Robert Whitney (conductor)

Robert Sutton Whitney (1904 – November 22 1986)[1][2] was an American conductor and composer. He was a student of Leo Sowerby.[3]

Robert Whitney was best known for founding, on November 1937, together with the mayor of Louisville, Kentucky the Louisville Orchestra, and becoming its first conductor, a post he held until 1967.[4] (Its original name was the Louisville Civic Orchestra.) His concerto grosso had earlier (1934) been performed by the Chicago Symphony Orchestra[1].

Whitney also served as Dean of the School of Music of the University of Louisville, from 1956-1971.[4]

He was a National Patron of Delta Omicron, an international professional music fraternity.[5]

References

  1. ^ a b "WorldCat Identities Page for Robert Sutton Whitney". http://worldcat.org/identities/lccn-n84-123280. Retrieved 2 March 2009. 
  2. ^ "LOUISVILLE ORCHESTRA FOUNDER, CONDUCTOR ROBERT WHITNEY DIES" (fee required). Lexington Herald-Leader (Lexington, KY): p. D7. 23 November 1986. 
  3. ^ "Cedille Records Notes". http://cedillerecords.org/catalog/product_info.php?products_id=464. Retrieved 2 March 2009. 
  4. ^ a b Cox, Dwayne; Morison, William James (2000). The University of Louisville at Google Books. University Press of Kentucky. p. 119. ISBN 0813121426.
  5. ^ Delta Omicron