About
Born in Boston, Robert Beaser was trained as a percussionist before he became a serious composer. He studied at Yale, as well as Tanglewood and the American Academy in Rome.
Beaser has won many awards, including the Fulbright and Guggenheim foundation fellowships as well as the Prix de Rome (in 1977). He has taught at the Juilliard School and directed several new music ensembles, including Contemporary Elements. He has served as composer-in-residence for the American Composer Orchestra.
–Christie Finn
Related Information
Songs
A Word is Dead
Robert Beaser
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Four Dickinson Songs
Avarice
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
Envy
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
Four Dickinson Songs
Song CollectionRobert Beaser
Emily Dickinson
Gluttony
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
I Dwell in Possibility
Robert Beaser
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Four Dickinson Songs
It Was Not Death
Robert Beaser
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Four Dickinson Songs
Lust
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
Pride
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
Seven Deadly Sins
Song CollectionRobert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Sloth
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
We Never Know How High We Are
Robert Beaser
Emily Dickinson
Song Collection: Four Dickinson Songs
Wrath
Robert Beaser
Anthony Hecht
Song Collection: Seven Deadly Sins
Recordings
Americans in Rome
(Robert Beaser, Samuel Barber, Randall Thompson, Charles Naginski, Vittorio Giannini, Roger Sessions and Elliott Carter)
2002
Though Love Be a Day
(Robert Beaser, Antonio Carlos Defeo and Gwyneth Van Anden Walker)
1999
Paul Sperry Sings an American Sampler
(Samuel Barber, Robert Beaser, William Bolcom, William Billings, Elliott Carter, Celius Dougherty, John Woods Duke, Stephen Foster, Charles Griffes, John Musto, Ned Rorem, May Swenson, Louise Talma, Hugo Weisgall and Kurt Weill)
1995
Paul Sperry Sings American Song Cycles & Sets
(Robert Beaser, Christopher Berg and Louise Talma)
1990
Sheet Music
Robert Beaser Sheet Music
Buy via Schott MusicFour Dickinson Songs
Composer(s): Robert Beaser
Song(s): 1. A Word is Dead
2. It Was Not Death
3. I Dwell in Possibility
4. We Never Know How High We Are
Seven Deadly Sins
Composer(s): Robert Beaser
Song(s): 1. Pride
2. Envy
3. Wrath
4. Sloth
5. Avarice
6. Gluttony
7. Lust