Robert Ashley

Born: Mar 28, 1930 in Ann Arbor, MI

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Genre: Classical, Pop/Rock, Other, Jazz

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 ...Read full biography

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Ashley: Perfect Lives

Released: 1991

Label: Lovely Music

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Available on CD and videotape, Perfect Lives is part of a trilogy of operas for TV, including Atalanta (Acts of God) and Now Eleanor's Idea. A total of 39 half-hour episodes, Perfect Lives was realized ...Read full review

In Sara Mencken Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women

Released: 1991

Label: Gut Bounce

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This uniquely original work for voice and electronics dates from 1972. A 128-stanza poem by the legendary John Barton Walgamot traces a hidden story of social progress and influence within the gradual ...Read full review

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