Joseph Castaldo


Joseph Francis Castaldo : Born December 22, 1927 –, Manhattan, New York Died January 27, 2000 in Philadelphia Pennsylvania was an American composer of classical music and a teacher of musical composition and music.
Castaldo was an important figure in Philadelphia musical life in the ’60s, ’70s, '80s and '90's, having served as the Head of the Philadelphia Musical Academy and guided that institution’s evolution into what is now the University of the Arts.

Works

Orchestral

Chamber

  • Theoria for fifteen winds, piano and percussion
  • Askesis for 14 players
  • Elegy for soprano and small orchestra
  • ''Protogenesis''

    Full

  • Lacrimosa for strings
  • Lacrimosa II for strings
  • Epigrams for piano and orchestra
  • The Eye of God
  • Concerto for Cello
  • Concerto for viola and orchestra
  • Soliloquy and Dialogues for clarinet and string orchestra
  • ''Landscapes''

    Chamber

  • Lament for viola and piano
  • Lament for violoncello and piano
  • Lament for clarinet and piano
  • Dedications for flute and bassoon
  • Sarabande for solo violoncello
  • Two Pieces for solo clarinet
  • Where Silence Reigns for violin, violoncello and piano
  • Four Songs from Rilke for voice and piano
  • Kannon for solo flute
  • Memento Mori for horn, piano and percussion
  • Photographia for baritone voice, piano and percussion
  • Chamber Sonata for violin and viola
  • Dichotomy for woodwind quintet
  • Contrasts for solo harp
  • String Quartet, #2
  • String Quartet, #3
  • String Quartet, #1

    Piano

  • Toccata
  • Sonatina
  • Kaleidoscope
  • Sonata
  • Moments
  • Haiku
  • ''Metaphors''

    Choral

  • Ancient Liturgy
  • Flight, Sacred Cantata for Soprano, Narrator, Mixed Chorus, Symphonic Winds, and Percussion; Text by John Shoemaker; Commissioned by the Temple University Choirs, Robert Page, Director.