Robert Strassburg (August 30, 1915 – October 25, 2003) was a leading American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator of the twentieth century.
Many secular compositions also emerged during the ensuing years including over thirty musical settings of the poetry of Walt Whitman.
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.