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Wilfred Josephs was a prolific composer and his classical works include 12 symphonies, 22 concertos, overtures, chamber music, operas, ballets, vocal works – almost all of which had been written to commission.
For over four decades Wilfred Josephs has led an enviably creative and prolific career as one of Britain's most distinguished composers. Well-known as much for his concert music as that composed for film or television, Josephs is a true craftsman in every compositional form and style with a catalogue of works that encompasses almost every ...
A prolific composer who nearly always wrote to commission, Josephs concert works include 12 symphonies, 22 concertos, overtures, chamber music, operas, ballets and numerous vocal works. Opera North commissioned and performed Rebecca at the Grand Theatre, Leeds in 1983.
Other articles where Wilfred Josephs is discussed: sonata: New principles of musical form: 2 (1964) of Wilfred Josephs showed yet another potentially valuable reinterpretation of the fused-movement approach to the sonata: its long first movement serves the function of exposition, three intermediate movements act on one level as development and ...
A jury chaired by Victor de Sabata, and including the composers Ghedini and Petrassi and the conductors Franco Ferrara and Nino Sanzogno, had declared his Requiem, completed nine months earlier, the winner.
Dec 20, 1997 · Wilfred Josephs, composer: born Newcastle upon Tyne 24 July 1927; married 1956 Valerie Wisbey (two daughters); died London 17 November 1997.
The English composer Wilfred Josephs died at his home in London on Monday 17th November 1997. He had celebrated his 70th birthday in July this year, and the Wilfred Josephs Society organised a celebration concert at the Purcell Room on Sunday 6th September.
