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Norman Dello Joio

1913 - 2008

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Norman Dello Joio (January 24, 1913 – July 24, 2008) was an American composer active for over half a century. Best known for his choral music, he won a Pulitzer Prize for Music in 1957. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2024). Norman Dello Joio is the 1,345th most popular composer (up from 1,372nd in 2024), the 10,855th most popular biography from United States (up from 11,436th in 2019) and the 114th most popular American Composer.

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Among COMPOSERS

Among composers, Norman Dello Joio ranks 1,345 out of 1,451. Before him are Harald Kloser, Joel Goldsmith, Tibor Serly, Henry Lawes, Vicente Amigo, and Qigang Chen. After him are Edmund Rubbra, Earl Scruggs, Jocelyn Pook, Pritam, Anne Dudley, and Lou Harrison.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1913, Norman Dello Joio ranks 375. Before him are Sammy Cahn, John N. Mitchell, Martin Kamen, William Inge, Melvin Frank, and Mari Gerekmezyan. After him are Heinrich Keimig, Eleanor Holm, Ali Sardar Jafri, Odd Frantzen, Evelyn Venable, and Emmanuil Kazakevich. Among people deceased in 2008, Norman Dello Joio ranks 349. Before him are Beatrice Ohanessian, Sandy Allen, Richey Edwards, Viktor Kuzkin, Tony Hillerman, and Thomas M. Disch. After him are Seiji Aochi, Jerry Wexler, Pippa Bacca, Andrzej Badeński, Stig Claesson, and Joy Page.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Norman Dello Joio ranks 10,857 out of 20,380. Before him are Bob Bryan (1978), James Meredith (1933), Larry Kramer (1935), Gretchen Mol (1972), Millie Hughes-Fulford (1945), and Doc Watson (1923). After him are Zebulon Pike (1779), Fat Joe (1970), Marion Roper (1910), D. W. Moffett (1954), John Jakes (1932), and Richard Morris Hunt (1827).

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Among COMPOSERS In United States

Among composers born in United States, Norman Dello Joio ranks 114. Before him are Howard Hanson (1896), Bruce Broughton (1945), Vincent Persichetti (1915), David Del Tredici (1937), Mark Mancina (1957), and Joel Goldsmith (1957). After him are Earl Scruggs (1924), Lou Harrison (1917), Robert Russell Bennett (1894), George Bruns (1914), Jerry Herman (1931), and Roy Harris (1898).

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