Composer
Robert Aldridge
American composer
b. 1954
1 works and musical collections
- Born
- 1954
- Birthplace
- Richmond
- Citizenship / historical state
- United States
- Period (estimated from birth year)
- Contemporary
Biography
Robert Livingstone Aldridge (September 7, 1954 in Richmond, VA) is an American composer, professor, and current Head of Composition professor, and former Director of Music at the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University. He has written over eighty works for orchestra, opera, musical theater, dance, and various chamber ensembles that have been performed in the United States, Europe, and Japan. He is widely known for his opera Elmer Gantry, based on Sinclair Lewis's 1927 novel of the same name. which was completed in 2007 and won Best Engineered Album (Classical) and Best Contemporary Classical Composition in the 54th Annual Grammy Awards.
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Life and musical career
- Occupations
- composer
- Career institutions / employers
- Rutgers University; Montclair State University
- Genres
- opera
- Awards
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- VIAF ID
- 8781149068386565730000
- ISNI
- 0000000055429577
- GND ID
- 131649019
- Library of Congress ID
- nr90004963
- MusicBrainz ID
- 00a2ee24-1b4a-4d2e-880b-ac4ad6d7f30a
Recorded in Wikidata. Affiliations may refer to earlier stages of the composer's career.
In this catalogue
- Common listed instruments
- Marimba, violin
- Source entries with composition dates
- 0
These details describe the indexed sheet music, including arrangements.
Catalogue
Sheet music catalogue
Instruments describe listed editions, including arrangements. Composition dates and keys appear where recorded; collection pages show their individual contents.
| Title | Work details | Listed instruments | Sheet music |
|---|---|---|---|
| Threedance | See work details |
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Biographical record: Wikidata, matched on name and checked against dates held in the catalogue. The period label is an estimate from birth year. Authority record: VIAF 8781149068386565730000.