Joseph Horovitz
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1926
- Works
- 12
Top works
- Joseph Horovitz
- Fantasia on a theme of Couperin, for eleven strings (1962)
- Horizon overture, 1972
- Horizon overture [for] orchestra (1972)
- Horrortorio
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1926-05-26
- Active to
- 2022-02-09
british composerclassicalcomposer
Discography
- Classical Jazz: Pauer: Concerto for Big Band and Orchestra / Shchedrin: Contrasts for Piano and Orchestra / Horowitz: Jazz Concerto
- Rumpole of the Bailey - Theme from the Thames Television Series1987
- British Masters, Volume 21993
- Four Concertos2007
- Sonatinas for Clarinet & Piano2009
- British Clarinet Sonatas, Vol. 22013
- Songs2017
- English Music for Clarinet2024
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 1,703
- Total plays
- 8,329
Tags
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Joseph Horovitz (born 26 May 1926 in Vienna, Austria) is a British composer and conductor. 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. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Josep
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Joseph
- Family name
- Horovitz
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Place of death
- London
- Occupation
- writer
- Educated at
- New College
- Employer
- Royal College of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Gordon Jacob
- Genre
- classical music
Show 5 more facts
- P8168
- Kensington
- date of death
- 2022-02-09
- date of birth
- 1926-05-26
- name in native language
- Joseph Horovitz
- P12749
- Dileita Mohamed Dileita
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