Composer Profiles
Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley
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Robert Ashley
Robert Ashley has his own home page. It is here: http://www.lovely.com/artists/a-ashley.html
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A distinguished figure in American contemporary music, with an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. Ashley's recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting. He pioneered opera-for-television.
Recordings
- Dust, CD 1006, 2000
- Your Money My Life Goodbye, CD 1005, 1999
- Atalanta (Acts of God), CD 3301(2), 1997
- Automatic Writing, CD 1002, 1996
- eL/Aficionado, CD 1004, 1994
- The Producer Speaks, on Sign of the Times, Thomas Buckner, baritone, CD 3022, 1994
- Van Cao's Meditation, on With and Without Memory, Lois Svard, piano, CD 3051, 1994
- Improvement, Elektra/Nonesuch 79289(2), 1992
- Perfect Lives, opera for television (1983), CD 4917(3) (3 CDs), 1991
- Odalisque, on Full Spectrum Voice, Thomas Buckner, baritone, CD 3021, 1991
- Yellow Man With Heart With Wings, CD 1003, 1990
- Atalanta (Acts of God), opera box, full libretto, live recording, LP 3301-3 (3 LPs), 1985
- Perfect Lives, opera for television (1983), CA 4913-47 (2 tapes), 1983
- Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo): The Lessons, LP 4908, 1981
- The Bar, from "Perfect Lives," LP 4904, 1981
- Sonata: Christopher Columbus Crosses to the New World in the Nina,the Pinta and the Santa Maria Using Only Dead Reckoning and a Crude Astrolabe, on "Just for the Record," "Blue" Gene Tyranny, piano, LP 1062, 1979
- Automatic Writing, LP 1002, 1979
- Private Parts aka Private Parts (The Record), LP 1001; CD 1001, 1978/90
VIDEO TAPES
- Atalanta Strategy, VHS, 1986
- Perfect Lives, 2 VHS, 1983
- Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo): The Lessons, VHS, 1981
- Music with Roots in the Aether, 7 VHS, 1976
BOOKS
- Perfect Lives, Lovely Music BK 003
- The guests go in to supper, ("Improvement"; text), Lovely Music BK 001
Automatic Writing
Dust
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