Leroy Robertson
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Leroy Robertson (December 21, 1896 – July 25, 1971) was an American composer and music educator.
He was born in Fountain Green, Utah and studied violin, composition, and public school music at the New England Conservatory and in Europe. He received an MA degree from the University of Utah and a Ph.D from the University of Southern California. He was chairman of the music department at Brigham Young University from 1925 to 1948 and at the University of Utah from 1948 to 1962.
He was instrumental in the promotion of the Utah Symphony and of classical music in Salt Lake City.
He is best known for his Oratorio from the Book of Mormon. The setting of the Lord's Prayer from that oratorio was recorded by the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and released as a 45 single on the flip side of the Battle Hymn of the Republic, which hit the top 50 charts.
