b. 1954
Robert Beaser
Robert Beaser's songs include the tongue-in-cheek cycle Seven Deadly Sins and a set of Emily Dickinson songs. His music is in a romantic, "New Tonalist" style but never without a well-conceived formal structure and a touch of irony.
Photo: Robert Beaser, Milken Archive of Jewish Music
About
Born in Boston, Robert Beaser was trained as a percussionist before he became a serious composer. He studied at Yale, as well as Tanglewood and the American Academy in Rome.
Beaser has won many awards, including the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundation fellowships as well as the Prix de Rome (in 1977). He has taught at the Juilliard School and directed several new music ensembles, including Contemporary Elements. He has served as composer-in-residence for the American Composer Orchestra.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
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milkenarchive.org/artists/view/robert-beaserSongs
A Word is Dead2002 · Four Dickinson SongsRobert BeaserEmily DickinsonAvarice1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony HechtEnvy1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony HechtFour Dickinson Songs2002Robert BeaserEmily DickinsonGluttony1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony HechtI Dwell in Possibility2002 · Four Dickinson SongsRobert BeaserEmily DickinsonIt Was Not Death2002 · Four Dickinson SongsRobert BeaserEmily DickinsonLust1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony HechtPride1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony HechtSeven Deadly Sins1979Robert BeaserAnthony HechtSloth1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony HechtWe Never Know How High We Are2002 · Four Dickinson SongsRobert BeaserEmily DickinsonWrath1979 · Seven Deadly SinsRobert BeaserAnthony Hecht
Records
2002
Americans in Rome
Robert Beaser, Samuel Barber, Randall Thompson, Charles Naginski, Vittorio Giannini, Roger Sessions, Elliott Carter
Sheet Music
Robert Beaser Sheet Music
Four Dickinson Songs
Robert Beaser
1. A Word is Dead
2. It Was Not Death
3. I Dwell in Possibility
4. We Never Know How High We Are
2. It Was Not Death
3. I Dwell in Possibility
4. We Never Know How High We Are
Seven Deadly Sins
Robert Beaser
1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Avarice
6. Gluttony
7. Lust
2. Envy
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Avarice
6. Gluttony
7. Lust