Taylor, [Joseph] Deems (1885–1966), composer and critic. The distinguished native New Yorker was known to playgoers for his score to the musical The Echo (1910), as well as his incidental music to such works as Liliom (1921), The Adding Machine (1922), and Beggar on Horseback (1924). He also wrote operas, including Peter Ibbetson, which were commissioned by the Metropolitan Opera. Taylor was the author of many books on music and the other arts.

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