Norman Dello Joio (1913-2008)
One
of the master composers of his generation, Norman Dello Joio was true
to his musical vision for over 95 years. Born into a distinguished
family of church musicians, Dello Joio acquired the rudiments of his
training as a pianist and organist at home, and by the age of 12 he was
accomplished enough to substitute for his father, Casimir at the church
where he was the music director, the Church of Our Lady of Mount Carmel
in Manhattan. Additional organ studies with his well-known godfather,
Pietro Yon were followed by studies at the All Hallows Institute
(1926-30) and the College of the City of New York (1932-4). He began
full-time musical training at the Institute of Musical Art (1933-38)
and the Juilliard School of Music, graduate division, where his
composition teacher was Bernard Wagenaar. In 1941 he decided to further
hone his compositional skills by taking Paul Hindemith’s summer
composition class at the Berkshire Music Center in Tanglewood, and
continued to study with the German master at Yale University from 1941
to 1943. Over the years he has written in all the major genres of music
from opera and ballet to solo piano, art songs, choral music and
chamber music. However, it as a writer of music for orchestra and
string orchestra that he is probably best-known, and his works in this
area have garnered him a New York Critics Circle Award for Variations, Chaconne and Finale
(1947), a Pulitzer Prize for Meditations on Ecclesiastes
(1956) and an Emmy for his score for the television series
score, The Louvre
(1965). All of his music is deeply imbued with the flavor of medieval
ecclesiasticism that he imbibed from an early age. The liturgical
feeling of the musical ideas is cannily mixed with a modern, neo-tonal
(frequently quartal and modal) harmonic vocabulary and a flair for
moderately dissonant counterpoint. His orchestral approach is also
distinctive in its balance of colorful flair and austerity. Highly
regarded as a teacher and administrator, Dello Joio has taught at Sarah
Lawrence College, the Mannes College of Music and Boston University,
where he served for many years as Dean of the School of Fine and
Applied Arts. In 1959, he began a 14-year association with the Ford
Foundation Contemporary Music Project for Creativity in Music
Education. Dello Joio conceived and developed the project through which
young composers were placed in high schools throughout the USA and
subsidized while they wrote music for school ensembles of every type.
The program clearly had a beneficial effect on his writing and led to a
successful series of pieces for band and chorus. Dello Joio’s
orchestral music has been performed by most of the major orchestras in
the United States, including the Atlanta Symphony, Baltimore Symphony,
Boston Symphony, Chicago Symphony, Indianapolis Symphony, Louisville
Orchestra, New York Philharmonic, Philadelphia Orchestra, Pittsburgh
Symphony, Utah Symphony, et al. In addition, several of his orchestral
works have had a second life as successful ballets, Meditations on Ecclesiastes
(There Is a Time
– choreography by José Limon), Serenade
(Diversion of Angels
– choreography by Martha Graham) and The Triumph of St. Joan
(Seraphic Dialogues
– choreography by Martha Graham), among others.- Carl Fischer Music Publishing
COMPOSITIONS Dello Joio Links ~ ~ ~ Works by Genre
Piano Trio (1937, withdrawn)
Quartet, 4 bassoons (1937, withdrawn)
Cello Sonata (1937, withdrawn) [???same as "Sonatina", cello and piano, n.d.; manuscript-NYPL]
Violin Sonata, A major (1937, withdrawn)
Ballad of Thomas Jefferson, voice and piano (1937; pub. 1943)
Concertino in Stilo Classico, piano and orchestra (1938, withdrawn; fp 1941)
Concertino, flute and string orchestra (1938, withdrawn)
Colloquy, violin and piano (1938, withdraw)
Violin Sonata (1938, withdrawn) [???same as 1941 manuscript in NYPL]
Woodwind Quintet (1939, withdrawn)
Gone, high voice and piano (1939, withdrawn; manuscript) [text: Carl Sandburg]
Joy, baritone and piano (1939, withdrawn; manuscript) [text: Carl Sandburg]
Mill Doors, baritone and piano (1937-1939; pub. 1948) [also appears in "[Three] Songs", voice and piano, 1948]
Chicago, chorus (1939, withdrawn) [text: Carl Sandburg]
Ballad, string orchestra (1940, withdrawn)
Suite, piano (1940; fp 1941, as "Sandburg Phrases"; pub. 1945) [4 mvts]
Woodwind Trio (1940, withdrawn)
Concerto (Concertino) for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1941, withdrawn)
Sinfonietta, orchestra (1941) [choreographed by Loring as ballet "Prairie", 1942]
Vigil Strange, chorus and piano 4-hands (1941; pub. 1943)
Prairie, ballet (1942) [Sinfonietta, 1941, choreographed by Loring]
The Duke of Sacramento, ballet, 2 pianos (1942; fp 1942; withdrawn) [choreographed by Loring]
Fantasia on a Gregorian Theme, violin and piano (1942; pub. 1949)
Magnificat, orchestra (1942 July 7-Aug 27; pub. 1944)
Concertino, harmonica and orchestra (1942 Nov 15-Dec 27, withdrawn)
To a Lone Sentry, solo piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, brass, percussion and string orchestra (1943; pub. 1945)
Spoon River, incidental music, piano (1943; withdrawn)
Sonata No. 1, piano (1943 Feb 1-4; pub. 1947)
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1943 Feb 1 – Apr 26; pub. 1946; fp 1947) [choreographed Tamaris as "Women's Song", 1947]
Sextet, 3 recorders and string trio (1943 May 9-19; pub. 1944)
Sonata No. 2, piano (1943 Sept 2-29; pub. 1948)
The Mystic Trumpeter, chorus and horn (1943 Nov 1-13; pub. 1945)
Trio, flute, cello and piano (1933 Dec 13 - 1944 Jan 9; pub. 1948)
Ita Missa Est, [voice?/chorus? & pf/orch?] (1942-4; manuscript-NYPL)[no text written in; dedication:“To Irene and Fred Jacobi”]
Duo Concertante, 2 pianos (1944 Feb 16-May 3) [???same as work for cello and piano, 1945; pub. 1949]
Fanfare for Victor and the Oklahoma Symphony, [orchestra] (1944 June 21)
Prelude: To a Young Musician, piano (1944 June 25; pub. 1945)
Concert Music, orchestra (1944; pf 1946; pub. 1949)
On Stage!, ballet (1945; arr. as Suite from On Stage!, orchestra, 1945; arr. as Suite from On Stage!, 2 pianos, 1945)
Symphony for Voices and Orch (1945, withdrawn; rev. as "Song of Affirmation", 1953) [after Benet, "Western Star"]
Three Ricercari, piano and orchestra (1945; fp 1946)
Duo Concertato, cello and piano (1945; pub. 1949)
Prelude: To a Young Dancer, piano (1945 Oct 19-21; pub. 1946)
Madrigal, chorus and piano (1945 Nov 27 – Dec 1; pub. 1947)
A Jubilant Song, female chorus and piano (1945 Dec 6-20; pub. 1946; arr. for mixed chorus and band, 1991)
A Fable, tenor, chorus and piano (1946; pub. 1947) ["The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down"]
New Born, voice and piano (1946 Nov 29; pub. 1948) [also appears in "[Three] Songs", voice and piano, 1948]
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, voice and piano (1946; pub. 1948) [also appears in "[Three] Songs", voice and piano, 1948]
Nocturne in E, piano (1946; pub. 1950)
Nocturne in F#, piano (1946; pub. 1950)
Andante, piano (1946?; pub. 1948) [on title page: "title fixed by Mr. Froder? 5/13/46; Prelude title crossed out]
Three Symphonic Dances, ballet (1947) [see Variations, Chaconne and Finale, orchestra, 1947]
Variations, Chaconne and Finale, orchestra (1947; fp 1948; pub. 1950) [originally titled "Three Symphonic Dances"]
Sonata No. 3, piano (1947; pub. 1948)
The Assassination: 2 fates discuss a human problem, voice and piano (1947; pub. 1949)
Lament, voice and piano (1947; pub. 1949)
Serenade, orchestra (1947-48; fp 1949; pub. 1953) [choreographed by Martha Graham as ballet "Diversion of Angels", 1948]
Diversion of Angels, ballet (based on Serenade, 1947-48; first performed August 13, 1948 as Wilderness Stair: Diversion of Angels)
[choreographed by Martha Graham; later renamed Diversion of Angels, premiered, 1949]
Variations and Capriccio, violin and piano (1948 June 1- Aug 9; pub. 1949)
[Three] Songs, voice and piano (pub. 1948)
Six Love Songs, voice and piano (1948/1949?; rev.? 1951; pub. 1954)
Concertato (Concertante), clarinet and orchestra (1949; fp 1949; pub. 1955; also arr. for clarinet and piano)
New York Profiles, orch (1949; fp 1949 Aug 21; pub. 1952) [worked into Here is New York, TV score, and symphonic suite, 1959]
The Triumph of St. Joan, opera (1949 July 10 – 1950 March 21; fp 1950; withdrawn)
- reworked into "The Triumph of St. Joan Symphony", 1951; later reworked into new ballet, Seraphic Dialog, 1955
A Psalm of David, chorus, strings, brass and percussion (1950; pub. 1951)
The Bluebird, chorus and piano (1950; pub. 1952)
Epigraph, orchestra (1951 Oct 27; fp 1952; pub. 1953)
Symphony: The Triumph of Saint Joan, orchestra (1951; pub. 1952) [based on music from opera The Triumph of St. Joan, 1950]
[introduced as ballet, choreographed by Martha Graham, 1951; rechoreographed by Graham as "Seraphic Dialogue", 1955]
Song of Affirmation, narr., sop., chorus & orch (1952; pub. 1953) [text: Benet "Western Star"] [from "Sym for Voices & Orch, 1945]
Song of the Open Road, chorus, trumpet and piano (1952; pub. 1953)
Aria and Toccata, 2 pianos (1952; pub. 1955)
The Ruby, opera (1953; fp 1955; pub. 1955)
The Tall Kentuckian, incidental music, soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra (1953; fp 1953; pub. 1954)
- Somebody's Coming, chorus and piano (1953; pub. 1953) [from The Tall Kentuckian, 1953]
- Sweet Sunny, chorus and piano (1953; pub. 1954) [from The Tall Kentuckian, 1953]
Adieu, Mignonne, When You Are Gone, female chorus and piano (1953/1954?; pub. 1955)
The Lamentation of Saul, baritone, fl, ob, cl, va, vc and pf; or baritone and orchestra (1954 June 20 - July 31; pub. 1970)
Seraphic Dialog, ballet (1955) [The Triumph of St. Joan Symphony Symphony,1951, with new choreography by Martha Graham, 1955]
The Trial at Rouen, TV opera (1955; fp 1956; revised and retitled "The Triumph of Saint Joan", opera, 1958; fp 1959)
- The Creed of Pierre Cauchon, voice and orchestra (pub. 1957) [from The Trial at Rouen, 1955]
The Listeners, voice and piano (1955; pub. 1960)
Meditations on Ecclesiastes, string orch (1956; fp 1957) [see also "There is a Time", ballet, 1956; and "The Glass Heart", ballet, 1968]
Variations on a Theme, ballet (1956) [ballet Meditations on Ecclesiastes]
There is a Time, ballet (1956) [Meditations on Ecclesiastes, 1956; choreographed by Limon]
Air Power, TV score, 27 [often listed as "22"] episodes (1956-57; broadcast 1956 Nov 4; arr. as symphonic suite, pub. 1957)
- Air Power, symphonic suite, orchestra (pub. 1957)
- Big City, [orchestra] (1957 Nov) [see "A Ballad of the Seven Lively Arts", 1957]
A Ballad of the Seven Lively Arts, pf and orch (1957) [formerly "Big City" from Air Power Suite, 1957]
To Saint Cecilia, cantata, chorus and brass (pub. 1958)
Profile of a Composer, TV score (1958) [includes "A Ballad of the Seven Lively Arts", 1957]
The Triumph of Saint Joan, opera (1958; fp 1959) [revision of "The Trial at Rouen", 1956]
O Sing Unto the Lord (Psalm 98), male chorus and organ (1958; pub. 1959)
Un Sonetto di Petrarca, voice and piano (1959?; pub. 1964)
Here is New York, TV score (1959; arr. as symphonic suite, 1959) [includes parts of "New York Profiles", 1949]
The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve, orchestra and voice, TV score (1959; broadcast 1963) [ABC manuscript cue parts, 1961]
Vanity Fair, TV score (1959; broadcast 1961)
Prayers of Cardinal Newman, chorus and organ (1960; pub. 1962)
Anthony and Cleopatra, incidental music (1960)
Women's Song, ballet (1960) [Harp Concerto, 1945; choreographed by Tamaris]
Blood Moon, opera (1961; fp 1961)
Fantasy and Variations, piano and orchestra (1961 Aug 16; fp 1962; pub. 1962; also arr. for 2 pianos)
Kamikaze (From Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima), documentary film score (1961)
The Smashing of the Reich, documentary film score (1961) [1962]
The Holy Infant's Lullaby, chorus and piano (1962 Jan 21; pub. 1962; also female chorus and piano, 1967; voice and piano, 1967)
A Christmas Carol, 2-part chor. & pf (1962 July 10; pub. 1967; also female chor. & pf, 1965; voice & pf, 1968; chor. & pf 4-hds, 1971)
Bright Star (Light of the World), A Song for Xmas, voice/or 2-part chr & pf (1962?; pub. 1968; also mixed chorus & pf 4-hnds, 1971)
Family Album, piano 4-hands (pub. 1962) [5 pieces]
Three Songs of Adieu, voice and piano (pub. 1962)
Time of Decision, TV score (1962) [alternative title: Korea: H.S.T., Time for Decision]
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (In dulce jubilo), band (pub. 1963)
Mass the Bread of Life, cantor, congreg., chorus & org (n.d.; manuscript) [“To memory of Pope John XXIII" - died June 1963]
Colloquies, concert suite, violin and piano (1963; pub. 1964)
Night Song, piano (1963)
Song's End, 3-part female chorus and piano (1964 May 6; pub. 1964)
Suite for the Young, piano (1964) [10 pieces]
Three Songs of Chopin, 2 or 4-voice chorus and piano/or orchestra (1964; pub. 1964; also arr. for orchestra)
From Every Horizon, film score (1964; arr. for band, 1964) [for film shown at the New York World's Fair, 1964-65]
From Every Horizon: a Tone Poem to New York, band (1964 March 7; pub. 1965) [arr. from film score, 1964]
The Louvre, TV score (1964; broadcast Nov 1964; arr. for band as "Scenes from the Louvre", 1965)
Scenes from the Louvre, band (1965; pub. 1966) [from TV Special "The Louvre", 1964] [music for band based on ancient airs]
Reflections, ballet (1965) [1963?] [Variations, Chaconne and Finale, 1947; choreographed by Norman Walker]
Antiphonal Fantasy on a Theme of Vincenzo Albrici, organ, brass and strings (1965 July 14; pub. 1966)
Laudation, organ (1965 Aug 21; pub. 1965)
Questions and Answers, a duet for children vocal and piano (1965 Dec 1)
Moment of Decision, TV series score (1965) [ABC-TV]
Songs of Walt Whitman, chorus and piano (1966; pub. 1966) [also w/orchestra]
Air for Strings, string orchestra (pub. 1967)
Years of the Modern, chorus, brass and percussion (1967; pub. 1968)
Five Images, pf 4-hands (pub. 1967; arr. for orch, pub. 1967)
Proud Music of the Storm, chorus, brass and organ (1967 July 13; pub. 1967)
America and Americans, TV score (1967) (NBC documentary based on writings of John Steinbeck; aired 12/3/67]
(A) Time of Snow, ballet (pf score, n.d.; fp 1968) [chgph. by Martha Graham] [some music used in "Songs of Abelard", band, 1969]
The Glass Heart, ballet (1968) [Meditations on Ecclesiastes, 1956; choreographed by Wilde]
Christmas Music, chorus and piano 4-hands (pub. 1968; arr. for piano 4-hands) [7 pieces]
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn, band or orchestra (pub. 1968; fp 1969)
Capriccio on the Interval of a Second, piano (1968; pub. 1969)
Homage to Haydn, orchestra (1968-69; pub. 1969)
Bagatelles, harp (1969)
Mass, chorus, brass and organ/or pf (1969 March 10; pub. 1969) [commissioned by St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame Indiana]
Note Left on a Doorstep, voice and piano (pub. 1969)
Songs of Abelard, band, w/opt. baritone/mezzo-sop. solo (1969) [music taken from ballet A Time of Snow, 1968]
Figurations, ballet (1970) [choreographed by Charles Nicoll] [listed in NYPL]
Evocations, chorus, opt. youth voices and orch/or pf (1970) [Part I: Visitants at Night; Part II: Promise of Spring]
Psalm of Peace, chorus, horn, trumpet and organ (1971 Feb 21; pub. 1972)
Of Crows and Clusters, chorus and piano (1971 Dec 1; pub. 1972)
Lyric Pieces for the Young, piano (pub. 1971) [6 pieces]
All is Still, theater piece, tenor and chamber ensemble (1971?)
[A monodrama based on letters of Leopold Mozart to his son; text adapted from William Blake’s The Couch of Death]
Choreography, string orchestra (pub. 1972)
The Developing Flutist, suite for flute and piano (pub. 1972)
Come to Me My Love, chorus and piano (1972; pub. 1973)
Concertante for Wind Instruments, band (pub. 1973)
Lyric Fantasies, viola and string orchestra (or string quintet) (1973; pub. 1975; also arr. for viola and piano)
The Poet's Song, chorus and piano (1973; pub. 1974)
Three Essays, clarinet and piano (pub. 1974)
Stage Parodies,suite for young players, piano 4-hands (1974?; pub. 1975) [4 pieces]
String Quartet (1974)
Thesmophoriasusae, incidental music (n.d.; manuscript) [used in "Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes", band, 1975]
Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes, band (1975; fp 1975 July 17) [based on incid. music to Thesmophoriasusae]
Leisure, chorus and piano (pub. 1975)
Diversions, piano (pub. 1975) [5 pieces]
Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, cantor, congregation, choir and organ, w/ opt. brass quintet (pub. 1975)
Mass in Honor of the Eucharist, cantor, congregation, choir & org (pub. 1975) [NYPL: w/strings, brass, chorus & organ]
Notes from Tom Paine, chorus and piano (pub. 1975)
Songs of Remembrance, baritone and orchestra (pub. 1976)
Southern Echoes, dance suite, orchestra (1976 July 1 - Aug 29; pub. 1976) [3 mvts]
Colonial Variants: 13 Profiles of the Original Colonies, orchestra (fp. 1976; pub. 1976)
Colonial Ballads, band (1977 June 8, manuscript date) [Dello Joio website pub. date, 1976]
Arietta, string orchestra (pub. 1978)
Caccia, band (pub. 1978)
Concertante, chamber orchestra (pub. 1978)
Lyric Dances/Exaltation of Larks, chamber orchestra (1978)
As of a Dream, narrator, soloists, opt. dancers, chorus & orch (1978; pub. 1979) [modern masque on poetry of Walt Whitman]
The Dancing Sergeant, band (pub. 1979)
Sonata, trumpet and piano (1979 Feb 15; pub. 1980)
Salute to Scarlatti, "A Suite of Sonatas for Piano or Harpsichord", piano or harpsichord (1979; pub. 1980) [4 mvts]
The Psalmist’s Meditation, chorus and piano (c.1979; pub. 1981)
Concert Variants, piano (1980; pub. 1983) [a theme and variations] [sometimes titled "Concert Variations"]
Hymns Without Words (3), a suite, chorus and orchestra (1980; pub. 1981)
Ballabili, orchestra (1981 Aug 27; pub. 1983)
Reflections on an Original Christmas Tune, woodwind quintet (1981) [Boehm Quintette commission]
Love Songs at Parting, chorus and piano (1982 July 7; pub. 1984)
Variants on a Song of Parting, chorus and piano (1982? - manuscript)
East Hampton Sketches, string orchestra (1983 May 7)
Song at Springtide, piano 4-hands (1983)
Aria and Roulade, band (1984)
I Dreamed of a City Invincible, chorus and piano/or organ (pub. 1984) [text: Walt Whitman]
Agnus Dei, [chorus and organ?/orchesta?] (1984- NYPL)
Variants on a Bach Chorale, orchestra (1985; manuscript, 1990?; pub. c. 1990) [on "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"]
[sometimes listed as "Variations on ..."]
A Proclamation (Let Us Sing a New Song), chorus and piano/or band (1985)
Metaphrase on Lines from Shakespeare, band (1985; pub. 1991)
Introductions and Fantasies (4) on a Chorale Tune, piano (1986)
Nativity: A Christmas Canticle for the Child, opera-oratorio, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1987; pub. 1990)
Sing a Song Universal, chorus (and piano) (1987)
Short Intervallic Etudes, "For Well Tempered Pianists", piano (pub. 1988) [6 pieces]
The Quest, chorus and piano (1990 May 25) [text: Edgar Allen Poe]
Fantasies on an Original Theme, band (1991 July 4; pub. 1994)
The Vigil, cantata, chorus, brass, timpani and percussion (part 1, 1995?; part 2, 1991 Nov 26; pub. 1995)
A Memory, male chorus and piano (pub. 1995)
A Lyrical Movement, string orchestra (1995 Nov 13)
Divertimento, orchestra (1997)
Lyrical Interludes, str qt (1998 June 10) [based on a tune suggested by children’s piano piece "A Fairy Tale" by Prokofiev]
Simple Sketches, piano (2001)
Passing Strangers, chorus and piano (2003)
Works with No Known Date of Composition
Tomorrow Is On It's (sic) Way, ["vocal and piano score"] (no known date; manuscript-NYPL) [text: Betty Weir]
Mass, cantor, chorus, congregation and organ/or orchestra (n.d.; manuscript-NYPL) [Kyrie, Gloria and Sanctus only]
Songs of Memory, chorus and piano (n.d.; manuscript-NYPL; pub. by Theodore Presser) [text: Walt Whitman]
- The Oak Tree
- Love Song
- My City
Introduction and Lyric Fantasies on an Ancient Chorale Tune, [????], (n.d.; manuscript; fragment)
WORKS BY GENRE Dello Joio Links ~ top of page ~
Opera/Theater
The Triumph of St. Joan, opera (1949 July 10 – 1950 March 21; fp 1950; withdrawn)
- reworked into "Symphony: The Triumph of St. Joan", 1951; later reworked into new ballet, Seraphic Dialog, 1955
The Ruby, opera (1953; fp 1955; pub. 1955)
The Trial at Rouen, TV opera (1955; fp 1956; revised and retitled "The Triumph of Saint Joan", opera, 1958; fp 1959)
The Triumph of Saint Joan, opera (1958; fp 1959) [revision of "The Trial at Rouen", 1956]
Blood Moon, opera (1961; fp 1961)
All is Still, theater piece, tenor and chamber ensemble (1971?)
[A monodrama based on letters of Leopold Mozart to his son; text adapted from William Blake’s The Couch of Death]
As of a Dream, narrator, soloists, opt. dancers, chorus & orch (1978; pub. 1979) [modern masque on poetry of Walt Whitman]
Nativity: A Christmas Canticle for the Child, opera-oratorio, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1987; pub. 1990)
Ballet
Prairie, ballet (1942) [Sinfonietta, 1941, choreographed by Loring]
The Duke of Sacramento, ballet, 2 pianos (1942; fp 1942; withdrawn) [choreographed by Loring]
On Stage!, ballet (1945; arr. as Suite from On Stage!, orch, 1945; arr. as Suite from On Stage!, 2 pf, 1945) [choreographed by Kidd]
Three Symphonic Dances, ballet (1947) [see Variations, Chaconne and Finale, orchestra, 1947]
Diversion of Angels, ballet (based on Serenade, 1947-48; first performed August 13, 1948 as Wilderness Stair: Diversion of Angels)
[choreographed by Martha Graham; later renamed Diversion of Angels, premiered, 1949]
Symphony: The Triumph of Saint Joan, orchestra (1951) [based on music from opera The Triumph of St. Joan, 1950]
[introduced as ballet, choreographed by Martha Graham, 1951; rechoreographed by Graham as Seraphic Dialogue, 1955]
Seraphic Dialog, ballet (1955) [The Triumph of St. Joan Symphony Symphony,1951, with new choreography by Martha Graham, 1955]
Variations on a Theme, ballet (1956) [ballet Meditations on Ecclesiastes]
There is a Time, ballet (1956) [Meditations on Ecclesiastes, 1956; choreographed by Limon]
Women's Song, ballet (1960) [Harp Concerto, 1945; choreographed by Tamaris]
Reflections, ballet (1965) [1963?] [Variations, Chaconne and Finale, 1947; choreographed by Norman Walker]
(A) Time of Snow, ballet (pf score, n.d.; fp 1968) [chgph. by Martha Graham] [some music used in "Songs of Abelard", band, 1969]
The Glass Heart, ballet (1968) [Meditations on Ecclesiastes, 1956; choreographed by Wilde]
Figurations, ballet (1970) [choreographed by Charles Nicoll] [listed in NYPL]
Orchestra
Ballad, string orchestra (1940, withdrawn)
Sinfonietta, orchestra (1941) [choreographed by Loring as ballet "Prairie", 1942]
Magnificat, orchestra (1942 July 7-Aug 27; pub. 1944)
To a Lone Sentry, solo piccolo, clarinet, trumpet, brass, percussion and string orchestra (1943; pub. 1945)
Fanfare for Victor and the Oklahoma Symphony, [orchestra] (1944 June 21)
Concert Music, orchestra (1944; fp 1946; pub. 1949)
Suite from "On Stage!", orchestra (1945) [arr. from ballet, 1945]
Variations, Chaconne and Finale, orchestra (1947; fp 1948; pub. 1950) [originally titled "Three Symphonic Dances"]
Serenade, orchestra (1947-48; fp 1949; pub. 1953) [choreographed by Martha Graham as ballet "Diversion of Angels", 1948]
New York Profiles, orch (1949; fp 1949 Aug 21; pub. 1952) [worked into "Here is New York", TV score, and symphonic suite, 1959]
Epigraph, orchestra (1951 Oct 27; fp 1952; pub. 1953)
Symphony: The Triumph of Saint Joan, orchestra (1951; pub. 1952) [based on music from opera The Triumph of St. Joan, 1950]
[introduced as ballet, choreographed by Martha Graham, 1951; rechoreographed by Graham as "Seraphic Dialogue", 1955]
- The Warrior (The Triumph of Saint Joan, mvt. 2) (1951)
Meditations on Ecclesiastes, string orch (1956; fp 1957) [see also "There is a Time", ballet, 1956; and "The Glass Heart", ballet, 1968]
Air Power, TV score, 22 episodes (1956-57; broadcast 1956 Nov 11; arr. as symphonic suite, pub. 1957)
- Air Power, symphonic suite, orchestra (pub. 1957)
- Big City, [orchestra] (1957 Nov) [from "Air Power"] [see "A Ballad of the Seven Lively Arts", 1957]
- Frolics of the Early Days, orchestra (1957) [from "Air Power"] [Carl Fischer]
Here is New York, TV score (1959; arr. as symphonic suite, 1959) [includes parts of "New York Profiles", 1949]
Three Songs of Chopin, orchestra (1964; pub. 1964; from work for 2 or 4-voice chorus and piano/or orchestra)
Antiphonal Fantasy on a Theme of Vincenzo Albrici, organ, brass and strings (1965 July 14; pub. 1966)
Air for Strings, string orchestra (pub. 1967)
Five Images, orchestra (pub. 1967; arr. from work for piano 4-hands, 1967)
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn, band or orchestra (pub. 1968; fp 1969)
Homage to Haydn, orchestra (1968-69; pub. 1969)
Choreography, string orchestra (pub. 1972)
Southern Echoes, dance suite, orchestra (1976 July 1 - Aug 29; pub. 1976) [3 mvts]
Colonial Variants: 13 Profiles of the Original Colonies, orchestra (fp. 1976; pub. 1976)
Arietta, string orchestra (pub. 1978)
Concertante, chamber orchestra (pub. 1978)
Lyric Dances/Exaltation of Larks, chamber orchestra (1978)
Ballabili, orchestra (1981 Aug 27; pub. 1983)
East Hampton Sketches, string orchestra (1983 May 7)
Variants on a Bach Chorale, orch (1985; pub. c. 1990) [on "Herr Gott, dich loben alle wir"] [sometimes listed as "Variations on ..."]
A Lyrical Movement, string orchestra (1995 Nov 13)
Divertimento, orchestra (1997)
Band
A Jubilant Song, women's chorus and piano (1945 Dec 6-20; pub. 1946; arr. for mixed chorus and band, 1991)
Variations, Chaconne and Finale, orchestra (1947; arr. for band by John Boyd)
The Triumph of St. Joan, orchestra (l951; arr. for band by James Keays)
Air Power, a suite for band (1957; arr. for band by Dennis V. Blunt)
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (In dulce jubilo), band (pub. 1963)
From Every Horizon: a Tone Poem to New York, band (1964 March 7; pub. 1965) [arr. from film score, 1964]
Scenes from the Louvre, band (1965; pub. 1966) [from TV Special "The Louvre", 1964] [music for band based on ancient airs]
Fantasies on a Theme by Haydn, band or orchestra (pub. 1968; fp 1969)
Songs of Abelard, band, w/opt. baritone/mezzo-sop. solo (1969) [music taken from ballet A Time of Snow, 1968]
Concertante for Wind Instruments, band (pub. 1973)
Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes, band (1975; fp 1975 July 17) [based on incid. music to Thesmophoriasusae]
Colonial Ballads, band (1977 June 8, manuscript date) [Dello Joio website pub. date, 1976]
Caccia, band (pub. 1978)
The Dancing Sergeant, band (pub. 1979)
Aria and Roulade, band (1984)
A Proclamation (Let Us Sing a New Song), chorus and piano/or band (1985)
Metaphrase on Lines from Shakespeare, band (1985; pub. 1991)
Fantasies on an Original Theme, band (1991 July 4; pub. 1994)
Soloist(s) w/Orchestra
Concertino in Stilo Classico, piano and orchestra (1938, withdrawn; fp 1941)
Concertino, flute and string orchestra (1938, withdrawn)
Concerto (Concertino) for Two Pianos and Orchestra (1941, withdrawn)
Concertino, harmonica and orchestra (1942 Nov 15-Dec 27, withdrawn)
Concerto for Harp and Orchestra (1943 Feb 1 – Apr 26; pub. 1946; fp 1947) [choreographed Tamaris as "Women's Song", 1947]
Three Ricercari, piano and orchestra (1945; fp 1946)
Concertato (Concertante), clarinet and orchestra (1949; fp 1949; pub. 1955; also arr. for clarinet and piano)
A Ballad of the Seven Lively Arts, pf and orch (1957) [formerly "Big City" from Air Power Suite, 1957]
Fantasy and Variations, piano and orchestra (1961 Aug 16; fp 1962; pub. 1962; rev. 2000; also arr. for 2 pianos)
[Concerto for Piano and Orchestra (1962) - listed in NYPL; ??? same as "Fantasy and Variations", piano and orchestra, 1961]
Lyric Fantasies, viola and string orchestra (or string quintet) (1973; pub. 1975; also arr. for viola and piano)
Chorus
Chorus w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Chorus and Piano
Complete Choral Works - by Title
Chorus w/Orchestra or Ensemble
Mass, cantor, chorus, congregation and organ/or orchestra (n.d.; manuscript-NYPL) [Kyrie, Gloria and Sanctus only]
A Jubilant Song, female chorus and piano (1945 Dec 6-20; pub. 1946; arr. for mixed chorus and band, 1991)
Symphony for Voices and Orch (1945, withdrawn; rev. as "Song of Affirmation", 1953) [after Benet, "Western Star"]
A Psalm of David, chorus, strings, brass and percussion (1950; pub. 1951)
Song of Affirmation, narr., sop., chorus & orch (1952; pub. 1953) [text: Benet "Western Star"] [from "Sym for Voices & Orch, 1945]
Three Songs of Chopin, 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch (1964; pub. 1964; also arr. for orch) [The Lovers; The Ring; The Wish]
Songs of Walt Whitman, chorus and piano (1966; pub. 1966) [also w/orchestra]
[I sir and look out upon the world; The Dalliance of Eagles; Tears; Take our Hand]
Proud Music of the Storm, chorus, brass and organ (1967 July 13; pub. 1967)
Years of the Modern, chorus, brass and percussion (1967; pub. 1968)
Evocations, chorus, opt. youth voices and orch/or pf (1970) [Part I: Visitants at Night; Part II: Promise of Spring]
As of a Dream, narrator, soloists, opt. dancers, chorus & orch (1978; pub. 1979) [modern masque on poetry of Walt Whitman]
Hymns Without Words (3), a suite, chorus and orchestra (1980; pub. 1981)
Nativity: A Christmas Canticle for the Child, opera-oratorio, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1987)
The Vigil, cantata, chorus, brass, timpani and percussion (part 1, 1995?; part 2, 1991 Nov 26; pub. 1995)
Chorus and Piano
Songs of Memory, chorus and piano (n.d.; manuscript-NYPL; pub. by Theodore Presser) [Walt Whitman]
- The Oak Tree
- Love Song
- My City
Vigil Strange, chorus and piano 4-hands (1941; pub. 1943)
Madrigal, chorus and piano (1945 Nov 27 – Dec 1; pub. 1947)
A Jubilant Song, female chorus and piano (1945 Dec 6-20; pub. 1946; arr. for mixed chorus and band, 1991)
Ita Missa Est, [voice?/chorus? & pf/orch?] (1942-47; manuscript-NYPL)[no text written in; dedication: “To Irene and Fred Jacobi”]
A Fable, tenor, chorus and piano (1946; pub. 1947) ["The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down"]
The Bluebird, chorus and piano (1950; pub. 1952)
Song of the Open Road, chorus, trumpet and piano (1952; pub. 1953)
Somebody's Coming, chorus and piano (1953; pub. 1953) [from The Tall Kentuckian, 1953]
Sweet Sunny, chorus and piano (1953; pub. 1954) [from The Tall Kentuckian, 1953]
Adieu, Mignonne, When You Are Gone, female chorus and piano (1953/1954?; pub. 1955)
O Sing Unto the Lord (Psalm 98), male chorus and organ (1958; pub. 1959)
Prayers of Cardinal Newman, chorus and organ (1960; pub. 1962)
The Holy Infant's Lullaby, chorus and piano (1962 Jan 21; pub. 1962; also female chorus and piano, 1967; voice and piano, 1967)
A Christmas Carol, 2-part chor. & pf (1962 July 10; pub. 1967; also female chor. & pf, 1965; voice & pf, 1968; chor. & pf 4-hds, 1971)
Bright Star (Light of the World), A Song for Xmas, voice/or 2-part chr & pf (1962?; pub. 1968; also mixed chorus & pf 4-hnds, 1971)
Mass the Bread of Life, cantor, congreg., chorus & org (n.d.; manuscript) [“To memory of Pope John XXIII" - died June 1963]
Song's End, 3-part female chorus and piano (1964 May 6; pub. 1964)
Three Songs of Chopin, 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch (1964; pub. 1964; also arr. for orch) [The Lovers; The Ring; The Wish]
Songs of Walt Whitman, chorus and piano (1966; pub. 1966) [also w/orchestra]
[I sir and look out upon the world; The Dalliance of Eagles; Tears; Take our Hand]
Christmas Music, chorus and piano 4-hands (pub. 1968; arr. for piano 4-hands) [7 pieces]
- O, Come All Ye Faithful
- Silent Night
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Holy Infant's Lullaby (Dello Joio) [from work for chorus and piano, 1962]
- A Xmas Carol (Dello Joio) [from work for chorus and piano, 1962)
- Bright Star (Dello Joio) [from work for voice/or 2-part chorus and piano, 1962]
Evocations, chorus, opt. youth voices and orch/or pf (1970) [Part I: Visitants at Night; Part II: Promise of Spring]
Psalm of Peace, chorus, horn, trumpet and organ (1971 Feb 21; pub. 1972)
Of Crows and Clusters, chorus and piano (1971 Dec 1; pub. 1972)
Come to Me My Love, chorus and piano (1972; pub. 1973)
The Poet's Song, chorus and piano (1973; pub. 1974)
Leisure, chorus and piano (pub. 1975)
Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, cantor, congregation, choir and organ, w/ opt. brass quintet (pub. 1975)
Mass in Honor of the Eucharist, cantor, congregation, choir & org (pub. 1975) [NYPL: w/strings, brass, chorus & organ]
Notes from Tom Paine, chorus and piano (pub. 1975)
The Psalmist’s Meditation, chorus and piano (c.1979; pub. 1981)
Love Songs at Parting, chorus and piano (1982 July 7; pub. 1984)
Variants on a Song of Parting, chorus and piano (1982? - manuscript)
I Dreamed of a City Invincible, chorus and piano/or organ (pub. 1984) [text: Walt Whitman]
Agnus Dei, [chorus and organ?/orchesta?] (1984- NYPL)
A Proclamation (Let Us Sing a New Song), chorus and piano/or band (1985)
Sing a Song Universal, chorus (and piano) (1987)
The Quest, chorus and piano (1990 May 25) [text: Edgar Allen Poe]
A Memory, male chorus and piano (pub. 1995)
Passing Strangers, chorus and piano (2003)
Complete Choral Works - by Title
A Christmas Carol, 2-part chor. & pf (1962 July 10; pub. 1967; also female chor. & pf, 1965; voice & pf, 1968; chor. & pf 4-hds, 1971)
A Fable, tenor, chorus and piano (1946; pub. 1947) ["The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down"]
A Jubilant Song, female chorus and piano (1945 Dec 6-20; pub. 1946; arr. for mixed chorus and band, 1991)
A Memory, male chorus and piano (pub. 1995)
A Proclamation (Let Us Sing a New Song), chorus and piano/or band (1985)
A Psalm of David, chorus, strings, brass and percussion (1950; pub. 1951)
A Xmas Carol [from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
Adieu, Mignonne, When You Are Gone, female chorus and piano (1953/1954?; pub. 1955)
Agnus Dei, [chorus and organ?/orchesta?] (1984- NYPL)
As of a Dream, narrator, soloists, opt. dancers, chorus & orch (1978; pub. 1979) [modern masque on poetry of Walt Whitman]
The Bluebird, chorus and piano (1950; pub. 1952)
Bright Star (Light of the World), A Song for Xmas, voice/or 2-part chr & pf (1962?; pub. 1968; also mixed chorus & pf 4-hnds, 1971)
Bright Star [also from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
Chicago, chorus (1939, withdrawn) [Carl Sandburg]
A Christmas Carol, 2-part chor. & pf (1962 July 10; pub. 1967; also female chor. & pf, 1965; voice & pf, 1968; chor. & pf 4-hds, 1971)
A Christmas Carol - see also “A Xmas Carol”
Christmas Music, chorus and piano 4-hands (pub. 1968; arr. for piano 4-hands) [7 pieces]
Come to Me My Love, chorus and piano (1972; pub. 1973)
The Dalliance of Eagles [from "Songs of Walt Whitman", chorus and piano, 1966]
Evocations, chorus, opt. youth voices and orch/or pf (1970) [Part I: Visitants at Night; Part II: Promise of Spring]
A Fable, tenor, chorus and piano (1946; pub. 1947) ["The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down"]
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen [from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
Hark! The Herald Angels Sing [from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
The Holy Infant's Lullaby [also from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
The Holy Infant's Lullaby, chorus and piano (1962 Jan 21; pub. 1962; also female chorus and piano, 1967; voice and piano, 1967)
Hymns Without Words (3), a suite, chorus and orchestra (1980; pub. 1981)
I Dreamed of a City Invincible, chorus and piano/or organ (pub. 1984) [text: Walt Whitman]
I sir and look out upon the world [from "Songs of Walt Whitman", chorus and piano, 1966]
Ita Missa Est, [voice?/chorus? & pf/orch?] (1942-47; manuscript-NYPL)[no text written in; dedication: “To Irene and Fred Jacobi”]
A Jubilant Song, female chorus and piano (1945 Dec 6-20; pub. 1946; arr. for mixed chorus and band, 1991)
Leisure, chorus and piano (pub. 1975)
Let Us Sing a New Song - see “A Proclamation”
Love Song [from "Songs of Memory", chorus and piano, n.d.]
Love Songs at Parting, chorus and piano (1982 July 7; pub. 1984)
The Lovers [from "Three Songs of Chopin", 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch, 1964]
Madrigal, chorus and piano (1945 Nov 27 – Dec 1; pub. 1947)
Mass in Honor of the Blessed Virgin Mary, cantor, congregation, choir and organ, w/ opt. brass quintet (pub. 1975)
Mass in Honor of the Eucharist, cantor, congregation, choir & org (pub. 1975) [NYPL: w/strings, brass, chorus & organ]
Mass the Bread of Life, cantor, congreg., chorus & org (n.d.; manuscript) [“To memory of Pope John XXIII" - died June 1963]
Mass, cantor, chorus, congregation and organ/or orchestra (n.d.; manuscript-NYPL) [Kyrie, Gloria and Sanctus only]
Mass, chorus, brass and organ/or pf (1969 March 10; pub. 1969) [commissioned by St. Mary’s College of Notre Dame Indiana]
A Memory, male chorus and piano (pub. 1995)
The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down - see A Fable
My City [from "Songs of Memory", chorus and piano, n.d.]
The Mystic Trumpeter, chorus and horn (1943 Nov 1-13; pub. 1945)
Nativity: A Christmas Canticle for the Child, opera-oratorio, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1987)
Notes from Tom Paine, chorus and piano (pub. 1975)
O Sing Unto the Lord (Psalm 98), male chorus and organ (1958; pub. 1959)
O, Come All Ye Faithful [from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
The Oak Tree [from "Songs of Memory", chorus and piano, n.d.]
Of Crows and Clusters, chorus and piano (1971 Dec 1; pub. 1972)
Passing Strangers, chorus and piano (2003)
The Poet's Song, chorus and piano (1973; pub. 1974)
Prayers of Cardinal Newman, chorus and organ (1960; pub. 1962)
A Proclamation (Let Us Sing a New Song), chorus and piano/or band (1985)
Promise of Spring [from "Evocations", chorus, opt. youth voices and orch/or pf, 1970]
Proud Music of the Storm, chorus, brass and organ (1967 July 13; pub. 1967)
A Psalm of David, chorus, strings, brass and percussion (1950; pub. 1951)
Psalm of Peace, chorus, horn, trumpet and organ (1971 Feb 21; pub. 1972)
The Psalmist’s Meditation, chorus and piano (c.1979; pub. 1981)
The Quest, chorus and piano (1990 May 25) [text: Edgar Allen Poe]
The Ring [from "Three Songs of Chopin", 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch, 1964]
Silent Night [from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
Sing a Song Universal, chorus (and piano) (1987)
Somebody's Coming, chorus and piano (1953; pub. 1953) [from The Tall Kentuckian, 1953]
Song of Affirmation, narr., sop., chorus & orch (1952; pub. 1953) [text: Benet "Western Star"] [from "Sym for Voices & Orch, 1945]
Song of the Open Road, chorus, trumpet and piano (1952; pub. 1953)
Song's End, 3-part female chorus and piano (1964 May 6; pub. 1964)
Songs of Memory, chorus and piano (n.d.; manuscript-NYPL) [text: Walt Whitman] [The Oak Tree; Love Song; My City]
Songs of Walt Whitman, chorus & pf/orch (1966) [I sir and look out upon the world; The Dalliance of Eagles; Tears; Take our Hand]
Sweet Sunny, chorus and piano (1953; pub. 1954) [from The Tall Kentuckian, 1953]
Symphony for Voices and Orch (1945, withdrawn; rev. as "Song of Affirmation", 1953) [after Benet, "Western Star"]
Take our Hand [from "Songs of Walt Whitman", chorus and piano, 1966]
Tears [from "Songs of Walt Whitman", chorus and piano, 1966]
The Bluebird, chorus and piano (1950; pub. 1952)
The Dalliance of Eagles [from "Songs of Walt Whitman", chorus and piano, 1966]
The Holy Infant's Lullaby [also from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
The Holy Infant's Lullaby, chorus and piano (1962 Jan 21; pub. 1962; also female chorus and piano, 1967; voice and piano, 1967)
The Lovers [from "Three Songs of Chopin", 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch, 1964]
The Mouse that Gnawed the Oak Tree Down - see A Fable
The Mystic Trumpeter, chorus and horn (1943 Nov 1-13; pub. 1945)
The Oak Tree [from "Songs of Memory", chorus and piano, n.d.]
The Poet's Song, chorus and piano (1973; pub. 1974)
The Psalmist’s Meditation, chorus and piano (c.1979; pub. 1981)
The Quest, chorus and piano (1990 May 25) [text: Edgar Allen Poe]
The Ring [from "Three Songs of Chopin", 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch, 1964]
The Vigil, cantata, chorus, brass, timpani and percussion (part 1, 1995?; part 2, 1991 Nov 26; pub. 1995)
The Wish [from "Three Songs of Chopin", 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch, 1964]
Three Songs of Chopin, 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch (1964; pub. 1964; also arr. for orch) [The Lovers; The Ring; The Wish]
To Saint Cecilia, cantata, chorus and brass (pub. 1958)
Variants on a Song of Parting, chorus and piano (1982? - manuscript)
The Vigil, cantata, chorus, brass, timpani and percussion (part 1, 1995?; part 2, 1991 Nov 26; pub. 1995)
Vigil Strange, chorus and piano 4-hands (1941; pub. 1943)
Visitants at Night [from "Evocations", chorus, opt. youth voices and orch/or pf, 1970]
The Wish [from "Three Songs of Chopin", 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch, 1964]
A Xmas Carol [from "Christmas Music", chorus and piano 4-hands, pub. 1968]
Years of the Modern, chorus, brass and percussion (1967; pub. 1968)
Chamber
Piano Trio (1937, withdrawn)
Quartet, 4 bassoons (1937, withdrawn)
Woodwind Quintet (1939, withdrawn) [not "Quartet"]
Woodwind Trio (1940, withdrawn)
Sextet, 3 recorders and string trio (1943 May 9-19; pub. 1944)
Trio, flute, cello and piano (1933 Dec 13 - 1944 Jan 9; pub. 1948)
Lyric Fantasies, viola and string orchestra (or string quintet) (1973; pub. 1975; also arr. for viola and piano)
String Quartet (1974)
Reflections on an Original Christmas Tune, woodwind quintet (1981) [Boehm Quintette commission]
Lyrical Interludes, str qt (1998 June 10) [based on a tune suggested by children’s piano piece "A Fairy Tale" by Prokofiev]
Solo Instrument
Cello Sonata (1937, withdrawn) [???same as "Sonatina", cello and piano, n.d.; manuscript-NYPL]
Violin Sonata, A major (1937, withdrawn)
Colloquy, violin and piano (1938, withdraw)
Violin Sonata (1938, withdrawn) [???same as 1941 manuscript in NYPL]
Fantasia on a Gregorian Theme, violin and piano (1942; pub. 1949)
Duo Concertato, cello and piano (1945; pub. 1949)
Variations and Capriccio, violin and piano (1948 June 1- Aug 9; pub. 1949)
Concertato (Concertante), clarinet and orchestra (1949; fp 1949; pub. 1955; also arr. for clarinet and piano)
Colloquies, concert suite, violin and piano (1963; pub. 1964)
Bagatelles, harp (1969)
The Developing Flutist, suite for flute and piano (pub. 1972)
Lyric Fantasies, viola and piano (1973; pub. 1975; arr. from work for viola and string orchestra or string quintet)
Three Essays, clarinet and piano (pub. 1974)
Sonata, trumpet and piano (1979 Feb 15; pub. 1980)
Piano/Organ/Harpsichord
Suite, piano (1940; fp 1941, as "Sandburg Phrases"; pub. 1945) [4 mvts: Moderate; Bright; Calm; Moderate; Fast, with ferocity]
Sonata No. 1, piano (1943 Feb 1-4; pub. 1947)
Sonata No. 2, piano (1943 Sept 2-29; pub. 1948)
Duo Concertante, 2 pianos (1944 Feb 16-May 3) [???same as work for cello and piano, 1945; pub. 1949]
Prelude: To a Young Musician, piano (1944 June 25; pub. 1945) [not 1943]
Suite from "On Stage!", 2 pianos (1945) [arr. from ballet, 1945] [Overture; Scène á deux; Polka; Pas de deux; Waltz finale]
Prelude: To a Young Dancer, piano (1945 Oct 19-21; pub. 1946) [not 1943]
Andante, piano (1946?; pub. 1948) [on title page: "title fixed by Mr. Froder? 5/13/46; Prelude title crossed out]
Sonata No. 3, piano (1947; pub. 1948)
Nocturne in E, piano (1946; pub. 1950)
Nocturne in F#, piano (1946; pub. 1950)
Aria and Toccata, 2 pianos (1952; pub. 1955)
Fantasy and Variations, piano and orchestra (1961 Aug 16; fp 1962; pub. 1962; rev. 2000; also arr. for 2 pianos)
Family Album, piano 4-hands (pub. 1962) [5 pieces: Family meeting; Play time; Story time; Prayer time; Bed time]
Night Song, piano (1963)
Suite for the Young, piano (1964) [10 pieces: Mountain melody; Invention; Little sister; Little brother; Lullaby; Echoes; Bagatelle
A sad tale; Small fry; Chorale chant]
Laudation, organ (1965 Aug 21; pub. 1965)
Five Images, pf 4-hands (pub. 1967; arr. for orch, pub. 1967)
- Cortège
- Promenade
- Day dreams
- The ballerina
- The dancing sergeant
Four Hand Music for the Young Pianists (pub. 1967)
Christmas Music, piano 4-hands (pub. 1968; arr. from work for chorus and piano 4-hands) [7 pieces]
- O, Come All Ye Faithful
- Silent Night
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Holy Infant's Lullaby (Dello Joio) [from work for chorus and piano, 1962]
- A Xmas Carol (Dello Joio) [from work for chorus and piano, 1962)
- Bright Star (Dello Joio) [from work for voice/or 2-part chorus and piano, 1962]
Capriccio on the Interval of a Second, piano (1968; pub. 1969)
Lyric Pieces for the Young, piano (pub. 1971) [6 pieces: Boat song; Prayer of the matador; Street cries; Night song;
The village church; Russian dancer]
Stage Parodies,suite for young players, pf 4-hands (1974?; pub. 1975) [4 pcs: The actor; The writer; The singer; The dancer]
Diversions, pf (pub. 1975; for organ as: Five Lyric Pieces for the Young Organist, 1975) [Preludio; Arietta; Caccia; Chorale; Giga]
Five Lyric Pieces for the Young Organist - see "Diversions", piano, 1975
Salute to Scarlatti, "A Suite of Sonatas for Piano or Harpsichord", piano or harpsichord (1979; pub. 1980) [4 mvts: Allegretto deciso;
Andante amabile; Allegro moderato e grazioso; Allegro scherzando]
Concert Variants, piano (1980; pub. 1983) [a theme and variations] [sometimes titled "Concert Variations"]
Song at Springtide, piano 4-hands (1983)
Introductions and Fantasies (4) on a Chorale Tune, piano (1986)
Short Intervallic Etudes, "For Well Tempered Pianists", piano (pub. 1988) [6 pieces: Fourths and Fifths; Thirds; Seconds; Sixths;
Sevenths; Octaves and Unisons]
Two Songs Without Words, piano (1997)
Simple Sketches, piano (2001) [3 pieces: Allegretto; Andante; Allegro spiritoso]
Vocal
Tomorrow Is On It's (sic) Way, ["vocal and piano score"] (no known date; manuscript-NYPL) [text: Betty Weir]
Ballad of Thomas Jefferson, voice and piano (1937; pub. 1943)
Gone, high voice and piano (1939, withdrawn; manuscript) [text: Carl Sandburg]
Joy, baritone and piano (1939, withdrawn; manuscript) [text: Carl Sandburg]
Mill Doors, baritone and piano (1937-1939; pub. 1948) [also appears in "[Three] Songs", voice and piano, 1948]
New Born, voice and piano (1946 Nov 29; pub. 1948) [also appears in "[Three] Songs", voice and piano, 1948]
There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, voice and piano (1946; pub. 1948) [also appears in "[Three] Songs", voice and piano, 1948]
The Assassination: 2 fates discuss a human problem, voice and piano (1947; pub. 1949)
Lament, voice and piano (1947; pub. 1949)
[Three] Songs, voice and piano (pub. 1948)
- Mill Doors, baritone and piano (1937-1939; pub. 1948)
- New Born, voice and piano (1946; pub. 1948)
- There is a Lady Sweet and Kind, voice and piano (1946; pub. 1948)
Six Love Songs, voice and piano (1948/1949?; rev.? 1951; pub. 1954)
- Eyebright (J.A. Symonds)
- Why So Pale and Wan, Fond Lover? (John Suckling)
- Meeting at Night (Robert Browning)
- The Dying Nightingale (Stark Young)
- All Things Leave Me, waltz song (Arthur Symons) (1951 Feb 4)
- How Do I Love Thee? (Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
The Lamentation of Saul, baritone, fl, ob, cl, va, vc and pf; or baritone and orchestra (1954 June 20 - July 31; pub. 1970)
The Listeners, voice and piano (1955; pub. 1960)
The Creed of Pierre Cauchon, voice and orchestra (pub. 1957) [from The Trial at Rouen, 1955]
Un Sonetto di Petrarca, voice and piano (1959?; pub. 1964)
The Holy Infant's Lullaby, chorus and piano (1962 Jan 21; pub. 1962; also female chorus and piano, 1967; voice and piano, 1967)
A Christmas Carol, 2-part chor. & pf (1962 July 10; pub. 1967; also female chor. & pf, 1965; voice & pf, 1968; chor. & pf 4-hds, 1971)
Three Songs of Adieu, voice and piano (pub. 1962)
- After Love (A. Symons)
- Fade, Vision Bright (Anonymous)
- Farewell (J.A. Symonds)
Bright Star (Light of the World), A Song for Xmas, voice/or 2-part chr & pf (1962?; pub. 1968; also mixed chorus & pf 4-hnds, 1971)
Three Songs of Chopin, 2 or 4-voice chorus & pf/or orch (1964; pub. 1964; also arr. for orch) [The Lovers; The Ring; The Wish]
Questions and Answers, a duet for children vocal and piano (1965 Dec 1)
Note Left on a Doorstep, voice and piano (pub. 1969)
Songs of Abelard, band, w/opt. baritone/mezzo-sop. solo (1969) [music taken from ballet A Time of Snow, 1968]
All is Still, theater piece, tenor and chamber ensemble (1971?)
[A monodrama based on letters of Leopold Mozart to his son; text adapted from William Blake’s The Couch of Death]
Songs of Remembrance, baritone and orchestra (pub. 1976)
- The Revenant
- The Lion House
- Storm and Sun
- Farewell to the House in Bonac
Incidental/Film
Spoon River, incidental music, piano (1943; withdrawn)
The Tall Kentuckian, incidental music, soprano, tenor, bass, chorus and orchestra (1953; fp 1953; pub. 1954)
Air Power, TV score, 27 [often listed as "22"] episodes (1956-57; arr. as symphonic suite, pub. 1957)
Episodes List with Original Air Dates
1. Vertijet (11/4/1956)
2. The Day North America Is Attacked (11/11/1956)
3. Early Days (11/18/1956)
4. The Luftwaffe (11/25/1956)
5. Pearl Harbor (12/2/1956)
6. The Battle Of Britain (12/9/1956)
7. Counterblast (12/15/1956)
8. Fools, Daredevils And Geniuses (12/23/1956)
9. The 1930's (12/30/1956)
10. Target Ploesti (1/6/1957)
11. Schweinfurt (1/13/1957)
12. Conquest Of The Air (1/20/1957)
13. The Japanese Perimeter (1/27/1957)
14. Interdiction And Blockade (2/3/1957)
15. Operation Strangle (2/10/1957)
16. Pacific Patterns (2/17/1957)
17. Advance The Bomber Line (2/24/1957)
18. Winning Of France (3/3/1957)
19. Superfort (3/10/1957)
20. Victory In Europe (3/17/1957)
21. Kamikaze (3/24/1957)
22. Defeat Of Japan (3/31/1957)
23. The Cold Decade - Airlift (4/7/1957)
24. The Cold Decade - To The Yalu (4/14/1957)
25. The Cold Decade - Korean Stalemate (4/21/1957)
26. Starfighter (4/28/1957)
27. The New Doctrine (5/5/1957)
Profile of a Composer, TV score (1958) [includes "A Ballad of the Seven Lively Arts", 1957]
Here is New York, TV score (1959; arr. as symphonic suite, 1959) [includes parts of "New York Profiles", 1949]
The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve, orchestra and voice, TV score (1959; broadcast 1963) [ABC manuscript cue parts, 1961]
Vanity Fair, TV score (1959; broadcast 1961)
Anthony and Cleopatra, incidental music (1960)
Kamikaze (From Pearl Harbour to Hiroshima), documentary film score (1961)
The Smashing of the Reich, documentary film score (1961) [1962]
Time of Decision, TV score (1962) [alternative title: Korea: H.S.T., Time for Decision]
From Every Horizon, film score (1964; arr. for band, 1964) [for film shown at the New York World's Fair, 1964-65]
The Louvre, TV score (1964; broadcast Nov 1964; arr. for band as "Scenes from the Louvre", 1965)
Moment of Decision, TV series score (1965) [ABC-TV]
America and Americans, TV score (1967) (NBC documentary based on writings of John Steinbeck; aired 12/3/67]
Thesmophoriasusae, incidental music (n.d.; manuscript) [used in "Satiric Dances for a Comedy by Aristophanes", band, 1975]
Christmas Music
The Saintmaker's Christmas Eve, orchestra and voice, TV score (1959) [ABC manuscript cue parts, 1961]
The Holy Infant's Lullaby, chorus and piano (1962 Jan 21; pub. 1962; also female chorus and piano, 1967; voice and piano, 1967)
A Christmas Carol, 2-part chor. & pf (1962 July 10; pub. 1967; also female chor. & pf, 1965; voice & pf, 1968; chor. & pf 4-hds, 1971)
Bright Star (Light of the World), A Song for Xmas, voice/or 2-part chr & pf (1962?; pub. 1968; also mixed chorus & pf 4-hnds, 1971)
Variants on a Mediaeval Tune (In dulce jubilo), band (pub. 1963)
Christmas Music, chorus and piano 4-hands (pub. 1968; arr. for piano 4-hands) [7 pieces]
- O, Come All Ye Faithful
- Silent Night
- Hark! The Herald Angels Sing
- God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
- The Holy Infant's Lullaby (Dello Joio) [from work for chorus and piano, 1962]
- A Xmas Carol (Dello Joio) [from work for chorus and piano, 1962)
- Bright Star (Dello Joio) [from work for voice/or 2-part chorus and piano, 1962]
Reflections on an Original Christmas Tune, woodwind quintet (1981) [Boehm Quintette commission]
Nativity: A Christmas Canticle for the Child, opera-oratorio, soloists, chorus and orchestra (1987; pub. 1990)
The Vigil, cantata, chorus, brass, timpani and percussion (part 1, 1995?; part 2, 1991 Nov 26; pub. 1995)
Sources
Groves Dictionary of Music and Musicians
CC - Contemporary Composers (Brian Morton & Pamela Collins, editors; St. James Pr, 1992)
BCP - Boston Composers Project
CF - Carl Fischer Publishing
NYPL - New York Public Library
ACM - American Choral Music Since 1920: An Annotated Guide (David P. DeVenney)
DELLO JOIO LINKS Works by Genre ~ top of page ~
Air Power (CBS TV Documentary, CrazyAboutTV.com)
Another Accomplishment in a Long Career (Barbara Delatiner, The New York Times)
Capturing a Legend (Accent Online, yamaha.com)
Chamber Music & Norman Dello Joio (Chamber Music Today)
The Choral Music of Norman Dello Joio (Susan Annette Medley, DRC/OhioLINK)
Debra Torok Records Dello Joio's Works (yamaha.com)
Dello Joio: Complete Works for Piano (DRAM Online)
- Volume 1
- Volume 2
- Volume 3: Family Album
Dello Joio's Variations, Chaconne and Finale (Alex Hoffman, Suite101.com)
Norman Dello Joio Interview with Dana Paul Perna (Classical Domain)
Norman Dello Joio - Obituary (Bret Johnson, The Guardian)
Norman Dello Joio Papers, 1898 – 2003 (bulk 1920 – 2003) (New York Public Library)
Norman Dello Joio, Prolific and Popular Composer, Is Dead at 95 (Daniel Wakin, The New York Times)
Norman Dello Joio, Renowned Composer (The East Hampton Star)
Portrait in Music (In Common, moravian.edu)
Remembering Norman Dello Joio (Greg Stepanich, Palm Beach Post)
Scenes From the Louvre by Norman Dello Joio (Frederick Burrack, Ball State University)
Selected Piano Works by Norman Dello Joio (Andrea Jeanne Steffan, OhioLINK/ETD)
Composer's website
Dello Joio @ Wikipedia
Dello Joio @ American Ballet Theater
Dello Joio @ American Choral Music Since 1920: An Annotated Guide (David P. DeVenney)
Dello Joio @ American Composers of Our Time (@ Internet Archive)
Dello Joio @ Answers.com
Dello Joio @ The Boston Composers Project
Dello Joio @ Carl Fischer Music Publishing
Dello Joio @ CITWF / Complete Index to World Film
Dello Joio @ Classic Cat
Dello Joio @ Classical Archives
Dello Joio @ Classical Composers Database
Dello Joio @ Classical Net
Dello Joio @ ClassicsToday
Dello Joio @ The Concord Band
Dello Joio @ Dilettante Music
Dello Joio @ Dr. Estrella's Incredibly Abridged Dictionary of Composers
Dello Joio @ DRAM Online
Dello Joio @ Fandango
Dello Joio @ Filmbug (via google)
Dello Joio @ IMDb (Internet Movie Database)
Dello Joio @ Jimmosk's Unknown Composers
Dello Joio @ Minor Ballet Composers: 66 Underappreciated ... (Schueneman & Studwell, Routledge, books.google.com)
Dello Joio @ MusicWeb International
Dello Joio @ MySpaceMusic
Dello Joio @ Naxos
Dello Joio @ New Hampshire Public Television/The MacDowell Colony
Dello Joio @ The New York Times
Dello Joio @ NNDB
Dello Joio @ piano-pal.com
Dello Joio @ REC Music Foundation /The Lied and Art Song Texts Page
Dello Joio @ G. Schirmer
Dello Joio @ SoundtrackCollector
Dello Joio @ Texas Bandmasters Association
Dello Joio @ 21st-Century Music
Dello Joio @ United States Marine Band
Dello Joio @ US Opera
Dello Joio @ Westport Public Library
Dello Joio @ Windband.org
Streaming Audio
Dello Joio @ The Classical MIDI Connection
Dello Joio @ Classical Archives
Dello Joio @ Internet Archive
Dello Joio @ last.fm
Dello Joio @ MySpaceMusic
Dello Joio @ Rhapsody
Recordings
Dello Joio @ ArkivMusic
Dello Joio @ ClassicsOnline
Dello Joio @ DRAM Online
Dello Joio @ YouTube
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