Joseph Castaldo (December 23, 1927 – January 27, 2000, New York City, New York) was an American composer of classical music and a teacher of music.
Castaldo was an important figure in Philadelphia musical life in the ’60s, ’70s and '80s, 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.
Theoria for fifteen winds, piano and percussion
Askesis (Cycles II) for 14 players
Elegy (on Texts of Rilke) for soprano and small orchestra
Protogenesis (for Fels Planetarium)
Lacrimosa for strings
Lacrimosa II for strings
Epigrams for piano and orchestra
The Eye of God
Concerto for Cello
Concerto for viola and orchestra (1988–1989)
I. Lament
II. Canticle-Celebration
Soliloquy and Dialogues for clarinet and string orchestra
Landscapes
I. Snake River
Lament for viola and piano
Lament for violoncello and piano (1988)
Lament for clarinet and piano
Dedications for flute and bassoon (1988)
Sarabande for solo violoncello
Two Pieces for solo clarinet (1985, revised 1987)
Where Silence Reigns for violin, violoncello and piano
Four Songs from Rilke for voice and piano
Kannon for solo flute (1978)
Memento Mori for horn, piano and percussion (1991)
Photographia for baritone voice, piano and percussion (1972)
Chamber Sonata for violin and viola
Dichotomy for woodwind quintet
Contrasts for solo harp (1956)
String Quartet (1978), #2
String Quartet (1994), #3
String Quartet (1954), #1
Toccata
Sonatina
Kaleidoscope
Sonata (1961)
Moments
Haiku
Metaphors
Ancient Liturgy (first performance, 1990)
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.
