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* [http://ubu.com/film/ashley_perfect.html ''Perfect Lives''], a television opera, 1978-83. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tt4a83z5Jw]
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* http://ubu.com/sound/ashley.html
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|birth_date = {{birth date|1930|3|28|mf=y}}
* http://ubu.com/film/ashley.html
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|birth_place = Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
* http://www.thewadsworth.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/07/Matrix-51.pdf
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|death_date = {{Death date and age|2014|3|3|1930|3|28|mf=y}}
* http://blog.frieze.com/robert-ashley-1930-2014/
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|death_place = New York City, New York, US
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|web = [[UbuWeb::http://www.ubu.com/film/ashley.html|UbuWeb Film]], [[UbuWeb::http://ubu.com/sound/ashley.html|UbuWeb Sound]], [[Wikipedia::http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Ashley|Wikipedia]]
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'''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.
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==Works==
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===Film and video===
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* ''[http://ubu.com/film/aether.html Music with Roots in the Aether]'', opera-for-television, 1975-1976.
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* [http://ubu.com/film/ashley_perfect.html ''Perfect Lives''], a television opera, 1978-1983. [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Tt4a83z5Jw]
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* Peter Greenaway, ''[https://ubu.com/film/greenaway_ashley.html Four American Composers: Robert Ashley]'', 1983.
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===Sound recordings===
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* [http://ubu.com/sound/ashley.html On Ubuweb]
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===Publications===
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* [[Media:Robert_Ashley_Music_with_Roots_in_the_Aether_1979.pdf|Music with Roots in the Aether]], 1979. Program brochure.
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* ''[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.
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** ''Musik mit Wurzeln im Äther'', Cologne: MusikTexte, 2001, 260 pp. [http://www.musiktexte.de/shop/article_EMT-008/Robert-Ashley%3A-Musik-mit-Wurzeln-im-%C3%84ther-%7C-MusikTexte.html?shop_param=cid%3D2%26aid%3DEMT-008%26] {{de}}
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* ''Outside of Time / Außerhalb der Zeit'', Cologne: MusikTexte, 2009, 655 pp. (in English/German) [http://www.musiktexte.de/shop/article_EMT-011/Robert-Ashley%3A-Outside-of-Time_Au%C3%9Ferhalb-der-Zeit-%7C-MusikTexte.html?shop_param=cid%3D2%26aid%3DEMT-011%26]
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==Literature==
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* Kyle Gann, ''[http://monoskop.org/log/?p=13024 Robert Ashley]'', University of Illinois Press, 2012, 184 pp.
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* Geeta Dayal, [http://blog.frieze.com/robert-ashley-1930-2014/ "Robert Ashley: 1930–2014"], ''Frieze'' blog, 2014.
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==See also==
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* [[Mimi Johnson]]
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==Links==
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* http://www.robertashley.org
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* Obituaries: [https://www.nytimes.com/2014/03/07/arts/music/robert-ashley-opera-composer-who-painted-outside-the-lines-dies-at-83.html Margalit Fox] (New York Times), [https://nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/on-robert-ashley/ Paul Grimstad] (n+1).
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Revision as of 08:32, 3 May 2021

Born March 28, 1930(1930-03-28)
Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Died March 3, 2014(2014-03-03) (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.

Works

Film and video

Sound recordings

Publications

  • Outside of Time / Außerhalb der Zeit, Cologne: MusikTexte, 2009, 655 pp. (in English/German) [3]

Literature

See also

Links