Robert Ashley was born on March 28, 1930 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA. He was an actor and composer, known for Perfect Lives (1984), Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley (1974) and Wear (2015). He was married to Mimi Johnson and Mary Tsaltas. He died on March 3, 2014 in New York City, New York, USA.
March 28, 1930, Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
Died
March 3, 2014, Manhattan, New York City, New York, United States
Place Of Birth
Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Profession
Actor, Composer, Soundtrack
Education
Manhattan School of Music, University of Michigan
Nationality
American
Star Sign
Aries
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Fact
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Many of his works were designed not for the opera stage but for broadcast on television, incorporating flashing and dissolving images, lines of printed text, and other optical effects scaled to the small screen.
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His operas had relatively little staging. Some of his compositions did not have fully notated scores, requiring the performers to improvise large sections.
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He earned a bachelor's degree in music theory from the University of Michigan, followed by a master's from the Manhattan School of Music. Back at Michigan, he studied music, speech, and psychoacoustics.
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He taught for more than a decade at Mills College in California, where he directed the Center for Contemporary Music.
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Composer.
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Best known for his operas and other theatrical works which incorporate electronics and extended techniques.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perfect Lives
1984
TV Movie
'R' - the Narrator
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974
TV Mini-Series
Composer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perfect Lives
1984
TV Movie
Four American Composers
1983
TV Movie documentary
Soundtrack
Title
Year
Status
Character
Wear
performer: "Automatic Writing, or Fathers and Sons Exposed in Little Light" / writer: "Automatic Writing, or Fathers and Sons Exposed in Little Light" completed
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974
TV Mini-Series
Writer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Perfect Lives
1984
TV Movie writer
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley
1974
TV Mini-Series producer
Sound Department
Title
Year
Status
Character
Cry Dr. Chicago
1971
sound
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
Four American Composers
1983
TV Movie documentary
Known for movies
Perfect Lives (1984) as 'R' - the Narrator
Music with Roots in the Aether: Opera for Television by Robert Ashley (1974) as Actor
$900,000
