Difference between revisions of "Robert Ashley"
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* [[Media:Robert_Ashley_Music_with_Roots_in_the_Aether_1979.pdf|Music with Roots in the Aether]], 1979. Program brochure. | * [[Media:Robert_Ashley_Music_with_Roots_in_the_Aether_1979.pdf|Music with Roots in the Aether]], 1979. Program brochure. | ||
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| + | * ''[[Media:Ashley_Robert_Perfect_Lives An Opera 1991.pdf|Perfect Lives: An Opera]]'', San Francisco: Burning Books, and New York: Archer Fields, 1991, xix+193 pp, [https://archive.org/details/perfectlivesoper0000ashl IA]. | ||
* ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=23116 Music with Roots in the Aether: Interviews with and Essays About Seven American Composers]'', Cologne: MusikTexte, 2000, 244 pp. | * ''[https://monoskop.org/log/?p=23116 Music with Roots in the Aether: Interviews with and Essays About Seven American Composers]'', Cologne: MusikTexte, 2000, 244 pp. | ||
Latest revision as of 09:26, 10 August 2023
| Born |
March 28, 1930 Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States |
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| Died |
March 3, 2014 (aged 83) New York City, New York, US |
| Web | UbuWeb Film, UbuWeb Sound, Wikipedia |
Robert Ashley (1930–2014) was an American composer, who was best known for his operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques.
Contents
Works[edit]
Film and video[edit]
- Music with Roots in the Aether, opera-for-television, 1975-1976.
- Perfect Lives, a television opera, 1978-1983. [1]
- Peter Greenaway, Four American Composers: Robert Ashley, 1983.
- Woody Vasulka, The Commission, 1983. With script and acting by Ashley.
Sound recordings[edit]
Publications[edit]
- Music with Roots in the Aether, 1979. Program brochure.
- Perfect Lives: An Opera, San Francisco: Burning Books, and New York: Archer Fields, 1991, xix+193 pp, IA.
- Music with Roots in the Aether: Interviews with and Essays About Seven American Composers, Cologne: MusikTexte, 2000, 244 pp.
- Musik mit Wurzeln im Äther, Cologne: MusikTexte, 2001, 260 pp. [2] (German)
- Outside of Time / Außerhalb der Zeit, Cologne: MusikTexte, 2009, 655 pp. (in English/German) [3]
Literature[edit]
- Kyle Gann, Robert Ashley, University of Illinois Press, 2012, 184 pp.
- Geeta Dayal, "Robert Ashley: 1930–2014", Frieze blog, 2014.
See also[edit]
Links[edit]
- http://www.robertashley.org
- Obituaries: Margalit Fox (New York Times), Paul Grimstad (n+1).
