Nathan Joseph
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Nathan Joseph (23 July 1939 – 30 August 2005) was a British record company founder, theatrical producer and talent agent. He was a pioneer in the development of independent record companies in the 1960s and 1970s.
Born in
Humblebums released his first comedy recordings for Transatlantic in the early 1970s), Ralph McTell, Bert Jansch, John Renbourn, Sheila Hancock and The Dubliners. He also released the first recordings by the Portsmouth Sinfonia the avant garde orchestra that included Brian Eno and Michael Nyman
in its membership.
In the late 1970s, Joseph sold Transatlantic Records to the
Peter Hall's production of The Petition starring Sir John Mills, The March of the Falsettos and a revival of Godspell. As part of his work in the theatre world, he became chair of the Theatre Design Trust
in Britain, which worked on theatre restoration projects.
References
- Obituary, Jewish Chronicle, Nov 11 2005, p. 27
External links
- Tribute website
- Archived obituary from The Guardian, 12 September 2005
- Archived obituary from The Independent, 13 September 2005
- Archived obituary from The Stage, September, 2005
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