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Robert Strassburg

Robert Strassburg, American composer, conductor, and educator (died 2003)

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Born
August 30, 1915
Died
October 25, 2003
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1915

About Robert Strassburg

Robert Strassburg was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator. Included among his compositions are numerous musical settings of the poetry of Walt Whitman, as well as several sacred Judaic choral works. As a musicologist, Strassburg was an authority on the compositions of the composer Ernest Bloch. During his years in Miami, he founded the All-Miami Youth Symphony (today the Greater Miami Youth Symphony) in 1958, and was conductor until 1961. Robert Strassburg (August 30, 1915 – October 25, 2003) was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator.

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Robert Strassburg timeline

  1. Robert Strassburg (August 30, 1915 – October 25, 2003) was an American conductor, composer, musicologist and music educator.
  2. During his years in Miami, he founded the All-Miami Youth Symphony (today the Greater Miami Youth Symphony) in 1958, and was conductor until 1961.

The world when Robert Strassburg was born

Robert Strassburg was born in 1915. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1915

  • Top movieThe Birth of a Nation
  • Best-selling book"The Turmoil" – Booth Tarkington

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJess Willard defeats Jack Johnson for heavyweight title in Havana
  • Top headlineLusitania sunk by German submarine — 1,198 die
  • Technology milestoneFirst transcontinental telephone call (Bell to Watson)
  • World population~1.75B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population98.4M

1915 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Strassburg's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19152026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Movie ticket$0.10$11.95
Population98.4M341 million

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