Robert Strassburg

Robert Strassburg 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. ^{Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (d. 2003)}

30 August 1915

Born on the same birth day (30 August): Gary Gordon • J. Alden Weir • Jean-Claude Killy • Joe Staley • John Kani • Michael Grant Terry • Paulo Sousa • Peter Cunnah • Sir Alexander Carew, 2nd Baronet

Born in the same month (August 1915): Al Hibbler • Alfred Rouleau • B. A. Santamaria • David Dellinger • Edward Szczepanik • Gary Merrill • Humphrey Searle • Ingrid Bergman • Ivo Rojnica • James Tiptree Jr. • Jumbo Elliott (coach) • Mareta West • Max Lanier • Max Robertson • Michael Kidd • Morris Weiss • Nathan Pritikin • Norman Ramsey Jr. • Pete Newell • Ring Lardner Jr. • Signe Hasso • Tasha Tudor • Warren Avis • Wynonie Harris