Robert Helps
Robert Helps (born September 23, 1928 in Passaic , New Jersey , † November 24, 2001 in Tampa , Florida ) was an American pianist and composer .
He was one of Abby Whiteside's foremost students and perhaps the best-known proponent of her rhythm theory. He studied composition with Roger Sessions , who had a great influence on his career and whose music was performed and recorded frequently.
Helps has taught piano at the New England Conservatory of Music, the San Francisco Conservatory of Music, Princeton University , Stanford University , the University of California, Berkeley , the Manhattan School of Music, and the University of South Florida .
Helps has received the National Endowment for the Arts, the Guggenheim Fellowship, and the Ford Foundation . In 1976 he received an Academy Award from the American Academy of Arts and Letters. His music has appeared on NAXOS, CRI, Desto, and Albany labels, among others.
The archive is in the hands of the University of South Florida Special Collections. The university also sponsors a Robert Helps Festival and awards an annual Robert Helps Prize to composers.
Web links
Interviews
- http://www.bruceduffie.com/helps2.html by Bruce Duffie (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Naxos ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
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| SURNAME | Helps, Robert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American pianist and composer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 23, 1928 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Passaic , New Jersey |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 24, 2001 |
| Place of death | Tampa , Florida |