Robert Ashley (born March 28, 1930) is a contemporary composer, best known for his operas and other theatrical works. His operas are far from traditional as they usually incorporate electronics and are written and produced for television. He explains that English is a language where the consonants count, not the vowels, unlike many European languages, and so the text in operas written in English should be delivered much faster. March 28 is the 87th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (88th in Leap years). ... 1930 is a common year starting on Wednesday. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ...
Ashley is the founder of the ONCE group and festival, as well as a past member of the Sonic Arts Union along with David Behrman, Alvin Lucier, and Gordon Mumma. David Behrman (born 1937) is a USA composer and the producer of Columbia Records Music of Our Time series. ... Alvin Lucier Alvin Lucier (born May 14, 1931) is an American composer of music and sound installations exploring acoustic phenomena, especially resonance, as well as a former member of the Sonic Arts Union along with Robert Ashley, David Behrman, and Gordon Mumma. ... Gordon Mumma (March 30, 1935, in Framingham, Massachusetts) is a composer. ...
His operas include:
In Sara Mencken, Christ and Beethoveen there were men and women (text from the book of the same name by John Barton Wolgamot)
Perfect Lives
El Aficionado
Atalanta (Acts of God)
Improvement
Dust
Celestial excursions
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NewMusicBox: A Conversation with Robert Ashley by Frank J. Oteri, March 13, 2001
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