Actor · Writer · Original Music Composer
Born Dec 22, 1885 · New York City, New York, USA
Active 1924–1966
Joseph Deems Taylor (December 22, 1885 – July 3, 1966) was an American composer, music critic, and promoter of classical music. Nat Benchley, the author of The Lost Algonquin Roundtable, referred to him as "the dean of American music".