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Robert Whitney

1904-1986 US
Composer / Conductor of Classical

Robert Sutton Whitney (July 6, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American conductor and composer. He was a student of Leo Sowerby.Robert Whitney was best known for founding, on November 1937, together with the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky the Louisville Orchestra, and becoming its first conductor, a post he held until 1967. (Its original name was the Louisville Civic Orchestra.) His concerto grosso had earlier (1934) been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra.Whitney also served as Dean of the School of Music of the University of Louisville, from 1956-1971.

     
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Symphony No. 5, H. 310: III. Lento, Allegro on Bohuslav Martinů: Symphony No. 5, H. 310 - Virgil Thomson: Concerto for Flute, Strings, Harp, & Percussion by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Decoration Day on Charles Ives: Decoration Day - Lou Harrison: Suite for Symphonic Strings by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Suite from "The Good Soldier Schweik": Overture on Robert Kurka: Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik - Carlos Surinach: Symphonic Variations by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Eleven Studies for Eleven Players: I. Prelude on Ned Rorem: Eleven Studies for Eleven Players - William Sydeman: Orchestral Abstractions by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Divertimento: II. Aria for Alida White Lessard on Elliott Carter: Symphony No. 1 - Alexei Haieff: Divertimento by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Cumbres: II. Pt. 2 on Luigi Dallapiccola: Variazioni per Orchestra - José Pablo Moncayo: Cumbres - Ulysses Kay: Serenade for Orchestra - Darius Milhaud: Ouverture Méditerranéenne by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Suite from "The Good Soldier Schweik": War Dance on Robert Kurka: Suite from The Good Soldier Schweik - Carlos Surinach: Symphonic Variations by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Eleven Studies for Eleven Players: II. Allegretto on Ned Rorem: Eleven Studies for Eleven Players - William Sydeman: Orchestral Abstractions by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Symphony No. 5: I. Con vigore on Peter Mennin: Symphony No. 5 - Joaquin Rodrigo: Concerto Galante for Violincello and Orchestra by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney
Eleven Studies for Eleven Players: III. Bird Call on Ned Rorem: Eleven Studies for Eleven Players - William Sydeman: Orchestral Abstractions by The Louisville Orchestra & Robert Whitney

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Title Artist Year Type
Notturno Di Canti E Balli / Short Symphony (Testament To A Big City)Gian Francesco Malipiero / Irwin Bazelon - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney2009Album
British Modern Vol. 1Arthur Bliss • Edmund Rubbra • Malcolm Arnold • John Addison – Sidney Harth, Paul Kling, Peter McHugh, Leon Rapier – The Louisville Orchestra / Jorge Mester & Robert Whitney2005Compil.
Sinfonia Elegiaca / Nocturne / RhapsodyAndrzej Panufnik – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney2003Compil.
Orchestral Works (American Archives Series)Robert Kurka, Peter Mennin, Walter Piston, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney, Janos Starker1998Album
Symphony No. 5 / Concerto For FluteBohuslav Martinů / Virgil Thomson - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1995Album
When Johnny Comes Marching Home • Epilogue To Profiles In Courage: JFK • Prayer In The Time Of War • Symphony No. 4 • Symphonia BrevisThe Louisville Orchestra, Roy Harris, William Schuman, John J. Becker, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney1990Album
Chansons De Ronsard / Symphony No. 6Darius Milhaud - The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester, Robert Whitney1980Album
The Louisville OrchestraRobert Whitney, The Louisville Orchestra, Jorge Mester1980Album
Symphony No. 1, Op. 9Peter Racine Fricker – Robert Whitney, The Louisville Orchestra1980Album
Improvisation For Violin And Orchestra - Concerto For Violin And OrchestraEdmund Rubbra, Benjamin Britten, Sidney Harth, Paul Kling, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1977Album
Piano Concerto No. 2: Symphony No. 2Alexander Tcherepnin, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1977Album
Symphony No. 5 / Symphony No. 5Roy Harris, Bohuslav Martinů - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1977Album
Symphony No. 1Peter Racine Fricker, The Louisville Orchestra1977Album
Orchestral Fantasy / Rhapsody For OrchestraBoris Blacher / Andrzej Panufnik – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1967Album
Triptych / Partita In C For Piano And Small OrchestraAlvin Etler / Harold Shapero – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, Benjamin Owen1967Album
Symphony No. 5 / Concerto GrossoWalter Piston / William Kraft - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1965Album
Concerto For Wind Quintet And Orchestra / Variations On "America" / Umbrian SceneAlvin Etler / Charles Ives - William Schuman / Ulysses Kay, Robert Whitney1965Album
UntitledThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1965Album
Symphony No. 1 (Communique 1943) / Symphony No. 2Ross Lee Finney / Daniel Pinkham - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1965Album
Suite From Ballet “Abraxas” / Wedding Music From “Undine” / Diversions For OrchestraWerner Egk / Hans Werner Henze / Irving Fine – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1964Album
Soliloquy Of A Bhiksuni - Due Pezzi / PartitaThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney, Chou Wen-chung, Luigi Dallapiccola, Jose Serebrier1964Album
Symphony No. 5 / Concerto GrossoAlexander Tcherepnin / Richard Mohaupt - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1964Album
Symphony No. 2 / Divertimento No. 2Quincy Porter, Vittorio Giannini, Robert Whitney1964Album
Concerto For Viola And Orchestra / Symphony No. 2 In One MovementWalter Piston, Hall Overton, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1963Album
Contours For Orchestra / Night Flight / Serenade For Small OrchestraHale Smith / Gardner Read / Robert Kurka, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1963Album
Louisville Orchestra CommissionsWilliam Schuman, Gian Francesco Malipiero, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1960Album
Louisville Orchestra CommisionsPaul Hindemith, Claude Almand, David Diamond, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1960Album
Ben-Haim: To The Chief Musician Metaporphoses For Orchestra, Riegger: Variations For Violin And Orchestra, Op. 71Paul Ben-Haim, Wallingford Riegger, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1960Album
Harrison: Four Strict Songs For Eight Baritones And Orchestra, Korn: Variations On A Tune From "The Beggar's Opera"Lou Harrison, Peter Jona Korn, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1958Album
Capriccio / The Mirror / The Tower Of Saint BarbaraAlexandre Tansman / Felix Borowski / Ingolf Dahl – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1956Album
Symphony No. 6 / Variations For Piano And Orchestra / NotturnoPeter Mennin / Wallingford Riegger / Ernst Toch - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1955Album
Invocation And Dance, Op. 58 / Alvorada Na Floresta Tropical / TriskelionPaul Creston / Heitor Villa-Lobos / Halsey Stevens – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1955Album
Erosion (Erosão). Origin Of The Amazon River / The Triumph Of St. Joan SymphonyHeitor Villa-Lobos / Norman Dello Joio – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert Whitney1953Album
Invocation And Dance, Op. 68, A Louisville Concerto, Symphony No. 11Robert Whitney, The Louisville OrchestraAlbum
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Volume IIIThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Volume IIThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Judith - UndertowWilliam Schuman, The Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Magnificat For Four Solo Voices, Chorus And Orchestra, Opus 157 / All In The Spring WindThe Louisville Orchestra, Alan Hovhaness, Chou Wen-chung, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Volume IThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Volume IVThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Louisville Orchestra Commissions Vol. VThe Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Concerto For Orchestra / Movements For Orchestra / Uno EspressioneBenjamin Lees / Ronald Herder / Luigi Nono - The Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Suite From “The Good Soldier Schweik” / Symphonic VariationsRobert Kurka / Carlos Surinach – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
Thesis / Ballet Suite, “La Madrugada Del Panadero”Henry Cowell / Rodolfo Halffter – The Louisville Orchestra, Robert WhitneyAlbum
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