Robert Graettinger
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American composer (1923-1957)
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It sits within the topics 1923 births, 1957 deaths and 20th-century American composers.
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1923-10-31
- Active to
- 1957-03-12
Discography
- City of Glass1952
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 14
- Total plays
- 487
Robert Frederick Graettinger (31 October 1923 - 12 March 1957) was an American composer, best known for his work with Stan Kenton. In 1947 he offered a short composition, "Thermopylae", to Stan Kenton, who decided to record it. Graettinger then came up with "City of Glass", a three-part tone poem. At this time he was studying composition under Russell Garcia. Graettinger's radical polystylistic soundworld, with its polyphonic density and bracing atonality <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robe
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Ontario
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- pianist
- Genre
- jazz
- Instrument
- piano
- Image
- Pete Rugolo, Stan Kenton, and Bob Graettinger, 1947 or 1948 (William P. Gottlieb 04941).jpg
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- date of birth
- 1941-07-31
- date of death
- 1957-03-12
- Commons category
- Robert Graettinger
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