Joseph Horovitz
Joseph Horovitz , also Joseph Horowitz (born May 26, 1926 in Vienna , Austria ) is a British composer and conductor .
Life
From 1936 he attended the Academic Gymnasium in Vienna and was expelled from school in 1938 with a large number of classmates under the cynical term "retraining" due to his Jewish descent. Shortly afterwards he emigrated to England with his family. There he studied music and modern languages at New College , Oxford . He then went to the Royal College of Music in London and studied composition with Gordon Jacob . He then completed his composition studies with Nadia Boulanger in Paris for a year . He began his musical career from 1950 to 1951 as the music director of the Bristol Old Vic Company in Bristol . He then worked as a ballet and opera conductor for various international companies, with whom he toured Europe and the USA . He achieved international fame with the music for various TV series, such as B. Lillie , Rumpole , The Search for the Nile , The Flight against Slavery , Wessex Tales and Partners in Crime ( Detective Agency Blunt ).
Since 1961 he has been Professor of Composition at the Royal College of Music , London. In 1970 he became a board member of the Composers' Guild of Great Britain . From 1969 to 1996 he served on the board of the Performing Right Society .
From 1962 he shifted the focus of his activity increasingly to composing. His oeuvre includes 16 ballets, including the well-known Alice in Wonderland from 1953, 2 one-act operas ( The Dumb Wife , libretto Peter Shaffer , and Gentleman's Island , libretto Gordon Snell ), concerts for violin, oboe, clarinet, bassoon, trumpet, euphonium , Tuba and percussion as well as a very popular and often played jazz concert for harpsichord and chamber orchestra, which was composed at the suggestion of George Malcolm . A larger number of works are written for wind orchestras and brass bands. He received the Commonwealth Medal in 1959 and many other awards for his compositions.
Works
Works for orchestra
- 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 (including brass bands)
- 1964 Three Pieces From "Music Hall Suite" for brass band
- 1970 Sinfonietta for brass band
- Allegro
- Lento Moderato
- Con Brio
- 1972 Euphonium Concerto for euphonium solo and wind orchestra (also a version for brass band)
- Moderato
- Lento
- Con Moto
- 1975 The Dong with a Luminous Nose for brass band
- 1977 Samson for baritone, mixed choir and brass band
- 1983 Ballet for Band for brass band
- 1984 Bacchus on Blue Ridge Divertimento for wind orchestra
- Moderato
- blues
- Vivo
- 1985 Concertino Classico for 2 cornets (or trumpets) and brass band
- Con Brio
- Larghetto
- Allegro Rustico
- 1991 Fête galante for wind orchestra
- Pavane
- Menuet
- Bourrée des Masques
- 1992 Dance Suite
- Allegro
- Andantino
- Vivace
- Ad Astra
- Commedia Dell'Arte
- Lillie Theme
- Theme and co-operation for brass band
-
Tuba Concerto for tuba and brass band
- Allegro
- Andante
- Con Moto
- Wind harp
Other works
- 1952 Les Femmes d'Alger Ballet in 1 act
- 1953 The Dumb Wife comic opera in 1 act
- 1953 Alice in Wonderland Ballet in 2 acts
- 1958 Concerto for Dancers Ballet in 1 act
- 1958 Gentleman's Island Libretto Gordon Snell in English or German for tenor, baritone and chamber orchestra
- 1962 Fantasia on a Theme of Couperin for a brass nonet
- 1965 Let's Make a Ballet Ballet in 1 act
- 1970 Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo Cantata Text: Michael Flanders for mixed choir with piano, double bass and percussion
- 1970 Lady Macbeth Scena for mezzo-soprano and piano
- 1980 Miss Carter Wore Pink Ballet in 1 act
Chamber music
- 1949 Sonatina for oboe and piano op.3 (premiere 1957)
- 1964 Music Hall Suite for brass quintet
- Soubrette song
- Trick cyclists
- Adagio team
- Soft shoe shuffle
- Les Girls
- 1968 Brass Polka for brass quartet
- 1969 String Quartet No. 5
- Quartet for oboe and strings op.18
Film music
- 1963 Tarzan's death duel
- 1976 The portrait of Dorian Gray
- 1980 The Tempest
Awards
Web links
- Media from and about Joseph Horovitz in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Horovitz, Joseph |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British composer |
DATE OF BIRTH | May 26, 1926 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |