Joseph Horovitz (26 May 1926 – 9 February 2022) was an Austrian-born British composer and conductor. He was born in Vienna, Austria and moved to the United Kingdom in 1938. His works include 16 ballets. The children's "pop cantata" "Captain Noah and His Floating Zoo" (1970) was his best known work. He was also a professor at the Royal College of Music in London.