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 percussionAskesis (Cycles II) for 14 playersElegy (on Texts of Rilke) for soprano and small orchestraProtogenesis (for Fels Planetarium)Lacrimosa for stringsLacrimosa II for stringsEpigrams for piano and orchestraThe Eye of GodConcerto for CelloConcerto for viola and orchestra (1988–1989)I. LamentII. Canticle-CelebrationSoliloquy and Dialogues for clarinet and string orchestraLandscapesI. Snake RiverLament for viola and pianoLament for violoncello and piano (1988)Lament for clarinet and pianoDedications for flute and bassoon (1988)Sarabande for solo violoncelloTwo Pieces for solo clarinet (1985, revised 1987)Where Silence Reigns for violin, violoncello and pianoFour Songs from Rilke for voice and pianoKannon 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 violaDichotomy for woodwind quintetContrasts for solo harp (1956)String Quartet (1978), #2String Quartet (1994), #3String Quartet (1954), #1ToccataSonatinaKaleidoscopeSonata (1961)MomentsHaikuMetaphorsAncient 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.