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Joseph Horovitz

British composer (1926-2022) · United Kingdom · On the map · Musicians · Died at 95

Joseph Horovitz 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.

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Awards

Walter Willson Cobbett Medal

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class

Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna

About this person

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, brass band, wind band and chamber music. He considered his fifth string quartet (1969) to be his best work.

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United Kingdom