Robert Ashley
American composer
Robert Reynolds Ashley (March 28, 1930 – March 3, 2014) was an American composer, who was best known for his television operas and other theatrical works, many of which incorporate electronics and extended techniques. His works often involve intertwining narratives and take a surreal multidisciplinary approach to sound, theatrics and writing, and have been continuously performed by various interpreters during and after his life, including Automatic Writing (1979) and Perfect Lives (1983).
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Works
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- Au Pair
- Au Pair: Andrea
- Au Pair: Epilogue
- Au Pair: Gretchen
- Au Pair: Ingrid
- Au Pair: Justine
- Au Pair: Katja
- Au Pair: Leisel
- Au Pair: Lewis
- Au Pair: Lili Marlena
- Au Pair: Simone
- Automatic Writing
- Celestial Excursions
- Celestial Excursions: Act I "Is It Light Yet?"
- Celestial Excursions: Act II "Asylum"
- Celestial Excursions: Act III "The River Deepens"
- Concrete
- Concrete: A Day on Planet Gilbert
- Concrete: Another Classic Moonshot
- Concrete: I Aged I Didn't Grow Up
- Concrete: Ideas About Thinking
- Concrete: Insatiable Desire
- Concrete: Interchangeability
- Concrete: O Mesopotamia
- Concrete: Take Time to Think It Over
- Concrete: The Old Man Lives in Concrete
- Crash
- Crash: Act I (Years 1-14)
- Crash: Act II (Years 15-28)
- Crash: Act III (Years 29-42)
- Crash: Act IV (Years 43-56)
- Crash: Act V (Years 57-70)
- Crash: Act VI (Years 71-84)
- Details for Two Pianists IIb
- Dust
- Empire
- Fives
- Foreign Experiences
- Foreign Experiences: Act I. The Flying Serpent
- Foreign Experiences: Act II. The Jaguar
- Foreign Experiences: Act III. The Coyote
- Foreign Experiences: Act IV. Eagle Tearing Hearts Out of Chests
- Improvement
- Improvement: Act I
- Improvement: Act II
- In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women
- In memoriam... Crazy Horse
- In memoriam... Kit Carson
- In memoriam… Esteban Gómez
- In memoriam… John Smith
- Perfect Lives
- Perfect Lives: The Backyard (T'Be Continued)
- Perfect Lives: The Bank (Victimless Crime)
- Perfect Lives: The Bar (Differences)
- Perfect Lives: The Church (After the Fact)
- Perfect Lives: The Living Room (The Solutions)
- Perfect Lives: The Park (Privacy Rules)
- Perfect Lives: The Supermarket (Famous People)
- Piano Sonata
- Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon
- Quartet "Waiting Room"
- She Was a Visitor
- The Bottleman
- The Etchings
- The Fourth of July
- The Fox
- The Wolfman
- The Wolfman Tape
- Your Money My Life Goodbye