Robert Strassburg, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Robert Strassburg

American composer

Date of Birth: 30-Aug-1915

Place of Birth: Birmingham, Alabama, United States

Date of Death: 25-Oct-2003

Profession: composer, poet, conductor

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

Robert Strassburg (August 30, 1915 – October 25, 2003) was a leading American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator of the twentieth century.
His studies in music were completed under the supervision of such leading composers as Igor Stravinsky, Walter Piston and Paul Hindemith, with whom he studied at Tanglewood.
His formal academic studies were completed at the New England Conservatory of Music and Harvard University, where he obtained a fellowship in composition.
He also completed a doctorate in Fine Arts at the University of Judaism in Los Angeles.
As a musicologist, Dr.
Strassburg is regarded as a leading authority on the compositions of the composer Ernest Bloch.