Norman Del Mar
British conductor
Died when: 74 years 190 days (894 months)Star Sign: Leo
Norman René Del Mar CBE (31 July 1919 – 6 February 1994) was a British conductor, horn player, and biographer.As a conductor, he specialised in the music of late romantic composers; including Edward Elgar, Gustav Mahler, and Richard Strauss.
He left a great legacy of recordings of British music, in particular Elgar, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Frederick Delius, and Benjamin Britten.
He notably conducted the premiere recording of Britten's children's opera Noye's Fludde.
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