Joseph Horovitz

This article is about the British composer and conductor. For the American cultural historian, see Joseph Horowitz.

Joseph Horovitz
Born(1926-05-26)May 26, 1926
Vienna, Austria
DiedFebruary 9, 2022(2022-02-09) (aged 95)
England
Occupation(s)Conductor and composer
Spouse
Anna Horovitz (neé Landau)
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(m. 1956)​

Joseph Horovitz (26 May 1926 – 9 February 2022) was an Austrian-born British composer and conductor best known for his 1970 pop cantata Captain Noah and his Floating Zoo, which achieved widespread popularity in schools. Horovitz also composed music for television, including the theme music for the Thames Television series Rumpole of the Bailey, and was a prolific composer of ballet, orchestral (including nine concertos), brass band, wind band and chamber music.[1] He considered his fifth string quartet (1969) to be his best work.[2]

  1. ^ Bradbury, Ernest (revised Miller, Malcolm). Horovitz, Joseph, in Grove Music Online (2001)
  2. ^ Composer Joseph Horovitz: No Ordinary Joe, BBC Radio 4, July 2011