Norman Dello Joio

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Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913 – July 24, 2008) was an American composer. He was born Nicodemo DeGioio in New York City to Italian immigrants; the spelling "Gioio" was later anglicized to "Joio". He began his musical career as organist and choir director at the Star of the Sea Church on City Island in New York at age 14. His father was an organist, pianist, and vocal coach and coached many opera stars from the Metropolitan Opera. He taught Norman piano starting at the age of four. In his teens, Norman began studying organ with his godfather, Pietro Yon, who was the organist at Saint Patrick's Cathedral. In 1939, he received a scholarship to the Juilliard School of Music, where he studied composition with Bernard Wagenaar. He was the father of American Olympic medalist (equestrian), Norman Dello Joio. While he was a student, he worked as organist at St. Anne's Church, but he soon decided that he didn't want to make his living as an organist. In 1941, he began studying with Paul Hindemith, who encouraged him to follow his own lyrical bent, rather than sacrificing it to the atonal systems then popular. By the late forties, he was considered one of the foremost American composers. He received numerous awards and much recognition. He was a prolific composer in a variety of genres, but is perhaps best known for his choral music. Perhaps Dello Joio's most famous work in the wind ensemble category is his Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn, composed for the Michigan State Universit

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Dello Joio: Variants On A Mediaeval Tune / From Every Horizon / City Profiles / Concertante

Piano Music of Norman Dello Joio

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The Philharmonia Orchestra Performs Works by Dello Joio, Hovhaness, & Rosner

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Norman Dello Joio: Three Piano Sonatas, Fantasies, Suite, and Two Nocturnes

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Dance Rhythms

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Enescu, Schumann: Violin Sonatas - Dello Jio: Concert Suite

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Piano Works, Vol. 3

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American Harp

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The University of Southern Mississippi Symphonic Winds and Wind Ensemble Dec. 1, 2005

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One is the All

Norman Dello Joio: The Trial at Rouen

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Complete Works for Piano, Vol. 2

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