Robert Strassburg (August 30, 1915 – October 25, 2003) was a leading American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator of the twentieth century.
[2][3][4] His formal academic studies were completed at the New England Conservatory of Music and Harvard University, where he obtained a fellowship in composition.
In later years, a monumental choral symphony in ten movements was also completed in honor of the poet Walt Whitman titled Leaves of Grass (1992).
He contributed to a variety of film scores as well as incidental music for such theatrical productions as: King Lear, The Rose Tattoo, and Anne of the Thousand Days.
[9][10] Several of Robert Strassburg's pupils emerged in later years as noted musicians and composers including: Yehudi Wyner,[4] Jack Gottlieb,[4] Charles Davidson,[4] Diane Thome[11][12] and John Serry.