* Edward Jablonski, ( 1923 – 2004 ) Noted author, American Music archivist and aviation-aerial warfare historian.

Music historian Rosa Newmarch believes that, although The Brandenburgers has not stood the test of time, it contains all the germs of Smetana's operatic art.

Music historian Paul Gambaccini described Gibb as " one of the major figures in the history of British music " and " one of the best white soul voices ever ".

Music historian Charles Burney, a close friend of the Arne family, indicates that he was Thomas Arne's natural son but there is some speculation among modern scholars that he may have been adopted.

Music industry historian John Broven has written that " Leonard Chess was the dynamo behind Chess Records, the label that, along with Atlantic and Sun, has come to epitomize the independent record business.

Music historian Andrew Ford compared its musical sophistication and commercial success to classical music-" neither instant nor evanescent: Astral Weeks will sell as many copies this year as it did in 1968 and has every year in between ".

Music historian Charles Burney, who was Thomas Arne's pupil, says that Handel " was very fond of Mrs Cibber, whose voice and manners had softened his severity for her want of musical knowledge ".

Music historian Juan Flores, in his seminal work on Boogaloo entitled Cha Cha with a Backbeat, suggests that the song title and refrain " I Like It Like That " may have some roots in a 1961 R & B tune with the same name composed by Chris Kenner, from New Orleans.

Music historian Gillian G. Gaar noted in her history of women in rock that the band mingled male and female musicians in a revolutionary collaborative way, as part of its outspoken explorations of sexual politics.

Music historian and broadcaster Eddie Trunk, with comedians Don Jamieson and Jim Florentine, host the television show That Metal Show on VH1 Classic which celebrates, " all things hard rock and heavy metal.

Music historian Richie Unterberger characterized their impact as " phenomenal popularity ", and the Kingston Trio's massive record sales in its early days made acoustic folk music commercially viable, paving the way for singer-songwriter, folk rock, and Americana artists who followed in their wake.

Already in 1965 the art historian Barabara Rose had named La Monte Young's Dream Music, Morton Feldman's characteristically soft dynamics, and various unnamed composers " all, to a greater or lesser degree, indebted to John Cage " as examples of " minimal art ", but did not specifically use the expression " minimal music ".

Music historian Boris Schwarz notes that during the post-war years, Shostakovich divided his music into two idioms.

His choice of music school was fortuitous as the New England Conservatory of Music had as its President in the 1970s the composer / historian, Gunther Schuller.

The historian Robert Elkin speculates that the alternative " Victoria Concert Hall " was abandoned as liable to confusion with the " Royal Victoria Music Hall ", the formal name of the Old Vic.

Music historian James Fuld notes that " the word jingle in the title and opening phrase is apparently an imperative verb.

Music historian Robert Stephens attributes the birth of soul music to " What'd I Say " when gospel and blues were successfully joined ; the new genre of music was matured by later musicians such as James Brown and Aretha Franklin.

Music critic and African-American historian Gerald Early was also a consultant.

Music historian Eric Wilder calls Bland the black writer who " broke down the barriers to white music publishers ' offices.

The set, which includes an 84-page booklet by historian Bill Malone, replaces the Smithsonian's eight-volume, 143-track set – titled The Smithsonian Collection of Classic Country Music – issued in 1981.

* Music and Billboard chart historian Joel Whitburn releases " Top Country Songs 1944-1971.

Music historian Joseph Lanza described the emerging light music style during the early 1950s as a precursor to modern space music.

Music historian Ian McFarlane declared, " The Triffids remain one of Australia's best-loved, post-punk groups [...] McComb was an authoritative singer and accomplished songwriter [...] he infused his melancholy songs with stark yet beautiful and uniquely Australian imagery.

George Kent ( University of Rhode Island, New England Conservatory, Chorus of Westerly ), Andrew Balio ( Baltimore Symphony Orchestra ), Gilbert Blais ( Conservatoire de musique de Saguenay ), Peter Chapman ( Boston Symphony Orchestra ), Jon Paul Danté ( Paramount Brass Quintet, Malaysian Philharmonic Orchestra ), Russell Devuyst ( Montreal Symphony Orchestra ), Kurt Dupuis (" The President's Own " U. S. Marine Band ), Anthony DiLorenzo ( Center City Brass, composer, recording artist ), Albert DiPietro ( Longy School of Music ), Joseph D. Foley ( Atlantic Brass Quintet, Wellesley College, Boston University ), William Harvey ( Oakland East Bay Symphony ), Edward Hoffman ( Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, Peabody Institute ), Bruce Hopkins ( College of the Holy Cross ), Paul Jackson ( Alabama Symphony Orchestra ), Robert Lemons ( Eastern Connecticut State University ), Louis Larouche ( Québec Symphony Orchestra ), Steven Matera (" The President's Own " U. S. Marine Band ) Timothy Morrison ( Boston Symphony Orchestra, Hollywood recording artist ), Rodney Mack ( Chamber Orchestra of Philadelphia ), Niel Mueller ( North Dakota State University ), Dennis Najoom ( Milwaukee Symphony Orchestra ), Gary Peterson ( Bergen Philharmonic Orchestra, Grieg Academy ), William Pfund ( University of Northern Colorado, Greeley Philharmonic Orchestra ), Marc Reese ( Empire Brass Quintet ), Betty Barber Rines ( Portland Symphony Orchestra ), Jay Rizzetto ( California State University, San Francisco Ballet ), John Schnell ( Portland Symphony Orchestra ), David Scott ( McNeese State University ), Lt Col Alan Sierichs ( The United States Air Force Band ), Rolf Smedvig ( Empire Brass Quintet ), Thomas V. Smith ( New York Philharmonic, Manhattan School of Music ), Edward Tarr ( trumpet soloist, historian ), James Thompson ( Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Eastman School of Music ), Peter Voisin ( Jacksonville Symphony Orchestra ), Linn Weeda ( Anchorage Symphony Orchestra, University of Alaska Anchorage ), Alan Wenger ( Central Missouri State University ), Mike Zonshine ( Honolulu Symphony ) Earl Gaar ( Top Brass Louisville KY ).

* A multi-edition transcription of Playford's The Dancing Master, compiled by Robert M. Keller, hosted by the University of New Hampshire's New Hampshire Library of Traditional Music & Dance.

Robert Hugill for Music and Vision called the production " astonishing … nearly twenty years after its premier ," while City Beats Tom McElfresh called Nixon's score " a character in the drama " and " too intricate, too detailed to qualify as minimalist.

* 1934 – Robert Moog, American businessman and inventor, founder of Moog Music and invented the Moog synthesizer ( d. 2005 )

Robert Arthur " Bob " Moog ( ; May 23, 1934 – August 21, 2005 ), founder of Moog Music, was an American pioneer of electronic music, best known as the inventor of the Moog synthesizer.

* The Brooklyn Academy of Music presented a production directed by Robert Wilson and featuring the Berliner Ensemble for only a few performances in October 2011.

Yet during the two years during which he worked on the Project, Adorno was nevertheless prolific, publishing “ The Radio Sympthony ,” “ A Social Critique of Radio Music ” and “ On Popular Music ,” texts which, along with the draft memorandum and other unpublished writings, which are now found in Robert Hullot-Kentor ’ s recent translation, Current of Music.

A new translation has also appeared of Aesthetic Theory and the Philosophy of New Music by Robert Hullot-Kentor, from the University of Minnesota Press.

It was with their second album, 1978's More Songs About Buildings and Food that the band began its long-term collaboration with producer Brian Eno, who had previously worked with Roxy Music, David Bowie, John Cale and Robert Fripp ; the title of Eno's 1977 song " King's Lead Hat " is an anagram of the band's name.

* June 8 – Robert Preston, American actor ( The Music Man ) ( d. 1987 )

* December 19 – Meredith Willson's classic musical The Music Man, starring Robert Preston, debuts on Broadway.

* Words and Music: Only four musicals have won the Tony Award for Best Musical when a person had ( co -) written the Book ( non-sung dialogue and storyline ) and the Score ( music and lyrics ): 1958 winner The Music Man ( Meredith Willson – award for Book and Score did not exist that year ), 1986 winner The Mystery of Edwin Drood ( Rupert Holmes – who also won for Book and Score ), 1996 winner Rent ( Jonathan Larson – who also won for Book and Score ), and 2011 winner The Book of Mormon ( Trey Parker, Robert Lopez, and Matt Stone also won for Book and Score ).

* Robert Smith: " The Cure " and Wishful Thinking by Richard Carman ( 2005 ) Independent Music Press ( UK ) ISBN 978-0-9549704-1-3

In the 1962 film version of " The Music Man ," Howard played Winthrop Paroo, the child with the lisp ; the film starred Robert Preston and Shirley Jones.

* American Roots Music, Robert Santelli, 2002, ISBN 978-0-8109-8223-9

The film was also nominated in the categories Assistant Director ( Robert Webb ) Won, Music ( Scoring ) Nomimated, Sound Recording ( E. H. Hansen ) Nominated and Writing ( Original Story ) Nominated.

The film won Saturn Awards for Best Science Fiction Film, Best Writing, Best Special Effects, Best Music, and Best Poster Art, while Henry Thomas, Robert McNaughton, and Drew Barrymore won Young Artist Awards.

Anchors Aweigh was also nominated for Best Actor in a Leading Role ( Gene Kelly ), Best Cinematography, Color ( Robert Planck, Charles P. Boyle ), Best Music, Song ( for Jule Styne ( music ) and Sammy Cahn ( lyrics ) for " I Fall in Love Too Easily ") and Best Picture.

The Futurist art movement was important for the development of the noise aesthetic, as was the Dada art movement ( a prime example being the Antisymphony concert performed on April 30, 1919 in Berlin ), and later the Surrealist and Fluxus art movements, specifically the Fluxus artists Joe Jones, Yasunao Tone, George Brecht, Robert Watts, Wolf Vostell, Yoko Ono, Nam June Paik, Walter De Maria's Ocean Music, Milan Knížák's Broken Music Composition, early LaMonte Young and Takehisa Kosugi.

Picnic won Academy Awards for Best Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color ( William Flannery, Jo Mielziner, Robert Priestley ) and Best Film Editing and was nominated for Best Actor in a Supporting Role ( O ' Connell, who reprised his stage role ), Best Director, Best Music, Scoring of a Dramatic or Comedy Picture ( George Duning ) and Best Picture.

The Sand Pebbles was nominated for eight Academy Awards, but failed to win any: Best Picture for Robert Wise, Best Actor for Steve McQueen, Best Supporting Actor for Mako, Best Art Direction / Set Decoration-Color, Best Cinematography-Color, Best Film Editing, Best Sound ( James Corcoran ) and Best Original Music Score for Jerry Goldsmith.

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