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Taylor, (Joseph) Deems (1885–1966)| US composer and critic. He became music critic to the New York World in 1921, but from 1925 devoted himself to composition. |
| He studied at the Ethical Culture School and went to university in New York. He received piano lessons, but was self-taught in other musical subjects. |
Works Opera and stage The King's Henchman (1927), Peter Ibbetson (after George du Maurier, 1931), and Ramuntcho (after Loti, 1942); incidental music for Thornton Wilder's Lucrece and for other plays. |
Orchestral and chamber symphonic poems The Siren Song and Jurgen (after James Branch Cabell); suites Through the Looking-Glass (after Lewis Carroll) and Circus Day (1925); Lucrece suite for string quartet. |
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