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Robert Shaw (30 Apr 1916 - 25 Jan 1999)

Male Person - United States conductor

 Also known as (1)

Releases (4)

Official

Album

  1. Master of the First Art - Volume 1 2001

Album - Compilation

  1. Master of the First Art - Volume 2 2004

Relationships (12)

Students

  1. Carl Davis conducting

Supporting Artists

  1. Elise Witt

Conductor For

  1. San Diego Symphony (1953 - 1958)
  2. The Cleveland Orchestra (1956 - 1967)
  3. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra (1967 - 1988) principal

Founded

  1. MasterVoices
  2. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
  3. Robert Shaw Chorale
  4. The Fred Waring Glee Club
  5. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus

Member Of

  1. Robert Shaw Chorale

Siblings

  1. Hollace Shaw

Recordings by (41)

  1. VERDI: Dies irae from Requiern 2:35 (1992)
  2. To God Our Strength 0:56 (1993)
  3. Come Away to the Skies 2:12 (1993)
  4. Wondrous Love 4:02 (1993)
  5. God Is Seen 2:30 (1993)
  6. Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal 2:10 (1993)
  7. Bright Caanan 2:16 (1993)
  8. Amazing Grace 4:12 (1993)
  9. His Voice as the Sound 2:16 (1993)
  10. I Will Arise 1:19 (1993)
  11. Saints Bound for Heaven 1:57 (1993)
  12. Ride On, King Jesus 2:15 (1993)
  13. Poor Mourner 3:19 (1993)
  14. Swing Low, Sweet Chariot 3:43 (1993)
  15. Dere's No Hidin' Place 1:40 (1993)
  16. My God Is a Rock 4:14 (1993)
  17. Sometimes I Feel Like a Moanin' Dove 4:57 (1993)
  18. I Got Shoes 2:18 (1993)
  19. Soon One Mornin' 2:58 (1993)
  20. Same Train 2:32 (1993)
  21. Lord, If I Got My Ticket 1:35 (1993)
  22. Robert Shaw discusses Dvořák's "Stabat Mater" with Martin Goldsmith of National Public Radio 20:45 (28 Sep 1999)
  23. Fast Santa Fe 1:56 (2000)
  24. America 4:26 (2001)
  25. God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen 1:22 (2001)
  26. Good Christian Men, Rejoice 1:26 (2001)
  27. I Saw Three Ships 1:31 (2001)
  28. Let It Snow 3:17 (2001)
  29. If Ye Love me 2:15 (2004)
  30. The Shepherds' Farewell from "L'enfance du Christ" 3:25 (2004)
  31. Dies irae from "Requiem" 1:56 (2004)
  32. Les voici from "Carmen" 4:07 (2004)
  33. Pligrim's Chorus from "Tannhasuer" 4:56 (2004)
  34. Sanctus from "Requiem" 2:39 (2004)
  35. Awake the harp from "The Creation" 2:10 (2004)
  36. Bless the Lort, O My Soul, from "Vespers" 6:10 (2004)
  37. In Paradisum from "Requiem" 3:36 (2004)
  38. Gloria II. Laudamus Te 3:00 (2009)
  39. Symphony of Psalms. Part I 3:14 (2009)
  40. We Three Kings 1:18 (2010)
  41. Set Down, Servant 3:13 (2021)

On Recordings (50)

Arranged

  1. Whup! Jamboree 1:55 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  2. Swansea Town 2:59 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  3. Stormalong, John 3:10 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  4. Spanish Ladies 2:37 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  5. Bound for the Rio Grande 2:24 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  6. Blow the Man Down 1:37 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  7. Lowlands 4:50 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  8. Tom's Gone to Hilo 2:49 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  9. A-Roving 3:00 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  10. Good-bye, Fare Ye Well 3:09 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  11. What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor 2:53 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  12. The Shaver 2:09 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  13. Haul Away, Joe 1:54 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  14. Shenandoah 4:40 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  15. Santy Anna 2:07 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  16. The Drummer and the Cook 2:29 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  17. The Yellow Rose of Texas 1:52 Roland Shaw & His Orchestra (1964)

Conducted

  1. Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248: Sinfonia in G Major, "And There Where Shepherds" 4:49 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  2. Christmas Oratorio: Chorale: Break Forth 1:25 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  3. Gloria: Et in Terra Pax 5:53 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  4. There Us a Rose in Flower 2:56 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  5. Nabucco: Act 3, Scene 2: Chorus "Va, Pensiero" 4:46 Robert Shaw Chorale, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  6. O Come, O Come Emmanuel 4:11 Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Chorus (1976)
  7. The Four Seasons, Winter: I Allegro Non Molto 3:59 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  8. Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming 2:28 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  9. Dormi Jesu 4:20 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)
  10. Gloria: Gloria in Excelsis 2:24 Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw (1976)

Chorus Master

  1. Carmen Jones: Stan' Up and Fight ?:?? Glenn Bryant (1944)
  2. Carmen Jones: Dat’s Love 3:42 Muriel Smith (1944)
  3. Carmen Jones: Prelude / Lift 'em Up and Put 'em Down ?:?? [theatre] (1944)
  4. Carmen Jones: Dat's Our Man ?:?? [theatre] (1944)
  5. Carmen Jones: Beat Out Dat Rhythm on a Drum 4:06 June Hawkins (1944)
  6. Carmen Jones: Finale 3:52 Muriel Smith, Luther Saxon (1944)
  7. Joy to the World / Angels We Have Heard on High / O Come, O Come Emmanuel / God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen / We Three Kings / O Little Town of Bethlehem / Carol of the Bells / Wassail Song 10:02 Robert Shaw Chorale (1961)

Concertmaster For

  1. What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor 2:53 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  2. The Shaver 2:09 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  3. A-Roving 3:00 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  4. Shenandoah 4:40 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  5. Santy Anna 2:07 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  6. Blow the Man Down 1:37 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  7. Tom's Gone to Hilo 2:49 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  8. Lowlands 4:50 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  9. Spanish Ladies 2:37 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  10. Bound for the Rio Grande 2:24 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  11. Whup! Jamboree 1:55 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  12. Good-bye, Fare Ye Well 3:09 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  13. Stormalong, John 3:10 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  14. Swansea Town 2:59 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  15. Haul Away, Joe 1:54 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)
  16. The Drummer and the Cook 2:29 The Men of the Robert Shaw Chorale (1960)

Credited as (268)

  1. Robert Shaw
  2. Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Chorus
  3. Robert Shaw & Leonard Bernstein
  4. Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw
  5. Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  6. Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw Festival Singers
  7. Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw, Donna Carter
  8. Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw, Arietha Lockhart
  9. Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Béla Bartók; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, Carmen Pelton, Richard Clement, Nathan Gunn
  10. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, Carmen Pelton, Nannette Soles, Richard Clement
  11. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Chorus, Robert Shaw, Carmen Pelton, Nannette Soles, Richard Clement
  12. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, Richard Clement, Nathan Gunn, Patricia Nealon, Pamela Elrod, Sean Mayer, William Borland
  13. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw, Carmen Pelton, Nathan Gunn
  14. Dvořák; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw
  15. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw
  16. Stravinsky, Borodin; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw
  17. Carl Orff; Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus
  18. Britten; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw
  19. Robert Shaw, Robert Shaw Festival Singers
  20. Sylvia McNair, Delores Ziegler, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus
  21. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  22. Ludwig van Beethoven, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw
  23. Walton, Bernstein; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw
  24. Rachmaninoff; Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw
  25. Carl Orff, Paul Hindemith; Atlanta Boy Choir, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw
  26. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  27. Håkan Hagegård, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  28. Franz Schubert; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Choruses, Robert Shaw
  29. Robert Shaw & Renato Cellini
  30. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  31. Jon Humphrey, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  32. Hector Berlioz, Gabriel Fauré; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Elly Ameling
  33. Robert Shaw Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  34. Gustav Mahler; Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  35. Handel; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw
  36. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw
  37. Stravinsky, Poulenc; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw
  38. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw
  39. Robert Russell Bennett & Robert Shaw
  40. Verdi, Stravinsky; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw
  41. Felix Mendelssohn; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Robert Shaw
  42. Marian Anderson, RCA Victor Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  43. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus
  44. Handel; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chamber Chorus, Robert Shaw
  45. Philip Glass; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus, Robert Shaw
  46. Beethoven; Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  47. Brahms; Arleen Augér, Richard Stilwell, Robert Shaw, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra and Chorus
  48. Brahms; Marilyn Horne, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra & Chorus, Robert Shaw
  49. Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, Marilyn Horne, Atlanta Symphony Orchestra, Robert Shaw
  50. Brahms; Robert Shaw Festival Singers, Robert Shaw
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Works (23)

Arranged

  1. Set Down, Servant!
  2. I Will Arise
  3. Deep River
  4. Angels We Have Heard on High
  5. O Tannenbaum
  6. What Child Is This?
  7. Away in a Manger
  8. Hacia Belén va un burrico
  9. La Virgen lava pañales
  10. Touro-louro-louro!
  11. Susanni, Susanni
  12. Wondrous Love
  13. Whup, Jamboree!
  14. Same Train
  15. So Blest a Sight
  16. Lowlands
  17. I'm Goin' to Sing
  18. I Got Shoes

Translated

  1. Cantata profana for tenor, baritone, double chorus & orchestra (or piano), Sz. 94, BB 100 “The Enchanted Stags” (1955)

Lyrics

  1. How Unto Bethlehem?

Commissioned

  1. When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom'd

Dedicated Works

  1. Theater Set
  2. Remembering Gatsby

Links (12)

Other Databases

  1. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81058246
  2. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6251k9m
  3. https://adp.library.ucsb.edu/names/103161
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81058246
  5. https://rateyourmusic.com/artist/robert_shaw
  6. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13939408s

Songkick

  1. https://www.songkick.com/artists/397204

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/179709

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0001671910

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/42029843

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2915908

Stream For Free

  1. https://open.spotify.com/artist/24K3MJ131xjKnqDf87M3Qm