Robert Parris

About the artist

Robert Parris (21 May 1924 – 5 December 1999) was a composer and professor of music. He was born in Philadelphia, attended the University of Pennsylvania, then the Juilliard School in New York. Among his teachers were Otto Luening, Aaron Copland, Jacques Ibert, and Peter Mennin (although he always claimed that the effect of these teachers on his own composing technique was 'minimal'). After a year of study on a Fulbright Fellowship in Paris (where he was meant to study with Arthur Honegger

Top songs

1. Variations sur un Noel, Op. 20 : Variation 1: Larghetto
2. The Book of Imaginary Beings: VIII. Amphisbaena Retroversa
3. BACH: Toccata and Fugue in D minor - Dorian (BWV 538) - Land of Rest
4. Jesus Christus, unser Heiland, BuxWV 198
5. Prelude on "Land of Rest", for organ
6. 3 Pieces for Organ: No. 1. Fantaisie in A major, M. 35
7. The Book of Imaginary Beings: II. The Rain Bird
8. The Book of Imaginary Beings: I. Amphisbaena
9. The Book of Imaginary Beings: IV. A Bao a Qu
10. The Book of Imaginary Beings: V. The Satyrs

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