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Robert Ward (composer)

Robert Ward, American soldier, composer, and educator (died 2013)

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Born
September 13, 1917
Died
April 3, 2013
Zodiac sign
Virgo
Birth year
1917

About Robert Ward (composer)

Robert Eugene Ward was an American composer who is best remembered for his opera The Crucible (1961) after the 1953 play of the same name by Arthur Miller. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962. He completed his First Symphony in 1941, which won the Juilliard Publication Award the following year. Ward wrote his first opera to a libretto by Bernard Stambler, He Who Gets Slapped, and it was premiered in 1956. His next opera, The Crucible, based on Arthur Miller's play, premiered in 1961, became Ward's best known work.

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Robert Ward (composer) timeline

  1. He completed his First Symphony in 1941, which won the Juilliard Publication Award the following year.
  2. Ward wrote his first opera to a libretto by Bernard Stambler, He Who Gets Slapped, and it was premiered in 1956.
  3. His next opera, The Crucible, based on Arthur Miller's play, premiered in 1961, became Ward's best known work.
  4. He was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Music for that opera in 1962.

The world when Robert Ward (composer) was born

Robert Ward (composer) was born in 1917. 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 1917

  • Best-selling book"Mr. Britling Sees It Through" – H.G. Wells

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentProfessional sports curtailed as America enters World War I
  • Top headlineUS enters World War I
  • Technology milestoneFirst practical military use of sonar
  • World population~1.77B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWoodrow Wilson
  • U.S. population100.8M

1917 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Robert Ward (composer)'s birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19172026
Gas$0.25$3.45/gal
Population100.8M341 million

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