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

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Born in the same month (August 1915): Al Hibbler • Alfred Rouleau • David Dellinger • James Hillier • James Tiptree Jr. • Jumbo Elliott (coach) • Max Lanier • Max Robertson • Michael Kidd • Morris Weiss • Ring Lardner Jr. • Tasha Tudor