlemen’s Island, libretto Gordon Snell), and concertos for violin, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, euphonium, tuba and percussion, as well as a popular and often performed jazz concerto for harpsichord. A large number of his works have been written for wind orchestra and brass band. In 1959, he was awarded the Commonwealth Medal, and since then he has received many other awards for his compositions.
Works
Orchestral Works
1948 Concertante for Clarinet and Strings
1963 Trumpet Concerto
1971 Sinfonietta for Light Orchestra
1972 Horizon Overture
1973 Valse
1976 Bassoon Concerto
1977 Jubilee Toy Symphony
1981 Clarinet Sonatina
1993 Oboe Concerto
Works for Wind Orchestra and Brass Band
1964 Three Pieces From Music Hall Suite for brass band
1970 Sinfonietta for brass band
1. Allegro
2. Lento moderato
3. Con brio
1972 Euphonium Concerto for euphonium und wind orchestra
1. Moderato
2. Lento
3. Con moto
1975 The Dong with a Luminous Nose for brass band
1977 Samson for baritone, mixed chorus and brass band
1983 Ballet for Band for brass band
1984 Bacchus on Blue Ridge: Divertimento for wind orchestra
1. Moderato
2. Blues
3. Vivo
1985 Concertino Classico for 2 cornets (or trumpets) and brass band
1. Con brio
2. Larghetto
3. Allegro rustico
1991 Fete Galante for wind orchestra
1. Pavane
2. Menuet
3. Bourée des masques
1992 Dance Suite
1. Allegro
2. Andantino
3. Vivace
Ad Astra
Commedia Dell'Arte
Lillie Theme
Theme and Co-Operation for brass band
Tuba Concerto for tuba und brass band
1. Allegro
2. Andante
3. Con Moto
Wind-Harp
Other works
1952 Les Femmes d'Alger: Ballet in one act
1953 The Dumb Wife: Comic opera in one act
1953 Alice in Wonderland: Ballet in two acts
1958 Concerto for Dancers: Ballet in one act
1958 Gentleman's Island (libretto by Gordon Snell) in English or German for tenor, baritone and chamber orchestra
1961 Horrortorio (words by Alistair Sampson from a scenario by Maurice Richardson) for soloists, chorus and orchestra. It was performed at the Hoffnung Astronautical Musical Festival
1962 Fantasia on a Theme of Couperin for wind nonet
1965 Let's Make a Ballet: Ballet in one act
1970 Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo: Cantata (text by Michael Flanders) for mixed chorus with piano, double bass and percussion
1970 Lady Macbeth Scena for mezzo-soprano and piano
1975 Summer Sunday: a comical-tragical-ecological Pastoral for mixed choir and piano
1980 Miss Carter Wore Pink: Ballet in one act
Chamber Music
1964 Music Hall Suite for brass quintet
1. Soubrette Song
2. Trick-cyclists
3. Adagio-team
4. Soft shoe shuffle
5. Les Girls
1976 Brass Polka for brass quartet
1969 String Quartet No. 5
Sonatina, op. 3 for oboe and piano
Quartet for oboe and strings, op. 18
Ghetto Song for solo guitar |
