Joseph Horovitz
British composer and conductor (1926–2022) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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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]
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This article is about the British composer and conductor. For the American cultural historian, see Joseph Horowitz.