Norman Del Mar

Norman René Del Mar CBE (31 July 1919 – 6 February 1994) was a British conductor, horn player, and biographer.As a conductor, he specialized 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.