Norman Del Mar (1919-1994) was an English conductor, horn player and writer. He became especially respected for his work in British music and for his authoritative writings on Richard Strauss.

In the Pristine catalogue he appears in Bliss and Antony Hopkins repertory, including music connected with mid-century British broadcasting and theatre.

Del Mar’s conducting was practical, intelligent and grounded in a performer’s understanding of orchestral texture. As a writer, he helped generations of musicians understand Strauss from the inside.

His page is justified by his wider stature and catalogue presence. Del Mar was a musician-scholar with rosin on the fingers and ink on the cuffs.