Robert Simpson
Sign in to saveAlso known as Robert, Robert Wilfred Levick Simpson
English composer and BBC producer and broadcaster (1921–1997)
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+
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
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- Research electronic data capture (REDCap)—A metadata-driven methodology and workflow process for providing translational research informatics support
· 2009 · cited 46,786x
- Regression Shrinkage and Selection Via the Lasso
· 1996 · cited 39,754x
- The PHQ-9
· 2001 · cited 39,451x
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Robert
- Family name
- Simpson
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United Kingdom
- Place of birth
- Leamington Spa
- Place of death
- Tralee
- Occupation
- film editor
- Educated at
- Westminster School
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Student of
- Herbert Howells
- Genre
- symphony
Show 3 more facts
- name in native language
- Robert Simpson
- date of birth
- 1921-03-02
- date of death
- 1997-11-21
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