ROBERT ASHLEY (1930-2014)

A distinguished figure in American contemporary music, with an international reputation for his work in new forms of opera and multi-disciplinary projects. Ashley's recorded works are acknowledged classics of language in a musical setting. He pioneered opera-for-television.

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BIOGRAPHY

LOVELY MUSIC TITLES

• Crash, CD, 2016
• Atalanta (Acts of God) Vol. II, CD, 2010
• Concrete, CD, 2008
• Now Eleanor's Idea, CD 1009, 2007
• Foreign Experiences, CD 1008, 2006
• Perfect Lives, opera for television (1983), DVD  4917 (2 DVDs), 2005
• Celestial Excursions, CD 1007, 2005
• In Sara, Mencken, Christ and Beethoven There Were Men and Women, CD 4921, 2002
• Dust, CD 1006, 2000
• Your Money My Life Goodbye, CD 1005, 1999
• Atalanta (Acts of God), CD 3301(2), 1997
• Automatic Writing, CD 1002, 1996
• eL/Aficionado, CD 1004, 1994
• The Producer Speaks, on Sign of the Times, Thomas Buckner, baritone, CD 3022, 1994
• Van Cao's Meditation, on With and Without Memory, Lois Svard, piano, CD 3051, 1994
• Improvement, Elektra/Nonesuch 79289(2), 1992
• Perfect Lives, opera for television (1983), CD 4917(3) (3 CD s), 1991
• Odalisque, on Full Spectrum Voice, Thomas Buckner, baritone, CD 3021, 1991
• Yellow Man With Heart With Wings, CD 1003, 1990
• Atalanta (Acts of God), opera box, full libretto, live recording, LP 3301-3 (3 LP s), 1985
• Perfect Lives, opera for television (1983), CA 4913-47 (2 tapes), 1983
• Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo): The Lessons, LP 4908, 1981
• The Bar, from "Perfect Lives," LP 4904, 1981
• Sonata: Christopher Columbus Crosses to the New World in the Nina,the Pinta and the Santa Maria Using Only Dead Reckoning and a Crude Astrolabe, on Just for the Record, "Blue" Gene Tyranny, piano, LP 1062; CD 1062, 1979/2008
• Automatic Writing, LP 1002, 1979
• Private Parts aka Private Parts (The Record), LP 1001; CD 1001, 1978/90

VIDEO

• Perfect Lives, opera for television (1983), DVD  4917 (2 DVDs), 2005
• Atalanta Strategy, VHS (only), 1986
• Perfect Lives, 2 VHS, 1983
• Music Word Fire And I Would Do It Again (Coo Coo): The Lessons, VHS (only), 1981
• Music with Roots in the Aether, 7 VHS (only), 1976

BOOKS

• Perfect Lives, Burning Books, LML BK 003
• The guests go into supper, ("Improvement"), Burning Books, LML BK 001
• Music with Roots in the Aether, Musiktexte, Koln, LML BK 004
• Outside of Time: Ideas About Music, MusikTexte, Koln, 2009, LML BK 010
• Atalanta (Acts of God), Burning Books, LML BK 011
• Quicksand, Published by Burning Books, 2011
• Crash, Published by Burning Books, 2014
• Crash, Published by Ghosts, 2016