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Robert Helps (23 Sep 1928 - 24 Nov 2001)

Male Person - United States pianist and composer

Relationships (2)

Teachers

  1. Roger Sessions
  2. Abby Whiteside

Recordings by (31)

  1. Image 3:03 (25 Oct 1994)
  2. Hommage à Rachmaninoff 2:14 (1996)
  3. Hommage à Fauré 3:55 (1996)
  4. Shall We Dance, for Piano (1994) 11:14 (Feb 2004)
  5. Piano Quartet: I. Prelude 10:19 (Feb 2004)
  6. Piano Quartet: II. Intermezzo 2:24 (Feb 2004)
  7. Piano Quartet: III. Scherzo 3:01 (Feb 2004)
  8. Piano Quartet: IV. Postlude 8:12 (Feb 2004)
  9. Piano Quartet: V. Coda - The Players Gossip 2:00 (Feb 2004)
  10. Postlude for Horn, Violin And Piano 9:06 (Feb 2004)
  11. Nocturne for String Quartet 8:08 (Feb 2004)
  12. The Darkened Valley, for Piano 3:34 (Feb 2004)
  13. Postlude 8:45 (Sep 2011)
  14. Fantasy 7:02 (Sep 2011)
  15. Duo 8:06 (Sep 2011)
  16. Quintet: I. Moving 5:44 (Sep 2011)
  17. Quintet: II. Relentlessly (Without Inflection) 2:34 (Sep 2011)
  18. Quintet: III. Dolce e legato 5:26 (Sep 2011)
  19. Piano Trio No. 1: I. Mesto 5:35 (Sep 2011)
  20. Piano Trio No. 1: II. Molto marcato - Molto allegro 4:18 (Sep 2011)
  21. Piano Trio No. 1: III. Maestoso 4:53 (Sep 2011)
  22. Piano Trio No. 2: I. Duets: Allegro 3:01 (Sep 2011)
  23. Piano Trio No. 2: II. Horizons: Austere, But Intense 6:40 (Sep 2011)
  24. Piano Trio No. 2: III. Toccata frustrata 2:41 (Sep 2011)
  25. 6 Lieder, Op. 71: IV. Schilflied (Arr. R. Helps for Piano) 3:39 (Sep 2011)
  26. Love is a Sickness Full of Woes (Arr. R. Helps for Piano) 3:03 (Sep 2011)
  27. Intermezzo in A-Flat Major, FP 118 4:18 (Sep 2011)
  28. 53 Studies On the Chopin Etudes: No. 45 in E Major (1st Version On Chopin's Nouvelle Etude No. 2) 5:51 (Sep 2011)
  29. 53 Studies On the Chopin Etudes: No. 12 in G-Flat Major (6th Version On Chopin's Op. 10, No. 5) 3:14 (Sep 2011)
  30. Shall We Dance 11:13 (Sep 2011)
  31. The Darkened Valley 3:40 (Sep 2011)

On Recordings (17)

Instruments

  1. Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky: A Song on the End of the World 8:18 Sanford Sylvan, Daniel Druckman, Jorja Fleezanis, Robert Helps (1992) piano
  2. Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky: Dream Landscape 5:00 Sanford Sylvan, Daniel Druckman, Jorja Fleezanis, Robert Helps (1992) piano
  3. Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky: The Sky My Husband 4:33 Sanford Sylvan, Daniel Druckman, Jorja Fleezanis, Robert Helps (1992) piano
  4. Brilliant Sky, Infinite Sky: Brilliant Sky 7:05 Sanford Sylvan, Daniel Druckman, Jorja Fleezanis, Robert Helps (1992) piano
  5. Image 3:03 Robert Helps (25 Oct 1994) piano
  6. Five Songs from “Chamber Music”: O, It Was Out by Donnycarney 0:58 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  7. Song 1:49 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  8. The Running Sun 8:02 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  9. Five Songs from “Chamber Music”: Strings in the Earth and Air 1:26 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  10. Sure on This Shining Night 2:44 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  11. On the Beach at Fontana 2:13 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  12. Five Songs from “Chamber Music”: My Love Is in a Light Attire 1:20 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  13. Five Songs from “Chamber Music”: Bid Adieu 2:06 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  14. Five Songs from “Chamber Music”: When the Shy Star Goes Forth in Heaven 2:42 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  15. These, My Ophelia 2:54 Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps (07 Sep 1996) piano
  16. Hommage à Fauré 3:55 Robert Helps (1996) piano
  17. Hommage à Rachmaninoff 2:14 Robert Helps (1996) piano

Credited as (8)

  1. Robert Helps
  2. Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps
  3. Bethany Beardslee, Robert Helps, Donald Gramm, Donald Hassard
  4. Sanford Sylvan, Daniel Druckman, Jorja Fleezanis, Robert Helps
  5. Bethany Beardslee, Isidore Cohen, Charles McCracken, Robert Helps, Ernest Bright, Murray Panitz
  6. Arnold Schönberg, Isidore Cohen, Charles McCracken, Robert Helps, Ernest Bright, Murray Panitz & Bethany Beardslee
  7. Robert Helps; Spectrum Concerts Berlin
  8. Robert Helps; Spectrum Concerts Berlin, ATOS Trio

Works (7)

Composed

  1. Image (1957)
  2. Three Hommages (1972)
  3. Three Hommages: No. 1. Hommage à Fauré (1972)
  4. Three Hommages: No. 2. Hommage à Rachmaninov (1972)
  5. Three Hommages: No. 3. Hommage à Ravel (1972)
  6. Second Thoughts (1977)
  7. The Running Sun

Links (9)

Other Databases

  1. https://catalogue.bnf.fr/ark:/12148/cb13944708m
  2. https://d-nb.info/gnd/134727177
  3. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81042556
  4. https://www.worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n81042556
  5. http://snaccooperative.org/ark:/99166/w6bv7hvm

Discogs

  1. https://www.discogs.com/artist/1036960

Allmusic

  1. https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mn0000210537

VIAF ID

  1. http://viaf.org/viaf/100986430

Wikidata

  1. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2157538