Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
Top Songs
| 1 | G'schichten aus dem Wienerwald, Op. 325 | ||
| 2 | Wiener Bonbons Walzer, Op. 307 | ||
| 3 | Rosen aus dem Süden, Op. 388 | ||
| 4 | Radetzky March, Op. 228 | ||
| 5 | Frühlingsstimmen, Op. 410 |
Albums
Oct 2024 • 19 songs
Nov 2005 • 30 songs
Jan 1995 • 2 songs
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About
Biography
Studied with Ross Lee Finney, Roberto Gerhard, Leslie Bassett. Music degrees from Univ. of Michigan and Manhattan School of Music, worked in Speech Research Lab (psychoacoustics and cultural speech patterns) and was a Research Assistant in acoustics at the Architectural Research Lab. Co-founder legendary ONCE Group in the 1960s, co-director Center for Contemporary Music at Mills College in 1970s. Created new kind of opera (sometimes called the New Narrative opera) in works like That Morning Thing (1967), Combination Wedding and Funeral (1964), Perfect Lives an opera-for-TV (19...