Dello Joio, Norman

Period: Early 20th Century

Born: Friday, January 24, 1913 in New York, New York (USA)

Died: Thursday, July 24, 2008 in East Hampton, New York (USA)

Nation of Origin: United States

Major Works:

Operas:
The Triumph of St. Joan (1950)
The Ruby, opera in one act (1955)
The Trial at Rouen (1956)
Blood Moon (1961)

Other Information:

He won the Pulitzer Prize in Music for Meditations on Ecclesiastes in 1957.

General Bibliography:

Slonimsky, Nicolas, Music Since 1900, Schirmer Books, July 1994, ISBN: 0028724186

Salzman, Eric, Twentieth Century Music: An Introduction, Pearson, October 2001, ISBN: 0130959413

Slonimsky, Nicolas and Kuhn, Laura; Editors, Baker's Biographical Dictionary of Musicians, Gale Group, December 2000, ISBN: 0028655257

Sadie, Stanley and Tyrrell, John; Editors, The New Grove Dictionary of Music and Musicians, Groves Dictionaries, Inc., January 2004, ISBN: 0195170679

Rutherford-Johnson, Tim, Kennedy, Michael, and Kennedy, Joyce The Oxford Dictionary of Music, Oxford University Press, 6th Edition, 2012, ISBN: 0199578109


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