Robert Ashley
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 (1980), e/L Aficionado (1991). Social behavior and and language illusion studies like The 4th of July for tape (1960), The Wolfman (1964), in memoriam ... Crazy Horse (symphony) (1963), The Trial of Anne Opie Wehrer and Unknown Accomplices for Crimes Against Humanity (1968).
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Diskografie
5 Album, -en • Geordnet nach Bestseller
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Tap Dancing in the Sand
Klassik - Erschienen bei UNSOUNDS am 01.01.2007
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Robert Ashley: Superior Seven/Tract
Robert Ashley, Thomas Buckner, Barbara Held
Klassik - Erschienen bei New World Records am 01.01.1995
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Spontaneous Musical Invention
Elektronische Musik oder Musique concrète - Erschienen bei Recital am 09.06.2023
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Explosions (1965)
Bob James Trio, Bob James, Robert Ashley, Gordon Mumma
Jazz - Erschienen bei ESP-Disk am 09.05.1965
16-Bit CD Quality 44.1 kHz - Stereo