Joseph Castaldo
Introduction '''Joseph Francis Castaldo''' : Born December 22, 1927 – , Manhattan, New York Died January 27, 2000 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania was an American composer of classical music and a teacher of musical composition and music.Castaldo was an important figure in Philadelphia musical life in the ’60s, ’70s, '80s and '90's, having served as the Head of the Philadelphia Musical Academy and guided that institution’s evolution into what is now the University of the Arts.
Works ===Orchestral=======Chamber====*''Theoria'' for fifteen winds, piano and percussion*''Askesis (Cycles II)'' for 14 players*''Elegy'' (on Texts of Rilke) for soprano and small orchestra*''Protogenesis'' (for Fels Planetarium)====Full====*''Lacrimosa'' for strings*''Lacrimosa II'' for strings*''Epigrams'' for piano and orchestra*''The Eye of God''*Concerto for Cello*Concerto for viola and orchestra (1988–1989):I. Lament:II. Canticle-Celebration*''Soliloquy and Dialogues'' for clarinet and string orchestra*''Landscapes'':I. Snake River===Chamber===*''Lament'' for viola and piano*''Lament'' for violoncello and piano (1988)*''Lament'' for clarinet and piano*''Dedications'' for flute and bassoon (1988)*''Sarabande'' for solo violoncello*''Two Pieces for solo clarinet'' (1985, revised 1987)*''Where Silence Reigns'' for violin, violoncello and piano*''Four Songs from Rilke'' for voice and piano*''Kannon'' for solo flute (1978)*''Memento Mori'' for horn, piano and percussion (1991)*''Photographia'' for baritone voice, piano and percussion (1972)*''Chamber Sonata'' for violin and viola*''Dichotomy'' for woodwind quintet*''Contrasts'' for solo harp (1956)*String Quartet (1978), #2*String Quartet (1994), #3*String Quartet (1954), #1===Piano===*''Toccata''*Sonatina*''Kaleidoscope''*Sonata (1961)*''Moments''*''Haiku''*''Metaphors''===Choral===*''Ancient Liturgy'' (first performance, 1990)* ''Flight'', Sacred Cantata for Soprano, Narrator, Mixed Chorus, Symphonic Winds, and Percussion; Text by John Shoemaker; Commissioned by the Temple University Choirs, Robert Page, Director.
References
External links * A former student remembers Joseph Castaldo