Robert Drasnin

American composer and clarinet player

Robert Jackson Drasnin (November 17, 1927 – May 13, 2015) was an American composer and clarinet player.

Robert Drasnin was born on November 17, 1927, in Charleston, West Virginia. At an early age Drasnin was interested in the Clarinet so he took lessons but when his family moved to Los Angeles he wasn't able to start until 1938. He attended Franklin Avenue Grammar School in East Hollywood and then Thomas Starr King Junior High and eventually Los Angeles High School in which he joined the American Federation of Musicians. Drasnin joined the United States Army after graduation and served during the Korean War.

Dionysus Records announced that Robert Drasnin died on May 13, 2015.

Robert Drasnin died Wednesday, May 13, 2015 at Providence Tarzana Medical Center, in Tarzana, Los Angeles neighborhood, California. He was 87. Death was due to complications from a recent fall.

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Works

7m2 (Not in Finished Film)
7m4 (Not in Finished Film)
A Delicate Position
Accordion Prelude
Acid to Acid
Anna May Wong
Appogiatura Exotica
Cat on a White Roof
Cell Abberation
Chant of the Moon
Desiree
East of Xanadu
Enchantment
Erika Leaves the Dinner
Games Erika Plays
Giselle Bridge / The Not So Tender Trap
Goodbye, Kitai, Goodbye / Erika's Disenchantment
Habanera In Blue
Hindara
Hola Samba
Hulabalu
Jardin de la noché
Jobimiana
Kahluha Mist
La Mer Velours
Love's Labours Lost / The Unraveling
Luz de la Luna
Main Title
Mexican Scuffle
Mince Meet
Mirage
Moorean Moonbeams
Moscow Nights (balalaika / accordion)
My Love, the Prisoner
Nearer My God to Thee (organ)
Off and Running
Orinoco
Paradise
Polynesian Bolero
Puente Doble
Reminiscence
Samba Con Pollo
Sambalerro
San Francisco Cabaret
Siren Song
Snow Storm in Siberia / Tumble Down Lorry
Solo Busanova
Song of the Sulu Sea
Tahitian Dream
Tambuk
The File on Rone
The Kremlin Players (End Credits)
The Puppet Mill / Love Like
The Village Scene
There They Go
Too Late, the Hero
Voodoo
Voyage to Vanuatu
Warm Night Wind
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