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Robert Simpson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert Ingalls Simpson, Bob Simpson
American hurdler and track and field coach (1892–1974)
Person · Open Library
- Works
- 24
Top works
- Eight panes of glass
- The Symphony
- The Essence of Bruckner
- Carl Nielsen Symphonist 1965-1931
- Diabolique, Issue #3
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Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United Kingdom
- Active from
- 1921-03-02
- Active to
- 1997-11-21
Discography
- Symphony no. 9
- Symphonies 6/71988
- String Quartet no. 7 / String Quartet no. 81989
- String Quartet no. 91989
- String Quartet no. 2 / String Quartet no. 51990
- String Quartet no. 1 / String Quartet no. 41990
- Energy / Four Temperaments / Vortex / Volcano / Introduction and Allegro on a Bass by Max Reger1991
- Symphony no. 101991
- String Quartet no. 12 / String Quintet1992
- Symphony no. 2 / Symphony no. 41992
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 783
- Total plays
- 16,694
Tags
Robert Simpson (1921-1997) was arguably Britain's most important composer since Vaughan Williams; he was certainly one of the century's most powerful and original symphonists anywhere. He completed 11 symphonies, concertos for violin, piano, flute and cello, 15 string quartets, and two choral compositions. Simpson used those large-scale forms to grapple with particular compositional problems, often with considerable ingenuity. Most employ the structural <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/Robert+
Sports profile
- Sport
- Cricket
- Position
- Cricketer
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Bosworth
- Place of death
- Los Angeles
- Occupation
- athletics competitor
- Educated at
- University of Missouri
- Sport
- athletics
- Image
- Robert Simpson 1919.jpg
Show 4 more facts
- date of birth
- 1892-05-25
- date of death
- 1974-11-10
- Commons category
- Robert Simpson (athlete)
- sports discipline competed in
- 110 metres hurdles
Sources (3)
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