Robert Erickson
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- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1947-07-15
- Active to
- 2019-05-31
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Robert Erickson (March 7, 1917 in Marquette, Michigan–April 24, 1997 in San Diego, California) was an American composer. He studied with Ernst Krenek from 1936-1947: "I had already studied—and abandoned—the twelve tone system before most other Americans had taken it up." He influenced notable students Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, and Paul Dresher. He is also the author of The Structure of Music: A Listener's Guide, which he claimed helped him overcome a "contrapuntal obsessi
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- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Marquette
- Place of death
- San Diego
- Occupation
- music educator
- Educated at
- Hamline University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Ernst Krenek
- Movement
- 20th-century classical music
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- date of birth
- 1917-03-07
- date of death
- 1997-04-24
- manner of death
- natural causes
- cause of death
- polymyositis
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