Robert Strassburg

Robert Strassburg
Born(1915-08-30)August 30, 1915
New York City, U.S.
DiedOctober 25, 2003(2003-10-25) (aged 88)
OccupationsConductor, composer, musicologist
Years active1945–1997

Robert Strassburg (August 30, 1915 – October 25, 2003) was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator. Included among his compositions are numerous musical settings of the poetry of Walt Whitman, as well as several sacred Judaic choral works. As a musicologist, Strassburg was an authority on the compositions of the composer Ernest Bloch.

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