The
Composers
Norman Dello Joio
(1913- )
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Born in New York City, Norman Dello Joio
studied under the German composer Paul Hindemith. His works include: Concertino
for Harmonica and Chamber Orchestra (1942);
Song of Affirmation
(1952), a setting of the poem "Western Star" by the American poet
Stephen Vincent Benét, for chorus and orchestra,
soprano, and narrator; Meditations on Ecclesiastes (1956) for string
orchestra, which won the 1957 Pulitzer Prize in music; and Evocations
(1970) for chorus and orchestra. Dello Joio also wrote an opera, Blood
Moon (1961), and several instrumental pieces, such as Diversions
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