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Robert Ashley

Robert Ashley was an American composer, university teacher and film producer (1930–2014). He was born at Ann Arbor and died at Manhattan.

Also recorded as Robert Reynolds Ashley.

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Identity and origins

The authorities additionally record the heading Robert Reynolds Ashley. His recorded language was English.

He married Mary Ashley and Mimi Johnson. One child is recorded: Sam Ashley.

Identity

What the record establishes about Robert Ashley.

Victorian fiction : a guide to research / by Robert Ashley [and others]. is dated 1966, 1964 and held by Wellcome Collection. Man and aggression / edited by M.F. Ashley Montagu. is dated 1968 and held by Wellcome Collection. MusicBrainz establishes this heading under the identifier a9e399ea-b3d1-43d8-b21a-83676c1a36a5. Robert Ashley is recorded as composer, university teacher and film producer. Wellcome Collection records 62 objects associated with this heading. Robert Ashley is recorded with the citizenship of United States.

Open Library catalogues 16 works under this name.

Works and catalogued output

Wikidata Query Service catalogues 1 work under this heading. Wellcome Collection catalogues 8 works under this heading. Open Library catalogues 13 works under this heading.

Holdings and surviving copies

Where material relating to Robert Ashley is held.

(1968) Robert Ashley - Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon (1968) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Ashley, Robert Music With Roots In The Aether 2000 (2000) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Robert Ashley Live at Goodman Theater 1985-09-22 (1985) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. (1979) Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive. Morning Concert: Robert Ashley (1983) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.

Authority records

The identifiers under which Robert Ashley may be traced in institutional catalogues.

Robert Ashley is established in the international name authorities as Wikidata Q2524056.

Catalogued works

16 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library and Wellcome Collection. Their recorded dates run from 1966 to 1968.

Perfect Lives. Van Cao's meditation. Atalanta. Faulkner at West Point. Yasunao Tone. Private parts. In memoriam Crazy Horse. In memoriam Esteban Gómez. In memoriam John Smith. In memoriam Kit Carson. Music with roots in the aether. Wilkie Collins. The Stolen Train. Outside of time. Victorian fiction : a guide to research / by Robert Ashley [and others]., dated 1966, 1964, held by Wellcome Collection. Man and aggression / edited by M.F. Ashley Montagu., dated 1968, held by Wellcome Collection.

In public collections

Work associated with this heading is recorded in 1 named public collection.

Wellcome Collection: 62 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue.

Literature

1 scholarly publication naming this subject was located in the registry of record.

A Transcription and Translation of Sloane MS. 2131, Robert Ashley’s (1561-1641) Vita: with Additional Biographical Details, Electronic British Library Journal, 2021.

Scholarly footprint

Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 16 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)) and 24 catalogued release groups (MusicBrainz). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.

Evidence base

This article draws on 5 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 5 means 5 genuinely separate publishers of record. 14 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.

In detail

Robert Ashley studied at University of Michigan and Manhattan School of Music. the recorded working language is English.

The field of work recorded is music and opera. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are opera.

Employment is recorded with Mills College at Northeastern University.

Chronology

  1. 1930Robert Ashley born at Ann Arbor.
  2. 1930Robert Ashley was born in 1930 at Ann Arbor.
  3. 1952Wilkie Collins digitised by Internet Archive.
  4. 1962Elizabeth Fiction digitised by Internet Archive.
  5. 1966Victorian fiction : a guide to research / by Robert Ashley [and others]. (Wellcome Collection).
  6. 1966Victorian fiction : a guide to research / by Robert Ashley [and others]. is dated 1966, 1964 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  7. 1967(1967) Robert Ashley - She Was A Visitor digitised by Internet Archive.
  8. 1968Man and aggression / edited by M.F. Ashley Montagu. (Wellcome Collection).
  9. 1968Man and aggression / edited by M.F. Ashley Montagu. is dated 1968 and held by Wellcome Collection.
  10. 1968(1968) Robert Ashley - Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon (1968) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  11. 1968(1968) Robert Ashley - Purposeful Lady Slow Afternoon digitised by Internet Archive.
  12. 1969Faulkner at West Point digitised by Internet Archive.
  13. 1979(1979) Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing (1979) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  14. 1979(1979) Robert Ashley - Automatic Writing digitised by Internet Archive.
  15. 1983Morning Concert: Robert Ashley (1983) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  16. 1983Morning Concert: Robert Ashley digitised by Internet Archive.
  17. 1985Robert Ashley Live at Goodman Theater 1985-09-22 (1985) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  18. 1985Robert Ashley Live at Goodman Theater 1985-09-22 digitised by Internet Archive.
  19. 2000Ashley, Robert Music With Roots In The Aether 2000 (2000) is digitised and catalogued by Internet Archive.
  20. 2000Ashley, Robert Music With Roots In The Aether 2000 digitised by Internet Archive.
  21. 2009ISSUE: Reads Robert Ashley digitised by Internet Archive.
  22. 2014Robert Ashley died at Manhattan.
  23. 2014Robert Ashley died in 2014 at Manhattan.

Sources

Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.

  1. 1.

    Ashley, Robert (1565–1641), Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2018

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  2. 2.

    Ashley, Robert (1565–1641), translator and book collector, Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  3. 3.

    Ashley, Robert (opera), Oxford Music Online, 2002

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  4. 4.

    Ashley, Robert, Oxford Music Online, 2001

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  5. 5.

    MusicBrainz artist record for Robert Ashley

    Institutional database · Scholarly

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  6. 6.

    Open Library author record for Robert Ashley (Internet Archive), 16 catalogued works.

    Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive

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  7. 7.

    Robert Ashley, 2012

    scholarly publication · Scholarly

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  8. 8.

    Directory of Open Access Journals lists 8 articles naming Robert Ashley.

    open access index · Unverified

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  9. 9.

    Internet Archive, 22 digitised items catalogued under Robert Ashley as creator.

    digital repository · Unverified

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  10. 10.

    Wellcome Collection catalogue records 62 works naming Robert Ashley.

    museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection

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  11. 11.

    Wikidata, structured authority record Q2524056: Robert Ashley

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation

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  12. 12.

    “Robert Ashley”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading

    reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia

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