Robert Erickson [SEP] place of birth
Robert Erickson
Robert Erickson (March 7, 1917 in Marquette, Michigan – April 24, 1997 in San Diego, California) was an American composer.
He studied with Ernst Krenek from 1936-1947: "I had already studied—and abandoned—the twelve tone system before most other Americans had taken it up." He influenced notable students Morton Subotnick, Pauline Oliveros, Terry Riley, and Paul Dresher. He is also the author of "The Structure of Music: A Listener's Guide", which
" motif emerges, representing what Osborne describes as "the calm, majestic course of the river".character The composer Robert Erickson describes the prelude as drone music – "the only well-known drone piece in the concert repertory". Millington suggests that the protracted chord does not simply represent the depths of the Rhine, rather "the birth of the world, the act of creation itself".
Music First scene.
When the prelude reaches its climax the curtain rises and the key shifts to A♭ as Woglinde sings a "