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Robert Whitney
Robert Whitney is credited on 189 releases across 43 albums tracked on Gatefold, active 1951–2015 — the collector-built map of who actually made the music.
189
Pressings credited
43
Albums
7
Decades active
1
In collections
Biography
Robert Sutton Whitney (July 9, 1904 – November 22, 1986) was an American conductor and composer. He was a student of Leo Sowerby. Robert Whitney was best known for founding, in 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 Arts Association," which was later changed to the "Louisville Philharmonic Society." The orchestra finally adopted its current name after it filed an amendment to its articles of incorporation in 1977.) 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 to 1971. He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity. Whitney Hall, the largest performance venue in The Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts is named for him.
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Credited work
189 releases · 43 albums · active 1951–2015
- Performance · 204
- Other credits · 4
- Engineering · 1
Studios: The Columbia Auditorium · Macauley Theater · Robert S. Whitney Hall · Columbia Special Products
Discography
Records they worked on — most-collected first.
Frequent collaborators
- The Louisville Orchestra
- Walter Piston
- Henry Cowell
- Alan Hovhaness
- Roy Harris
- Ross Lee Finney
- Roger Goeb
- Alvin Etler
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