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Dello Joio

American  
[del-oh joi-oh] / ˈdɛl oʊ ˈdʒɔɪ oʊ /

noun

  1. Norman, 1913–2008, U.S. composer and pianist.


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Dello Joio, born in New York, probably thought the future of this piece was assured when it was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957.

From New York Times • Mar. 1, 2019

Jeremiah Andrew Campbell, a cellist, and Meral Guneyman, a pianist, gave an electrifying if sometimes frustratingly thin-toned account of “Due per Due,” a beautiful, fast-moving dazzler by Justin Dello Joio.

From New York Times • Aug. 30, 2012

Instead, in its grave, concert-hall atmosphere and the overearnest tone of introductions by Composer Norman Dello Joio, the TV men presented the music as if it were spinach�very good for you, but rather forbidding.

From Time Magazine Archive

Son of an immigrant Italian organist, Dello Joio likes to think of himself as a spiritual descendant of Verdi.

From Time Magazine Archive

Blade-thin, Manhattan-born Norman Dello Joio apparently is one composer who has.

From Time Magazine Archive

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