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Robert Ward (composer) Robert Eugene Ward (September 13, 1917 – April 3, 2013) was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962.
- Robert Eugene Ward
- September 13, 1917, Cleveland, Ohio
- Contemporary, chamber
- April 3, 2013 (aged 95), Durham, North Carolina
Robert June Ward, Sr. (October 15, 1938 – December 25, 2008) was an American blues and soul guitarist. He was known for founding the Ohio Untouchables, the band that later would become the Ohio Players .
Oct 3, 1991 · Now guitarist Robert Ward, known primarily for a handful of obscure sides from the early 60s and for his 70s-era session work at Motown, has reemerged on the Black Top label. In Ward we may at ...
- David Whiteis
Apr 7, 2013 · Robert Eugene Ward was born in Cleveland on Sept. 13, 1917; as a youth, he sang and played the piano. He earned a bachelor’s degree in composition from the Eastman School of Music in Rochester ...
Apr 3, 2013 · Robert Ward, the American composer who won the Pulitzer Prize for bringing Arthur Miller's play The Crucible to the opera stage, died early Wednesday of natural causes.The composer, who was also a ...
- Mark Mobley
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May 16, 2013 · Robert Ward: Well the first thing that you do is you turn the play into a libretto, and there are about a third as many syllables in a libretto that will turn into an opera the same length as the play with, you know, 100 percent of the words. So that's the first thing that has to be done.
Jun 29, 2023 · Robert Ward (born 1917 in Cleveland, Ohio) ranks among the most notable members of a cohort of American modern classical composers that emerged in the early to middle decades of the 20th century. Their technique could loosely be described as neoclassical, enhanced with tonal, harmonic, and rhythmic innovations – as well as exhibiting a unique ...
