Robert Ashley

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

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Birthday

1930-03-28 (84 years old)

Deathday

2014-03-03

Place of Birth

Ann Arbor, Michigan

Robert Ashley

Biography

A distinguished figure in American contemporary music, Robert Ashley holds 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. He pioneered opera-for-television. Born in Ann Arbor, Michigan on March 28, 1930, Robert Ashley was educated at the University of Michigan (Mus.B., 1952, Music Theory) and at the Manhattan School of Music (Mus.M., 1954, Piano and Composition.) From 1957 to 1960 he continued to study Composition and Acoustics at the University of Michigan’s Speech Research Laboratories (psycho-acoustics and cultur...

Production

1983

1984

Perfect Lives

as Writer

1984

Perfect Lives

as Original Music Composer

1963

The House

as Music

1984

1984

2014

2014

Automatic Writing

as Original Music Composer

2014

Automatic Writing

as Original Concept

2014

Automatic Writing

as Original Film Writer

2014

Automatic Writing

as Original Story

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