Walter Robert Collection 1836-1993 1946-1982

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Walter Robert Collection 1836-1993 1946-1982

A piano performer, music educator, and writer, Walter Robert (1908-1999) performed many solo and accompaniment recitals, including concerts in New York, Vienna, Italy, Austria, and Taiwan. In addition, Robert taught music at North Texas University and Indiana University and was a professor for brief periods of time at many places worldwide. Robert also wrote articles on various composers and music styles and was a lifelong scholar in classical languages. The collection contains scrapbooks, concert programs, articles, publicity flyers, biographical sketches, correspondence, books, photographs, recordings, and memorabilia related to Roberts career, his post-retirement graduate work, and the colleagues that he was close to, including Charles Webb, Maurice Hinson, and his wife, Dorothy Robert. A piano performer, music educator, and writer, Walter Robert (1908-1999) performed many solo and accompaniment recitals, including concerts in New York, Vienna, Italy, Austria, and Taiwan. In addition, Robert taught music at North Texas University and Indiana University and was a professor for brief periods of time at many places worldwide. Robert also wrote articles on various composers and music styles and was a lifelong scholar in classical languages. The collection contains scrapbooks, concert programs, articles, publicity flyers, biographical sketches, correspondence, books, photographs, recordings, and memorabilia related to Roberts career, his post-retirement graduate work, and the colleagues that he was close to, including Charles Webb, Maurice Hinson, and his wife, Dorothy Robert. A piano performer, music educator, and writer, Walter Robert (1908-1999) performed many solo and accompaniment recitals, including concerts in New York, Vienna, Italy, Austria, and Taiwan. In addition, Robert taught music at North Texas University and Indiana University and was a professor for brief periods of time at many places worldwide. Robert also wrote articles on various composers and music styles and was a lifelong scholar in classical languages. The collection contains scrapbooks, concert programs, articles, publicity flyers, biographical sketches, correspondence, books, photographs, recordings, and memorabilia related to Roberts career, his post-retirement graduate work, and the colleagues that he was close to, including Charles Webb, Maurice Hinson, and his wife, Dorothy Robert. A piano performer, music educator, and writer, Walter Robert (1908-1999) performed many solo and accompaniment recitals, including concerts in New York, Vienna, Italy, Austria, and Taiwan. In addition, Robert taught music at North Texas University and Indiana University and was a professor for brief periods of time at many places worldwide. Robert also wrote articles on various composers and music styles and was a lifelong scholar in classical languages. The collection contains scrapbooks, concert programs, articles, publicity flyers, biographical sketches, correspondence, books, photographs, recordings, and memorabilia related to Roberts career, his post-retirement graduate work, and the colleagues that he was close to, including Charles Webb, Maurice Hinson, and his wife, Dorothy Robert.

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Robert, Walter

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Summary: Walter Robert was born in Triste, Italy in 1908. He concertized in Europe until the German annexation of Austria. Robert taught at North Texas University and in Florence, Bologna, Naples, Vienna, and Taiwan, but his longest teaching tenure was at Indiana University (1947-1975). Robert was also an accompanist and lifelong scholar. Walter Robert died in 1999. Full History: Walter Robert enjoyed a long and varied career as a recitalist, accompanist, lecturer and wr...