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Ashley, Robert, 1930-2014

LC control no.n 87814175
Descriptive conventionsrda
LC classificationPS3601.S56
ML410.A798 Biography
Personal name headingAshley, Robert, 1930-2014
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Birth date19300328
Death date20140303
Place of birthAnn Arbor (Mich.)
Place of deathManhattan (New York, N.Y.)
Profession or occupationComposers
Found inHis Automatic writing [SR] p1979: label (Robert Ashley)
Superior seven, p1995: notes (b. 1930 in Ann Arbor, Mich.)
Lovely Music, Ltd., WWW site, Oct. 5, 2004: Robert Ashley p. (distinguished figure in American contemp. music, with an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. His recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting; pioneered opera-for-television)
New York times (online), viewed Mar. 7, 2014 (in obituary published Mar. 6: Robert Ashley; b. Robert Reynolds Ashley, Mar. 28, 1930, Ann Arbor, Mich.; d. Monday [Mar. 3, 2014], Manhattan, aged 83; composer who helped wrestle opera into the 20th century, and in so doing broadened the genre in strange, unexpected ways)
Associated languageeng
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