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Robert Delaney (composer)
Robert Mills Delaney, sometimes incorrectly spelled Delany (24 July 1903 – 21 September 1956) was an American composer and teacher. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Delaney began studying the violin as a
Robert Mills Delaney, sometimes incorrectly spelled Delany (24 July 1903 – 21 September 1956) was an American composer and teacher. Born in Baltimore, Maryland, Delaney began studying the violin as a child in Hanover, Pennsylvania, with Walter Shultz. His musical education continued at the Combs College of Music, where he studied with Henry Schradieck and William Geiger. In 1921, Delaney began undergraduate studies in music at the University of Southern California, but he left the school in 1922 to accompany his parents, Charles Roderic and Anna Louise (née Ritchie) Delaney, on a trip around the world. After returning from the trip, Delaney resumed his music studies but now in Europe: from 1925–1928, he attended the École Normale de Musique de Paris; the Sorbonne (as an auditor); and the Conservatoire Américain de Fontainebleu, France. While in France, he studied violin with Maurice Reuchsel, Lucien Capet, and Léon Nauwick and composition with Nadia Boulanger, Arthur Honegger, Gustav Holst, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and G. Francesco Malipiero. When he returned to the United States, Delaney obtained a position as a music instructor at the Santa Barbara Boys School in Carpenteria, CA (
- Era
- 20th Century
- Lived
- 1903–1956
- From
- United States
- Born in
- Baltimore · died Santa Barbara
- Known as
- composer