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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1930
- Works
- 16
Top works
- Van Cao's meditation
- Atalanta
- Faulkner at West Point
- Yasunao Tone
- Private parts
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Film & TV
Ann Arbor, Michigan
A distinguished figure in American contemporary music, Robert Ashley holds an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. His recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting. He pioneered opera-for-television. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 28, 1930, Robert Ashley was educated at the University of Michigan (Mus.B.,…
Known for
- Improvement (Don Leaves Linda) — Narrator I2019
- Frames for Seconds1991
- Perfect Lives — "R" Narrator1984
- Atalanta Strategy — Himself1984
- Four American Composers: Robert Ashley — Himself1983
- The Commission — Hector Berlioz1983
- Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo-Coo): The Lessons — "R"1981
- Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television — Self1976
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Robert Ashley (March 28, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan – March 3, 2014 in Manhattan, New York) was a distinguished figure in American contemporary music, holding an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. His recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting. He pioneered opera-for-television. The operatic works of Robert Ashley are distinctly original in style, and distinctly American in their subject matter and in thei
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ann Arbor
- Place of death
- Manhattan
- Occupation
- film producer
- Educated at
- Manhattan School of Music
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Participant in
- documenta 8
- Field of work
- opera
- Genre
- opera
- Military branch
- United States Army
- Image
- Composer Robert Ashley.jpg
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- date of death
- 2014-03-03
- date of birth
- 1930-03-28
- described by source
- UbuWeb
- start of work period
- 1959-00-00
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